RHTY&SC female quartet commence preparations with ICC U19 World Cup in mind

Nov 05, 2021 Sports

Kaieteur News – Since 2008, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) has been the only cricket club to invest in female cricket and currently has the only female cricket club in the country. The Rose Hall Town Metro Female since its formation has been led by West Indies player Shemaine Campbelle and has never been defeated in numerous tournaments organised by the club and the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), which remains the only County to organise matches for females. The team also won the only national female tournament organised by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) way back in 2009 and has never been given an opportunity to defend the title due to no more tournaments been organised.The club has commenced a special training programme under the guidance of Ccoach Delbert Hicks for a quartet of female players with the objective of making the national Under-19 team in 2022 and then the West Indies U-19 team in 2023 for the ICC World Cup.

From left, Leah Kamalall, Trisha Hardat, Dharshamie Subramanie and Lakshmi Mahadeo.

The club has to date produced four international players for the West Indies in Shemaine Campbelle, Erva Giddings, Sheneta Grimmond and Shabaki Gajnabi and Foster stated that as a visionary organisation, the Club is now planning well ahead to having at least one player in the West Indies U-19 team in 2023.
The four players who are in the special training sessions are Trisha Hardat, Leah Kamalall, Lakshmi Mahadeo and Dharshamie Subramanie. Coach Hicks shared that the players have the potential to follow in the footsteps of their senior counterparts and one day, wear the famous maroon uniform once they remain focused and committed.
Kamalall is a wicketkeeper and batter while the talented Hardat is a hard hitting middle order batter who also bowls medium pace. Mahadeo is a technically correct left handed batter and spinner while at just fourteen years Subramanie is the youngest of the players.
Hicks stated that she would be headache for many batters at the youth level with her pace and swing. The players are working very hard on their physical fitness while special work is also been done on their ground fielding and catching.
Cricket Manager Ravindranauth Kissoonlall disclosed that special sessions would be organised with the current international female players while the quartet would also be involved in social skills seminars along with other junior members of the club.
The club would also be working very hard with the girls to make sure that they remain focused on their educational careers and would be assisting them in this regard with educational materials.
Young females who were born on or after the 1st September 2004 are encouraged to join the club and become a part of the programme.

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