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GUYANA CHRONICLE Thursday May 22, 2014
24th Annual RHTYSC Awards Ceremony
Minister Edghill applauds Club for visionary leadership
MINISTER within the Ministry of Finance Bishop Juan Edghill last Sunday during his feature address, applauded the management of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) for their visionary leadership. Bishop Edghill, who received a standing ovation from the packed audience at the culmination of his address, was delivering same during the Club’s 24th Annual Award ceremony which was held at the St Francis Xavier Training Centre. Bishop Edghill spoke widely of the importance of discipline, hard work and how to achieve goals persons would have set for themselves, even as he used his own personal background and upbringing to inform his attentive audience that every goal could be achieved with forward and progressive thinking. He praised the management of the RHTYSC for their visionary leadership and stated that he was delighted to be present to see first hand, the outstanding work of an organisation he had read a lot about. He challenged the management and members of the Club to always strive to uphold the high standards they have set themselves and to share their vast experience with others, as many view the RHTYSC and its membership as positive role models. Those who attended the ceremony which was chaired by the Secretary of the St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club Veronica Narain, heard a comprehensive report of the RHTYSC from Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster. The veteran secretary described the period January 2013 to May 2014 as a highly
… Ivan receives benefit year
The various awardees strike a pose with their spoils and the Club’s Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster (front right). Fourth from right (sitting) is Cricketer-of-the-Year Ashkay Homraj, with runner-up Shemaine Campbelle on his right. Fund, Ansa McAl Award of
successful one despite numerous challenges, saying the club was able to successfully complete 200 programmes/ activities and a total of eleven of its members represented Guyana at different levels. Special emphasis was placed on the pro-education and anti-suicide message while numerous organisations received assistance from the club, including $1M worth of school bags to less fortunate students and the distribution of $5M worth of educational footwear and hygiene materials. They also sponsored 32 sports tournaments in Berbice and assisted over 40 sports organisations with gear, uniforms and stationery. Among the numerous projects undertaken were Annual
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Excellence and Gregory Gaskin’s award for sports. RHTYSC president Keith Foster hailed the achievements of the club which rose from a simple one into Guyana’s
leading youth and sports club and noted that very member of the RHTYSC should be proud of its progress over the years. The president traced the struggles of the club since its formation in 1990 and noted that it took dedication and hard work to make the club what it is today - an institute of excellence. Other speakers at the event included Guyana Teachers Union president Mark Lyte, former West Indies Test legend Basil Butcher and Father Ramesh Vanan of the St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic youth club, who all praised the club for its outstanding work and positive difference it is making in the lives of youths, the elderly and less fortunate. The club also used the opportunity to unveil major plans for its upcoming silver anniversary celebration in 2015 and the hosting of a countywide Scrabble tournament. Dozens of its outstanding members were honoured along with outstanding teachers, retired teachers and several others at the gala event. National Under-19 player Askay Homraj was named the Mohamed’s Enterprise Cricketer-of-the-Year and carried home over $600 000 worth of prizes including an airline ticket to the USA compliments of Travel Span, $200 000 cash from Mohamed’s Enterprise, tablets, designer clothing and watches, household items and a bicycle, among others. West Indies female star Shemaine Campbelle carried home close to $200 000 worth of prizes as the runner-up
Cricketer-of-the-Year, even as national player Rajiv Ivan received $100 000, a West Indies medallion, compliments of King’s Jewellery World for his benefit year and at the next awards ceremony would receive a financial grant from the RHTYSC. The full list of the awardees are as follows: Farfan and Mendes Under-15 Batsman and Cricketer-ofthe-Year - Bhaskar Yadram, Under-15 Bowler - Brandon Corlette; Bakewell Under-17 Batsman and Cricketer-of-theYear - Brandon Prasad, Bowler - Azam Khan. Pepsi Under-19 Batsman and Cricketer-of-the-Year - Akshay Homraj, Bowler Keon Sinclair, Metro Female Batter and Cricketer-of-theYear - Shemaine Campbelle, Bowler - Erva Giddings; Bakewell Second Division Batsman - Devin Baldeo; Bowler and Cricketer-of-theYear - Shailendra Shameer. Gizmos and Gadgets first division Batsman and Cricketer-of-the-Year - Rajiv Ivan, Bowler - Clinton Pestano; Most Disciplined Players - Kumar Jeer (Male) and Shabika Gajnabi (Female); Most Committed Member - Plafianna Millington; Most Improved Cricketer - Veeramootoo Senwasie; Most Promising - Kevlon Anderson; Fielder-of-theYear - Dominic Rikhi. The Club’s Role Modelof-the-Year is national opener Assad Fudadin; Worker-ofthe-Year - Moonish Singh and Most Committed Cricketerof-the-Year - Dominic Rikhi.
Minister Anthony to commission DCC lights on Independence Day THE DEMERARA Cricket Club (DCC) in conjunction with the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) will, on Monday May 26 (Independence Day), commission its lights that have been recently installed. The commissioning will take place under the distinguished patronage of Dr Frank Anthony MP, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS), who will be expected to deliver the first ball in the commissioning match between DCC and Rest of Georgetown that
bowls off at 19:00hrs. During the day, there will be lots of entertainment and barbecue will be on sale. The club’s coach Garvin Nedd will conduct a training session for Under-13 cricketers, which will be followed by an Under-15 T20 match between DCC and their nemesis in this level, Guyana National Industrial Corporation Sports Club. Music will be provided by Popular Sound System. The club extends a cordial invitation to the general public
to come and be a part of the day’s activities. All are asked to note that a small cover charge will be applied towards the continued development of the club’s facilities. According to a press release from the club, the lights will also benefit the community and it is hoped that this invitation will morph into an annual event in the calendar of the larger national Independence Day celebrations. Teams for the Commissioning match will come from DCC - Christopher Barnwell,
VCB wins first major race of the season
BEIJING, China (CMC) Multiple World and Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown won a major race for the first time this season when she clocked a season’s best 11.14 seconds to win the women’s 100m at the IAAF World Challenge Meeting held in Beijing yesterday. The Jamaican, who has had some ordinary perfor-
mances so far this season, led a clean sweep of Jamaican women in the top four places on the same track that she won the Olympic Games 200m in 2008. Campbell-Brown held off a strong challenge from Simone Facey who was second in 11.19 seconds, Trisha-Ann Hawthorne third in 11.23 seconds and Aleen Bailey fourth in 11.32 sec-
onds. Facey, who is part of the Jamaica team to the IAAF World Relays, was the other Jamaican winner at the meet taking the women’s 200m in a season’s best 22.67 seconds. VCB will not be in the Bahamas for the IAAF World Relay meet this weekend. Facey and Bailey had a Jamaican 1-2 in the 200m
Trevon Griffith, Brian Sattaur, Sherfane Rutherford, Kemol Savory, Paul Wintz, Kemo Paul, Antonell Atwell, Totaram Bishun and Dexter George. Coach Garvin Nedd. Rest of Georgetown Shemroy Barrington, Joshua Wade, Seon Daniels, Collis Butts, Troy Gonsalves, Keon Morris, Cordell Mars, Ricardo Adams, Robin Bacchus, Robin Browne, Joseph Perry, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Ronaldo Ali Mohamed and Leroy Bristol. Coach Quason Nedd.
as Bailey clocked 23.11 seconds with Hawthorne taking fourth in 23.32 seconds. Another major highlight was the performance of U.S. sprinter Justin Gatlin who smashed the season’s best 100m time he set less than a week ago to claim victory. Gatlin comfortably won his race with a time of 9.87, slicing five-hundredths of a second off the 9.92 he clocked to win last Sunday’s Diamond League meet in Shanghai.