The cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club from July 18, will be hosting their annual Republic Bank Summer Camp and Cricket Academy as part of their personal developmental programme.
The teams, Poonai Pharmacy U13, Farfan and Mendes U15, Bakewell U17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under 19 and Intermediate, Metro Females, Vitality U21, Namilco U21 and First Division will organise the events after a two-year break due the covid-19 pandemic.
Assistant Secretary/CEO, Jonathan Rampersaud, who will supervise the two events, stated that the summer camp will be held at the Rose Hall Town Primary School for a total of 50 students.
The main objective of the four-week camp will be to make sure that the students make a successful transition from primary to secondary school.
They will be taught four subjects, Mathematics, Science, History and English by two highly qualified teachers and will also be involved in several social developmental sessions with social work students from the University of Guyana.
Among the topics that will be discussed with the students are peer pressure, importance of education, importance of discipline, drug abuse, suicide, personal hygiene and public manners. Every student who successfully completes the camp and has a 90 percent attendance rate will receive a school bag and educational materials while attractive prizes will be up for grabs including educational grants, bicycles, food hampers and personal care hampers.
Rampersaud also disclosed that the cricket academy will last for two weeks and will be hosted at the Area H Ground and in the compound of the Rose Hall Town Primary School.
The camp will cater for about 120 youths between the ages of 10 to 18 years and will be conducted by several coaches including Winston Smith and Delbert Hicks.
Club executives Robby Kissoonlall, Tyrone Pottaya, Keith Hicks, Hilbert Foster and Rampersaud will look after the administrative aspect of the two events.
Foster stated that the main objectives of the academy is to look at new talents for further development aimed at cementing the club’s reputation as one of Guyana leading cricket nurseries and also to develop the existing talent in the club.
The RHTYSC, since its formation in 1990 by three times Commonwealth Youth Service Awardee, the St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club has produced players who have played at the international level and a combined 110 for Berbice and Guyana. The members of the academy will also be involved in off the field sessions in an effort to prepare them to be sports ambassadors. Special effort will be placed on the mental aspect of the game and improving the players knowledge of the rules and history of cricket.
Foster disclosed that the Region Six division of the Guyana Police Force has accepted an offer to send 50 youths to the academy as part of its community outreach programme.
The clubs also plans to invite former and present cricketing idols to visit the academy for inspirational sessions with the youths. Interested parents can call 337 4562 OR 613-4970 for more information.
