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Feb 23, 2016 Sports
Electronic giants, Gizmos and Gadgets of Wellington Street, Georgetown, has renewed its cricket sponsorship of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club teams for the year 2016. The company would be sponsoring the
Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets Under23 and first division teams at the cost of $375,000 an would also be providing coloured uniforms to the first division teams from an overseas based supplier at the cost of close to $160,000.
The Georgetown based electronics store has been sponsoring the teams since 2010, when it replaced Windies Sports Bar as the official sponsor.
Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster at the presentation ceremony hailed the partnership between the RHTYSC and Gizmos and Gadgets as highly successful as the RHTYSC under the sponsorship has won twelve major cricket tournaments and has produced numerous players for Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies. Among the titles won by the RHTSC and the Under23 teams are Peter Lewis Under23 – 2010, Ranchiratar 40-overs – 2011, Universal DVD 20/20 – 2011, Tenelec 2012, 2013 and 2015, Berbice River Bridge 2015, Busta Champion of Champions 2010,2011,2012,2013 and 2015 along with Nalico/ Bakewell 20/20 – 2014. Over the years, players the calibre of Assad Fudadin, Esuan and Royston Crandon, Shemaine Campbelle, Delbert Hicks, Jason Sinclair, Khemraj Mahadeo, Dominic Rikhi, Collis Butts, Rajiv Ivan, Erva Giddings, Keon Sinclair, Eon Hooper, Clinton Pestano and Troy Matheson have been produced.
The RHTYSC in 2010 also copped its fourth Guyana Cricket Board Club of the Year under the Sponsorship. Foster expressed gratitude to MR. Ravi Mangar, CEO and Owner of the company for his continued confidence in the RHTYSC and noted with pride that the two teams played a major role in promoting the company and its products across the country. The teams since 2010 have also successfully completed over 600 community related programmes under the name of their sponsors with the main objectives of making a positive difference in the lives of youths, the elderly and less fortunate. The RHTYSC CEO also committed the teams to uphold the high tradition, they have set themselves in the past, most importantly to be role models to their peers and be ambassadors of both Club and Sponsors.
Marketing Manager of Gizmos and Gadgets, Earl Gomes stated that his company was delighted to be associated with the RHTYSC and expressed thanks to the Management of the Club for affording the company to be the team’s official sponsor. The Club, Gomes stated, was a role model organisation which others should emulate. The cricketers, the Marketing Manager stated, have represented the Gizmos and Gadgets to the best of their abilities and has made the company proud. He also expressed congratulations to the first division team for its championship honours in the recently held Busta Champion of Champions 50overs, Berbice River Bridge 50overs and Tenelec Inc. 50Overs first division tournaments. He committed the sponsor to fully supporting the teams in 2016 and urged them to uphold their high standards of discipline, hard work and commitment.
The RHTGG in 2016, would be led by Captain Shawn Perriera, Vice Captain Clinton Pestano, while Hilbert Foster would serve as Manager. Collis Butts would be the coach.
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