RHTY&SC completes 743 activities in 2019, most successful in 29 year history

Jan 10, 2020 Sports

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The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), MS has described 2019 as the most successful year since its formation in 1990. The club successfully completed a record 743 activities during the year under a wide range of sub-headings; sports, coaching, charity, social, educational, anti-suicide, cultural, economic development, community development, anti- tobacco, anti- crime, publications and medical, among others.

Among the main highlights were the club’s performance on the cricket field, Say No/Say Yes campaign, 29th Annual Awards Ceremony, Youth Information Booklet, Berbice Sports Awards, Ansa McAl Award of Excellence, Christmas Charity Programme and the 5th edition of the Rose Hall Town Christmas Village.
On the field of play, the club’s cricket teams continued their dominance of the game in Berbice by winning the Trophy Stall Under-13, New York Business Group Under-19 T20, New Building Society 40 overs (2018), Shimron Hetmyer Intermediate 40 overs, Beacon Foundation T20 and has to date reached the finals of the Elizabeth Styles Under-21, Let’s Bet Sports 100 Balls, Raffik’s Construction 100 Balls, Stag Beer 50 overs, Ivan Madray Memorial T20 and Busta Champions of Champions.
RHTY&SC teams are also currently playing in the Mike’s Pharmacy Under-15, Ramnaresh Sarwan Under-17 and Banks Beer Two Day First Division tournaments. A total of 22 club members represented Berbice at the Male U15, 17, 19 and Female levels while Clinton Pestano, Kevlon Anderson, Jason Sinclair, Kevin Sinclair, Shawn Pereira, Eon Hooper, Junior Sinclair, Jonathan Rampersaud and Chanderpaul Govindhan played in the GCB Franchise League.
At the National level, the following members played for Guyana Under-15 team: Matthew Pottaya, Under-19: Junior Sinclair and Kevlon Anderson, Under-19 Female: Oma Matadin and Shabika Gajnabi.
Female Senior: Meliane Henry, Shemaine Campbelle, Shabika Gajnabi, Plaffina Millington, Erva Giddings and Sheneta Grimmond. Three members played at the senior level: Clinton Pestano, Assad Fudadin, Kevin Sinclair for Guyana, Jamaica and West Indies Emerging players X1, respectively.
Esuan Crandon continued to impress as a Cricket Coach for Guyana, and the West Indies. Kevlon Anderson was also selected to represent the West Indies at the Under-19 level while Clinton Pestano was a part of the Amazon Warriors Team.
In July, the club hosted Guyana’s largest cricket academy with over one hundred youths in attendance under the guidance of Coach Delbert Hicks and Eon Hooper. Over $3M worth of trophies, medals, gifts and prizes were shared out to outstanding club members at the 29th Annual Awards Ceremony while in one of its largest ever outreach programmes, the club’s ten cricket teams distributed over $6M worth of cricket gear, balls, scorebooks, exercise books, school bags, bicycles, stumps, clothing, medical supplies and sports gear among others to over one hundred NGO’s, cricket clubs, schools, hospitals and youth organizations among others.
The donations were done mainly under the RHTY&SC Patron’s Fund and Cricketers Self-Development Programmes. The club also assisted dozens of youth cricketers across Berbice with their own gears.
The club organised several tournaments in conjunction with the Berbice Cricket Board including the Busta Champion of Champions, GBTI Inter Secondary School, Nasir Memorial T20 and GNNL/RHTY&SC Upper Corentyne 100 ball tournament.
The RHTYSC also invested heavily in several cricket academies in its ongoing effort to assist other clubs while using its network, they garnered over $10M in cash and kind for the Berbice Cricket Board.
Competitions for volleyball, basketball, dominoes, softball also received support from the RHTY&SC. The year ended with a massive $3M Christmas Charity Programme and the hosting of the biggest ever Christmas Village, which was attended by thousands of children and their parents.
This year would be a special year in the history of the club as the 30th anniversary would be celebrated. Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster stated that they have set a target of 700 activities with the main projects being the complete restoration of the club office, improved sanitary and dressing room facilities, restoration of the club’s charity kitchen, expanded Say No/Say Yes Campaign, 30th Award Ceremony, 30th Anniversary Magazine and a month long 30th anniversary celebration in September.
The club is expressing gratitude to its Patron, HE President David Granger and all its sponsors and donors for their cooperation and assistance in 2019 and is looking forward to the same level of support and more in 2020.

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