Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) and popular international soft drinks brand, Pepsi, Friday last renewed their cricket relationship at the Demerara Distillers Limited Head Office located at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.
The soft drink giant has been sponsoring the RHTYSC Under 19 and Intermediate teams since 2004 and the sponsorship was renewed at the cost of $240,000.00 for 2020.
Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and RHTYSC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster hailed Pepsi and DDL as one of the main reasons why the club has been one of Guyana’s best with a reputation of producing positive results on the cricket field.
The Pepsi Under 19 team in 2019 won the BCB Under 19 20/20 title, finished second in the 50 overs tournament while the Pepsi Intermediate team won the BCB/Shimron Hetmyer 50 overs tournament.
Under the sponsorship, the under 19 team has won six titles including the first two editions of the BCB/New York Business Group 50 overs tournament while the Intermediate team has won both tournaments organised by the BCB.
Foster noted that the success of the Pepsi team has been the result of hard work, dedication and the financial support of the Demerara Distillers Ltd., and Pepsi. The support from Pepsi has enable the teams to fully concentrate on playing the game on the field, without worrying about the costs attached. Over the years, the team produced national junior players like Dominic Rikhi, Shailendra Shameer, Arif Chan, Loyden Lewis, Shawn Pereira, Akshay Homraj, Jonathan Rampersaud, Mahendra Gopilall, Jeremy Sandia, Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair, Kevin Sinclair, Matthew Pottaya, Assad Fudadin, Abdel Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Shemaine Campbelle, Sheneta Grimmond, Shabika Gajnabi, Murphy La Rose among others.
Foster expressed gratitude to DDL and Pepsi for their continued investment into the RHTYSC. He committed the teams to uphold the high standard they have set themselves in the future and to be perfect ambassadors of the Pepsi brand.
DDL Marketing Executive Larry Wills congratulated the RHTYSC for been an outstanding representative of the Pepsi brand. DDL, he stated was proud to be associated with the RHT teams as they have represented the Pepsi brand well on and off the cricket field.
