RHTYSC cricket teams honours 6 outstanding fire officers on the Tribute to Heroes Programme

Apr 21, 2024 Sports

The six awardees pose with senior fire officials and the RHTYSC officials.

Kaieteur Sports – Six outstanding fire officers of the Guyana Fire Service were last week honoured by the cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club. The officers were the latest public servants to be honoured by the club under its Tribute to Heroes Programme. Club Secretary, Hilbert Foster, accompanied by other executives of the club visited the New Amsterdam Fire Station for the presentation ceremony which was attended by senior officers of the fire service.

Foster stated that tribute to heroes programme main objective is to recognize the hard work of Guyanese in the different areas of public life to make our country a better place for all of us to live in. The idea was born when the secretary was hospitalized at the Port Mourant Public Hospital and witnessed the dedication and hard work of doctors and nurses. They were the first set of public servants to be honoured under the Tribute to Heroes Programme. Over the last 12 years the programme has been expanded to include retired educators, teachers, outstanding students, fire officers, law enforcement officers, postal workers, municipality workers, garbage collectors, sportsmen and religious leaders.

Foster congratulated the cricket teams; Poonai pharmacy under11 and under13, Farfan and Mendes under15, Bakewell under17 and second division, Pepsi under19 and under23, Metro females, NAMILCO Thunderbolt flour under21 and first division for their hard work to honour the unsung heroes of Guyana.

The awardees honoured were Seetvon Leader, Peter Joseph, Mark Kendall, Joshua Outar along with leading fireman Gordon, fireman Ricardo Caravio and firewoman Kunitz Persaud. The former Berbice Cricket board president urged the awardees to uphold their high standard of service to the general public and to be a positive example to fellow work mates. He committed the RHTYSC to continuing the programme in the future.

Station officer in charge, Shannon Crawford, express gratitude to the RHTYSC for honouring the awardees and praised the club for its outstanding work among youths. The regional first class umpire stated that the tribute to heroes award would serve as an inspiration to all.

Each of the awardees received a medal of excellence, framed certificate of excellence, a trophy, 2 special gifts and a special gift package from Mike’s pharmacy. Fire woman Persaud expressed gratitude to the cricket team for honouring her and colleagues. Persaud stated that it was it pleasant experience to be recognized for years of dedication in your job. She committed in the future for her and colleagues to uphold their high standard. The tribute to heroes programme for fire officers was co-sponsored by Alton Duchin, Guyoil, Superbet and Mike’s pharmacy.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club was formed in 1990 by three time Commonwealth Youth Service awardee the St Francis Community Developers and has won a total of 122 cricket tournaments and produced a combined 121 players for Berbice or Guyana. 14 of its members have played for the West Indies or USA at the international level. Among the players produced by the club are Neil Williams, Shaun Grant, Kevlon Anderson, Assad Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Esaun Crandon, Kevin Sinclair, SylusTindall, Clinton Pestano, Sharmaine Campbell, Dominique Ricky, Akshay Homraj, Erva Giddings, Shabika Gajnabi, Jonathan Rampersaud, Matthew Pottaya and Jeremy Sandia among others.

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