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Gizmos & Gadgets continue to support RHTY&SC 10 years on
Gizmos & Gadgets Ravi Mangar (right) hands over sponsorship cheque to RHTY&SC’s Hilbert Foster.
City business Gizmos & Gadgets which commenced sponsorship of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club in 2009 has once again renewed its confidence in the Berbice based club by maintaining that partnership.
On Tuesday last at a simple ceremony at the Gizmos & Gadgets office, Wellington Street, Georgetown, the Company renewed their cricket sponsorship of the Club’s Under-21 and First Division teams for the tenth successive year.
The sponsorship for the two teams is worth $300,000 for the year and would cover the cost of transportation, snacks, balls for practice and gears. Additionally, Gizmos & Gadgets would also provide special gifts for outstanding players who represented both teams in 2017.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster hailed the remarkable relationship between the two organisations and stated that it has been successful and progressive. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club in 2009, 2010 and 2016 also received the Guyana Cricket Board Club of the Year Award under the sponsorship.
Foster stated that Gizmos & Gadgets had provided the Club with comfort to play at the Under-21 and First Division levels without worrying about the financial cost and this has responsible for its success story on the field of play.
The Company under the ownership of CEO Ravi Mangar has invested millions of dollars in the team and has played a major role in shaping the careers of national players Royston Crandon, Assad Fudadin, Esuan Crandon, Clinton Pestano, Eon Hooper, Dominique Rikhi, Shemaine Campbelle, Erva Giddings, Khemraj Mahadeo, Delbert Hicks, Kevin Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair, Askay Homraj, Shawn Pereira, Jonathan Rampersaud, Jeremy Sandian, Mahendra Gopilall, Loyydel Lewis, Shailendra Shameer, Arif Chan and Plaffiana Millington, among others.
The Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets team has also won numerous cricket tournaments under the sponsorship including the Busta Champion of Champions, Berbice River Bridge Company 50-Overs, Tenelec Inc 50-Overs Round Robin, Peter Lewis Under-23, Annirud Ramcharitar 40-Overs, ABS 40-Overs and Namilco/Bakewell 20/20. The team won the Busta Cup in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016.
Special thanks was extended to CEO Mangar for his continued confidence in the two teams, which over the years have successfully completed over 500 personal development programmes under the Sub-headings of Sports, Culture, Charity, Education, Youth Development, Social, Religious, Anti-Crime, Anti-Alcohol among others.
Manger, in brief remarks stated that he was delighted to have his business brand associated with the RHTY&SC noting that they have represented the brand well over the years. Gizmos & Gadgets he stated would continue its support to and for the club which he said was a pacesetter and role model for others to emulate.
Despite the slowdown in business, the sponsorship, the RHTY&SC is top priority for Gizmos & Gadgets and Mangar expressed confidence that the relationship would be strengthened in the future.
The RHT Gizmos & Gadgets Under-21 Team is being led by Kevin Sinclair while Shawn Pereira is the skipper of the First Division Team.
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