The Cricket Development Committee of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club continues to attract sponsorship for youth cricket at the school level. According to a press release, following on the heels of the launching of the GBTI tournaments for under 15 and female cricketers in the lower Corentyne area, the club on Tuesday launched a tape ball competition for Primary Schools in the New Amsterdam/ Canje/ East Bank areas. Managing Director of the popular Trophy stall Ramesh Sunich handed over a set of trophies and medals for the tournament to office manager of the RHTYSC Moonish Singh in the showroom of the company’s recently opened store, based on south Road, Bourda.
Singh, who is also head of the RHTYSC Cricket Development Committee, the release said, stated that the main objectives of the tournament are to promote cricket as a safe avenue for children, identify new talent for the future and to promote the ‘Say no to drugs and yes to education,” message. The winning team will receive a trophy and medals for 14-member squad while the runners up and the Man-of-the-Match in the final will also receive trophies. Members of each finalists will each receive a collection of books as part of the RHTYSC “Yes to reading,” programmes. Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster stated that in 2014, the RHTYSC will be placing special emphasis on school cricket.
He expressed gratitude to Sunich and the management of Trophy Stall for its continued support of the RHTYSC and its activities.
Sunich, in brief remarks, stated that he was pleased to be associated with the RHTYSC, a club he described as a model organisation for others to emulate. He expressed confidence that the Trophy Stall Primary School tapeball tournament will be successful and achieve the objectives set out.
