Ramdial, Mendonca cops top awards at 18th award ceremony – over $1.5M worth of prizes shared out

Aug 12, 2026 Sports

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RHTYSC Republic Bank Grade 6 Summer Camp

Kaieteur Sports – The eighteenth annual Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Republic Bank Summer Camp came to an end on Friday with an impressive closing ceremony at the Area ‘H’ Ground. The ceremony was attended by senior executives of the club, senior staff of Republic Bank, RHTYSC junior cricketers, students of the camp and their parents. Eleven years old Damali Ramdial was named Best Student of the camp by the teaching staff and carried home a total of $500,000 worth of prizes, while Akilah Mendonca received $300,000 worth of prizes as the Runner up Student.

Club Secretary Hilbert Foster stated that the Summer Camp was first hosted in 2008 with the main objective of assisting primary school students to make a successful transition to the secondary level. Over the years, a total of 1752 youths have benefitted from the summer camp. The 2026 Summer Camp started on the 14th of July at the Area ‘H’ Ground with a registration of eighty-three students. The students were taught four core subjects – Maths, English, Social Studies and Integrated Science, while classes were also held for Introduction to Spanish. Students were also involved in several lectures on a wide range of topics related to their personal development. Among the topics were the Importance of Education, Peer Pressure, Personal Hygiene, Importance of Discipline, Teenage Pregnancy and Behaviour in the Classroom.

The Summer Camp also involved a day of sports where students participated in several sporting events like 100 Metres race, 200 metres race, 4×100 metres relay, tug of war and sack race. Over $200,000 worth of prizes were up for grabs at the Day of Sports.

Students also took part in a quiz competition and were able to win $100,000 worth of prizes. Students were also involved in a lecture on Sports and Nature by Mr. Ben-Hardy Jones of the Desserts Vipers Cricket team, who recently took part in the Guyana Global Super League.

Head Tutor of the Republic Bank Summer Camp, Ms. Sabrina Chaitram hailed the Camp as a resounding success with all of the students recording scores of over seventy percentage in the final test. She noted that all of the students were committed to expanding their studies, so that they could make a successful entrance to the secondary school later in the month. She urged the students to remain focused and to develop a formula of hard work, discipline and commitment. Ms. Chaitram warned her students that secondary school was more difficult than Primary School and that the next five years would determine the path of their lives.

Senior Banking Executive Denisa Ramdial of Republic Bank Williamsburg Branch stated that her bank was very pleased with the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club organising of the Summer Camp over the last eighteen years. She noted that over the years, many of the students of the Republic Bank Summer Camp have gone on to become professionals such as doctors, lawyers, educators and auditors among others.

Student Akilah Mendonca expressed gratitude to the cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club for organising the Grade Six Summer Camp and to Republic Bank for their sponsorship of the four weeks event. She stated that all the students of the camp were now fully prepared for the transition to the higher level. The cricket club shared out $600,000 worth of educational materials to all of the students. The donated items included a school bag, hard cover exercise books, pens, pencils, sharpener, erasers, rulers and water bottles.

The best student of the Summer Camp was Damali Ramdial who secured 197 marks of the possible 200 at the end of Camp final test. She took home over $500,000 worth of prizes including a Dell Computer from Beepat’s, an electric bike, electronic tablet, a Comfort Sleep Mattress, Designer Watch from The Gift Centre, kitchen utensils, household items among numerous prizes. The Runner up Best Student was Ms. Akilah Mendonca who received $300,000 worth of prizes including a tri-cycle, a laptop computer, electronic tablet and a Comfort Sleep Mattress. The other awardees at the 2026 Graduation were:

•  Most Discipline Student – Roshan Persaud
•  Most Cooperative – Homesh Ramnarain
•  Most Committed – Kavya Misir
•  Most Improved – Simon Benjamin
•  Best Maths – Malia Wilson
•  Best Science – Jovan Gray
•  Best Social Studies – Briana Fraser
•  Best English Student – Kavya Misir
•  Best Extra Curricular Student – Jasmen Hicks
•  Best Reader/Speaker – Mariah Pompey

They received a wide range of prizes including trophies, medals, bicycles, electronic tablets, educational materials, kitchen utensils, designer clothing, sporting equipment and different hampers.

RHTYSC Cricket Manager Robby Kissoonlall declared that the Cricket teams distributed a total of $1.5M worth of prizes and gifts to the Summer Camp students. The teams organising the event were Poonai Pharmacy Under 12 and 13, Farfan and Mendes Under 15, Bakewell Under 17, Pepsi Under 19, Metro Females and the Namilco Thunderbolt Flour Under 21. The teams would like to express thanks to all the sponsors who supported them to organise the Summer Camp including Republic Bank, Beepat’s, Comfort Sleep, Faiz al Jaffarally, Namilco, Ricks and Sari Ltd, Trendsetter Tours, GNNL, The Gift Centre, National Hardware, Beacon Cafe, Global Visa, John Lewis Styles, TDM Construction, SD and L Accounting, Lennox Cush, National Assembly, Canadian Surpluses, GUYBIZ, Premcorp Consultancy Services, Data Technology and AA Snacks Co. Ltd.

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• Grade 6, Republic Bank, RHTYSC, Summer Camp

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