RHTY&SC, Rossignol Meat Processors, NSC, Bakewell, others donate cricket balls

Jul 27, 2017 Sports, http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....onate-cricket-balls/

The development of cricket in the ancient county of Berbice took a massive step forward when once again the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club made a donation to twenty five cricket clubs. A total of $600,000 (six hundred thousand dollars) worth of cricket balls were donated to the clubs under the Club’s Patron Fund as part of its celebration of its Patron’s 72nd Birthday.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster stated that the Fund was established in March 2017 when the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Patron, His Excellency, President David Granger donated $1M to the Club. The funds were used to assist schools, sports organisation, churches and less fortunate youths.
The donation of the balls was made possible with input from Rossignol Meat Processors, Bakewell, National Sports Commission, Bissan Trading, Ministry of the Presidency, J.R, Engineering Solutions, J.B. Brothers, Fazal Habibulla, 4R Bearings, John Fernandes Ltd, Apex Insurance, Regal Enterprise, Claude Raphael, Survival Supermarket and Ronald Williams.
Among the clubs receiving the cricket balls were Bush Lot Rising Star, Whim, Young Achievers, Police, Kildonan, Chesney, Young Warriors, Rose Hall Canje, Toopoo, No. 53, Fyrish, Skeldon and Tamarind Root.
The donations represent the third such donations to Clubs for 2017 and forms part of the effort of the five times Guyana Cricket Club of the Year to assist other cricket clubs to reach its high standards. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, he proudly stated is the only cricket club in the West Indies that assist their rivals and also noted that the Club does more for cricket development on and off the cricket field in Berbice more that the present Berbice and Guyana Cricket Board combined. Clubs in Berbice have more confidence in the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club to get things done properly or to assist them than the Cricket Boards and Foster disclosed that over 90% of Berbice Cricket Clubs have benefitted from assistance from the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, while hundreds of cricketers have also received assistance to fulfill their potentials on the cricket field and in the classroom.
Foster urged the Clubs to use the cricket balls for the intended purposes and to work harder towards unearthing new talents for Berbice Cricket, which is in a state of rapid decline due to visionless and poor leadership. Berbice Cricket, he stated is being kept alive by the hard working Executives at the RHTYSC, Albion, Blairmont, Young Achievers, Tucber Park and Young Warriors Cricket Clubs who receive no assistance from the Cricket Boards responsible for the development of the game.
Representatives of the Clubs all expressed gratitude to the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club for its assistance and also wished the Club’s Patron, His Excellency, President David Granger a happy birthday and good health in the future. One Representative stated that in moments of crisis and needs, his club is always confident that assistance would be provided by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, a Club he described as the foundation of Berbice Cricket. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS for 2017 has already assisted over 50 Berbice Cricket Clubs and schools with millions of dollars worth of cricket balls, cricket gears, stumps, scorebooks, trophies, medals, personal care items, educational materials, school bags and exercise books etc.
Special thanks are extended to all the donors especially the Director of Sports Christopher Jones, Marcel D’Haese of Rossignol Meat Processors, Rajin Ganga of Bakewell, Bissoondyal Singh of Bissan Trading and Mr. Mahadeo of Regal Enterprise.