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MC& RS. Samaroo Wholesale Grocery supports RHTY&SC Cricket Balls Project
Mr. Daniel Samaroo (left), son of the donor MC Samaroo, hands over the donation to RHTYSC, Vice President Mark Papannah.
“We are the only Cricket Club in the West Indies that on a daily basis work hard to assist our cricketing rivals to improve them. We are without doubt the leading Youth and Sport Organisation in Guyana and while we are very proud of this fact, we want others to reach our level as we all try to make our country a better place for our youths to live in.” Those were the words of Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster as businessman of MC& RS. Samaroo handed over $100,000 towards the Club’s 2018 Cricket Balls Project.
Foster explained the Cricket Development Committee under the leadership of Vice President Mark Papannah is working overtime to raise $1M worth of cricket balls to assist Cricket Clubs in the Ancient County for 2018. Foster who is also President of the Berbice Cricket Board stated that close to 20 Cricket Tournaments are scheduled to be played in Berbice this year at the Under-15, Under-17, Under-19, Under-21, Female, Intermediate, Secondary School, Double Wicket, Second Division and First Division levels and most Clubs are struggling to find finance for balls, equipment, meals and transportation among other cost of playing the game. Youths should not be denied the opportunity to play the game of cricket, Foster argued due to lack of finance and as such the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club was delighted to assist.
The National Sports Commission under the leadership of the dynamic Christopher Jones last week contributed $200,000 worth of balls, while $100,000 worth of balls from Samaroo’s Wholesale Grocery would enable the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club to assist over twenty Clubs. The handing over of the balls would be done during the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club 28th Award Ceremony, while another batch of Clubs would be assisted in July under the Club’s Patron Fund. Foster expressed confidence that the target amount of $1M worth of cricket balls would be surpassed and that it would make a great impact on the game in Berbice. Efforts are also being made to raise funds to purchase cricket gears such as bats, stumps, gloves and pads for twelve cricket teams in areas that are heavily affected with drugs and crime.
The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Secretary/CEO recalled that when the Club was founded in 1990, it struggled without any support but kind hearted individuals like Mrs. June Mendes, the late President Hugh Desmond Hoyte and former West Indies Vice Captain Roger Harper assisted to turn the tide. Harper, he disclosed donated a large quantity of cricket gears and that assisted the Club to expand its services at the junior level. The kindness of Harper, Foster stated inspired the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club to assist others. He expressed gratitude to Mr. Samaroo and his family for the support, while pledging to work hard every day to make sure that Berbice is once again recognised as the Mecca of Caribbean Cricket.
MC & RS Samaroo Wholesale Grocery is the sole distributor of Dan’s Milk Powder which is available across the entire Country. Samaroo, a Berbician by birth stated that he was delighted to assist the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club as he was aware of the outstanding work it was doing in the Ancient County. The donation was made under the Dan’s Powder Milk Brand.
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