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NSC supports RHTY&SC 2018 Calendar of Activities
NSC Director Christopher Jones hands over sponsorship to RHTYSC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster.
The National Sports Commission, under the Directorship of Christopher Jones, for the third successive year, has partnered with Guyana’s leading Youth and Sports Organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS. The National Sports Commission would be co-sponsoring the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club 2018 Youth Review Magazine and assisting the Club with a quantity of cricket balls which would be shared out to several Clubs in the Ancient County of Berbice.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster noted that Director of Sports Christopher Jones and his Deputy Brian Smith have been very supportive of the activities of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club since 2016. The Club in 2018 has targeted a total of 700 activities after successfully completing a record of 712 in 2017. The 2018 Youth Review Magazine would consist of 48 pages and would be published by the F & H Printery in Campbellville, Georgetown. Foster, who also serves as Editor in Chief of the Magazine, stated that the National Sports Commission Co-sponsorship was a major boost in raising the necessary funds for the publication of the Magazine. The Magazine would feature the outstanding work of the Club during the period January 2017 to May 2018, Profiles of Outstanding Cricketers, information on its ten cricket teams and several articles of interest to youths. These articles would include Drug abuse, Suicide, Guyana’s Green Economy Campaign and the Importance of Education.
The Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Health and National Sports Commission would also provide articles for the Magazine which would be distributed free of cost to other cricket clubs, Youth and Sports Organisation, sponsors of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, the University of Guyana, Government Ministries and Schools. The Editorial Committee hopes to have the 2018 Edition printed by the late May or early June. The Magazine would also feature a Patron’s Remark by His Excellency President David Granger, RHTYSC President Keith Foster and Mayor of Rose Hall Town Vijai Ramoo.
Foster explained that every year the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club holds a Cricket Ball Programme where it would assist fellow cricket clubs with balls in an effort to get them to fulfill their mandates. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, he stated over the last twenty eight years has been blessed with tremendous success and it wants other clubs to enjoy similar success. The Secretary/CEO proudly stated that the Rose Hall Town based organisation is the only Cricket Club in the entire Caribbean to assist its rivals on the cricket field to improve themselves. The 2010 National Sports Personality Awardee stated that Sports is the main avenue to keep youths away from the evil ways of Satan and as such the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club would continue to assist as is possible. Among the Clubs expected to benefit are Mental Hospital, Whim National, No. 73, Mount Sinai, Tamarind Root, Police, Rose Hall Canje, Blairmont, Kildonan and Young Warriors.
Vice President Mark Papannah and Asst Secretary/CEO Simon Naidu both hailed the contribution of the National Sports Commission to the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and described Director or Sports Christopher Jones as a true friend of the dynamic Berbice Club. Papannah assured the National Sports Commission that the sponsorship would be used for the intended purpose and would make a positive difference. Eighteen years old Naidu the youngest elected official in the history of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club stated that the distribution of the balls would be done at the Club’s 28th Annual Award Ceremony scheduled for the 29th April, 2018. Director Jones stated that the National Sports Commission was pleased to be associated with the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and wished the Club all the best in the future.
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