Latest update December 4th, 2024 2:40 AM
Ross, Giddings, Balram, Gajnabi and the BCB are 2019 Awardees
RHTY&SC, Gregory Gaskin Memorial Berbice Sports Awards
Sportsmsan Shamroy Ross is flanked by Sportswoman Shabika Gajnabi (right) and Lifetime Achievement recipient, Erva Giddings.
The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) and it’s ten cricket teams recently hosted the annual Gregory Gaskin Memorial Berbice Sports Awards, sponsored by the Basil Butcher Trust Fund.
This event is held in memory of Gregory Gaskin, the late founder of COPS Security Service and an outstanding supporter of sports in Guyana. National Volleyball Outside Attacker Shamroy Ross and West Indies Female Cricketer Shabika Gajnabi won the prestigious Male and female Awards for 2019 while another West Indies Female Cricketer, Erva Giddings received the Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to cricket over the past fifteen years.
The pro active Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) was named the Sports Organisation of the year while businessman Deonarine Balram of the popular Shane General Store, was named Sports Personality for his support of all sports in the Ancient County during the period.
RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster in remarks stated that the ten cricket teams are forging ahead with plans to fulfill most of their activities despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This is being done while observing the strict guidelines set by the government. He disclosed that due to social distancing, no official programme was held but the Awardees were invited to receive their awards, individually.
Foster reemphasised the importance of sports in the development of the character of young people and hailed all the Awardees as positive role
Sports Personality Awardee Deonarine Balram receives his award from RHTY&SC’s, Simon Naidu.
models for youths to emulate. He urged them to uphold the high standards they have set themselves in the past and to work even harder to achieve even more success.
The RHTY&SC, Foster stated would continue to be the premier youth and sports organisation in Guyana and was proud to be involved in honoring the memory of Gaskin. Ross, in 2019 represented the Guysuco Training Centre, Berbice and the National Volleyball teams with great success as an Outsider Attacker.
He was named Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) Most Valuable Player for 2019. Gajnabi made her debut for the West Indies at the senior level after outstanding performances for Berbice and Guyana.
Giddings made her West Indies debut in 2008 and over the years has been an outstanding performer for the RHTY&SC, Berbice and Guyana. For over a decade, Giddings has played among her male counterparts at the Second Division level with great success, claiming over two hundred wickets.
The BCB has been the leading County Board over the years and in 2019 successfully completed over 25 tournaments and dozens of off the field developmental programmes. The Sports Personality of the Year, Deonarine Balram is known across Berbice for his wholehearted support of sports and over the past twenty years has been the sole sponsor of the Balram Shane Memorial Cricket and Volleyball tournaments.
RHTY&SC Assistant Secretary, Simon Naidu handed over all the awards which included a trophy, medal, certificate of excellence and a collection of special prizes. The ten cricket teams of the RHTY&SC are Poonai Pharmacy Under-12 and 13, Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Female, Namilco Thunderbolt Under-21 and First Division.
The joint RHTY&SC/BCB Basil Butcher Memorial project has distributed over $4M worth of items and sponsored several events in tribute to the Legendary West Indies batsman who died last December at the age of 86.
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