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RHTYSC Cricket Teams to host Day of Sports for Namilco 50th Anniversary The Albion Sports Complex on Independence Day would be a hive of activity when the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS hosts a historic Day of Sports in observance of the 50th Anniversary of the National Milling Company (Namilco). The Club enjoys a cordial long standing and successful relationship with Namilco which was founded in 1969. The Day of Sports would involve Volleyball, Softball and Athletics events. Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster stated that the entire Management and Membership of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS would be involved in the organising of the events to make sure that all is successful. The Day of Sports would bowl off with an Opening Ceremony at 09.00 hours with Officials of Namilco, RHTYSC, RDC 6 and the Ministry of Education. A Softball match between Namilco and RHTYSC would start off the event on the field, while the organisers would be working along with the Berbice
Volleyball Association to host a One Day Volleyball Tournament for teams in the ancient county. The highlight of the Day of Sports would be the hosting of a historic Athletics meet for students of Primary and Secondary Schools in Region 6. A total of thirteen Athletics events would be held for Primary Schools Students, while 25 would be held for Secondary Schools Students. Among the events to be held would be 100M, 200M, 400M, 800M, 4 x 100M Relay, 4 x 400M Relay, High Jump, Long Jump and Cycling. The top two winners in each event would for the first time receive financial prizes, trophies and medals. The winner of each Primary School event would take home $3,000 and the Runnerup $2,000, while the Secondary School winner and runner-up would take home $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. The organisers are also looking to reward the top school with a special award. Foster disclosed that the Rose Hall Town Youth &
Sports Club is currently setting up a Management Committee consisting of Club Executives, Sport Executives of the Guyana Teachers Union and other Stakeholders to organise the events which would be nonalcoholic. Entrance to the Venue shall be free. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS and its ten Cricket Teams would use the opportunity to promote the Club’s Say No/Say Yes Message to the thousands of youths expected to be present in the Ground. Under this highly successful programme, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club encourages youths to Say No to Drugs, Suicide, Crime, Alcohol, liquor and Yes to Education, Sports, Religion, Culture and Life. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and National Milling Company for decades have enjoyed a relationship that saw the Company investing heavily in the Club’s Say No/Say Yes Programme, Christmas Village, Award Ceremony and Charity Programmes among others.
Sarwan accepts invitation to work with West Indies men CAVE HILL, Barbados – Former West Indies batting star Ramnaresh Sarwan said he has welcomed the invitation to work with the West Indies team ahead of next month’s Tri-Nations Oneday International Series in Ireland and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 England & Wales. The 38-year-old Sarwan, who played 87 Tests, 181 ODIs and 18 Twenty20 Internationals between 2000 and 2013, will spend the remainder of the week working with the players, especially the batsmen, helping them to fortify their game. “I have come here to act as kind of a mentor to the players and try my best to assist them in any technical ways and with any shortcomings where I think they can improve, and to offer as much help to the head coach, Floyd Reifer, and his coaching staff,” said Sarwan.
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“I am very excited to be here. When I received the call from Jimmy, I was very overwhelmed at being asked to assist West Indies cricket again. I am really grateful for the opportunity and I am looking forward to sharing my knowledge with the players, even though it will just be a few days, and hoping it will help them in some way or other.” Key batsmen Darren Bravo and Shai Hope led the group that spent long periods working with Sarwan in the nets yesterday; the second day of the team’s training camp currently underway at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies. “I know our batsmen have struggled in the past with rotating the strike, so I am trying to see how best we can get them to improve in this area,” he said. “It’s not an overnight fix, but it’s important to share ideas with
them, so that they have something to build on.” Reifer described as “beautiful” having Sarwan available to work with the batsman, as all roads lead to the World Cup. “It was very important to have him here,” he said. “Sarwan was a player that was outstanding for West Indies. A very good batsman, a very good ‘finisher’ in limited-overs matches. We thought that a guy like Sarwan, coming into the camp with us whilst planning for the World Cup, would bring a wealth of knowledge. “We are hoping he can help the batsmen get a better understanding of how to finish games, the mindset, how to approach batting first, how to approach batting last, so we thought that kind of knowledge was very important to share. He fitted in very well. He did a lot of talking and a lot of work with the batsmen.”
Payless Variety Store, Guyana Committee of Services support Fisherman Masters Payless Variety store and Guyana Committee of Services have rendered their assistance to the Fisherman Masters team that will be heading to the United States of America to compete in the New York Softball Cricket League tournament slated for June. Fisherman Masters have embarked on a fund raising venture to assist with their trip and the entities have donated a smart television which will be the first prize on their raffle. The presentation took place yesterday at Payless Variety Store at 42 Wellington Street, Georgetown. Rajan Tiwari, who presented the prize to Marketing Manager of Fisherman Masters Zameer Hassan, said they are happy to be able to lend support, adding that he is looking forward to the team doing well in the tournament. He is calling on the public to support the team since sport plays an integral role in the development of a nation.
Hassan expressed gratitude to the entities for their contribution towards sport in Guyana and informed that this will be their first tournament overseas. The Guyana Committee of Services is a non-profit organisation which raises funds to assist athletes, teams and other individuals. The entity’s first assignment was their support given to boxer Clive Atwell and they are usually featured on the Payless Power Hour on NCN. Meanwhile, Tiwari will be hosting a 7-a-side floodlight softball competition on Sunday at Helena Number Two ground, Mahaica starting at 17:00hrs. Entrance fee is $7,000 per team and trophies and cash prizes will be up for grabs. Teams can contact Tiwari on 652-9570 for registration. Banks DIH, Payless Variety Store, ARL Diesel Pumps, Rohan Auto Spares, R. Kissoon and Sons Contracting Services and Videsh Superbet are the sponsors onboard so far for the annual tournament.
Zameer Hassan of Fisherman Masters (right) accepts the television from Rajan Tiwari (L) in the presence of Shaan Smith of Payless Variety Store.
Letter to the Sports Editor
Majority of clubs in North Essequibo support an impartial Ombudsman Dear Editor, The majority of clubs affiliated to the North Essequibo Cricket Committee wish to categorically dissociate themselves from the recent public statements made by President of the Committee Mr. Prince Holder. Reference is made to his letter dated 2019-04-13 in the Kaieteur Newspaper under the caption ‘Minister Norton is right in appointing the Ombudsman’. It is the firm conviction that Mr. Holder penned his letter expressing his own opinion in relation to the Minister’s appointment of Mr. Stephen Lewis as the cricket Ombudsman. The members however have noted this with disapproval following his claim that the North Essequibo Cricket Committee is in support of the appointment when it fact
it is the contrary. It must be clearly known that at no time were the members consulted on this issue neither were statutory meetings kept for the past two years as mandated by the constitution. In addition, the life of the NECC has expired and therefore Mr. Holder should not impose himself as President and make pronouncements on behalf of the Committee. Given the current status of the NECC, the majority of clubs were forced to form themselves into a semifunctional body to organize competitions at their own expense since none existed for the past year; a position that remains unacceptable. The members are therefore acutely aware of the crises surrounding the Guyana Cricket Board and which has also affected the local area committees as well. In view of this and the
welcome intervention by the Courts to order new elections for the GCB, the majority of clubs fully support the process including the appointment of an impartial Ombudsman who is acceptable and without any affiliation to the current impasse. The members therefore wish to publicly appeal to the Honorable Minister Dr. George Norton to swiftly rescind the appointment in the interest of transparency and the public good so as to preserve the credibility of the national sport. Yours faithfully, Sparwin Sports Club Devonshire Sports Club Walton Hall Sports Club Ravens Sports Club Lima United Sports Club Young Warriors Sports Club Charity Sports Club Sparta Youth and Sports Club