Former RHTYSC secretary donates $100,000 worth of cricket balls to club

Mar 27, 2024 Sports

Faeaaz Haniff hands over cricket balls to RHTYSC official Keith Hicks and Tyron Pottaya.

– Hundreds of kites distributed to kids by club

Kaieteur Sports – Former secretary of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, Raymond Haniff, on Sunday last handed over one hundred thousand dollars worth of cricket balls to the cricket team. Haniff, who also represented the RHTYSC at the second and first division level in its early days, also committed himself to contributing one hundred tennis balls toward the club’s coaching programme for its under11 and under13 teams.

Haniff, who is the Managing Director of Diversity Investment Inc, a company based at Lot 36 Happy Acres, ECD, stated that he would always be grateful to the RHTYSC MS for the role the club played in his life. Haniff was a member of the club second division team that won the Sydney Sabsook Memorial tournament in 1992 and JC Budhu Second Division Cup in 1994 and 1995. He also played numerous times for the club at the first division level. Haniff best bowling effort as a medium pacer was 5 for 27 versus Bloomfield.

He served as secretary of the club for several years before present secretary Hilbert Foster replaced him. Foster expressed thanks to Haniff and his company for their assistance and stated that the balls would be a great assistance to the large membership of the club. The RHTYSC has teams at the Under11, Under13, Under15, Under17, Under19, Under21, Under23, second division, female and first division levels.

The club since its formation in September 1990 by three times Commonwealth Service Awardee St. Francis Xavier Youth Club has won a total of 122 cricket tournament at all levels including three national titles. The club has also produced an impressive list of 121 players who has either played for Berbice and Guyana.

Additionally a total of twelve RHTYSC members have played for the West Indies and the United States including Asad Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Kevin Sinclair, Shemaine Campbell, Shabika Gajnabi, Sheneta Grimmond, Erva Giddings, Dominic Ricky and Askay Homraj.

Foster also noted that the club has produced players like Esan Crandon, Delbert Hicks, Junior Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson, Jonathan Rampersaud, Matthew Pottaya, Shawn Grant, Plaffiana Millington and Kemraj Mahadeo.

For 2024, the RHTYSC has produced eight national players at the senior level, female, under15 level and has won titles at the U11, U13, U23 and first division level.

Organizing secretary, Robby Kissoonlall, who is also the cricket manager of the club, expressed gratitude to Haniff and Diversity Investment Inc for their assistance. Kissoonlall stated that the membership of the club was expanding on a daily basis and noted that coaches Winston Smith and Ryan Kissoonlall developmental program would benefit the most.

Meanwhile, the cricket teams of the club over the last week distributed over one thousand Easter kites to children across Berbice as part of their personal development programme. The teams Poonai Under11 and Under13, Farfan and Mendes Under15, Bakewell Under17 and second division, Pepsi Under19 and Under23, Metro females and Namilco Thunderbolt Under21 and first division raised the kites via sponsorship from friends of the club and distributed them via the club network of friends including Port Mourant Hospital Therapy Unit, Whim Cricket Club, St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic church, Marantha Faith Ministries and the Sharon Congregational Chapel.

Asad Fudadin, Kevin Sinclair, Royston Crandon, Shabika Gajnabi, Shemaine Campbell

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