Earlier this week, three teams from the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) handed over a new house to the club’s Assistant Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Simon Naidu.
The three teams were Namilco Thunderbolt Flour Under-21 and first division teams along with their Vitality Under-23 counterparts.
The handing over of the house was the fulfillment of a commitment made by RHTYSC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster to Naidu after he sought Foster’s assistance to upgrade his family home which was in a state of disrepair and to construct a lower flat for him and his family.
Foster stated that the RHTYSC, over the last 31 years had successfully completed thousands of projects but was never involved in the construction of a house. He noted that the club’ s parent body, the St. Francis Community Developers, has assisted hundreds of less fortunate families to obtain houses but this venture represented the first effort by the vibrant youth and sports club.
Foster, who is also the president of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) recalled that after Naidu approached him for assistance for the project, he readily agreed that the cricket teams would assist.
Naidu joined the club as a 15-year-old in 2015 and within one year was elected to the position of Assistant Secretary/CEO. Over the last five years has played a major role in the work of the club.
Naidu is now responsible for the day-to-day operation of the club office, serves as a cricket manager in the junior section and is also the Public Relations Officer of the BCB.
Under Naidu’s tenure, the BCB has the most progressive public relations campaign for any sports organisation in the country, sai8d Foster.
He added that with his young assistant in charge of the daily operation, he has been able to focus on his other duties especially at the BCB and the other organisations he is part of. He described Naidu as a visionary, hardworking and dedicated person who serves others without looking over his shoulder for personal rewards.
An emotional Naidu, stated that joining the RHTYSC was the best decision of his life. A former member of the Albion Cricket Club, he was encouraged to join the Rose Hall Club by his classmate, former West Indies under-19 player Kevlon Anderson.
He added that he never expected to be a part of the executive but noted that under Foster’s leadership, youths are given the opportunity to perform and that the word failure was not part of the RHTYSC dictionary. Naidu expressed gratitude to all the sponsors who came on board to assist, members of the club especially the Namilco Thunderbolt Flour under-21/first-division and Vitality Inc., Under-23 teams.
He committed himself to working even harder to make sure that the club remains the leading club in the country.
Captain of the Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt first-division Shawn Perreira handed over the keys to Naidu and congratulated him on being a homeowner.
The RHTYSC would like to express thanks to all its friends who came on board to support the construction of the house including Dr. Puran Singh, Brian Ramphal, Bissoondyal Singh, Mr. Kumar GK Inc., Abbas K Hamid (Vitality), Michael Khan, Anasha Ally, Chandradat Chintamani, Rajendra Daniel Sahadeo, Lucille George, Avenash Ramzan, Romario Samaroo, Farfan and Mendes, Bakewell, Faizal Jafferally, Hollis Schwiers, Sheik Mohammed, Shabika Gajnabi, Shimron Hetmyer, Zaheer Ali, Therbhuwan Jagdeo and Navendra Persaud.
