Softball: President’s Cup 50-ball tournament set for Tuschen

A lucrative pay day is guaranteed for the eventual champions of the inaugural President’s 50-ball softball cricket tournament, with G$500,00 set aside for the winners.

The four-team tournament is set for the Tuschen Community Centre Ground, East Bank Essequibo, this Sunday (October 29) from 09:00h.

The losing finalist will pocket G$300,000, while the losing semi-finalists will both get G$100,000. The one-day event will see a return of competitive softball cricket to the Essequibo Islands West Demerara Administrative Region using the traditional small ball.

In an effort to keep the youths of the Region meaningfully occupied and working together, the Region Three Softball Cricket League (R3SCL) will also be using the day to raise funds for future tournaments.

There will be BBQ chicken and beverages on sale all day with the profits going directly to cricket development. Each team will be outfitted with uniforms from the organisers while there will be souvenirs for players and officials in the form of specially designed medallions.

Sponsors for the day are: Met’s Sports Bar, Banks DIH, Trophy Stall, Sheriff Security, Auto City, Fazia’s Collections, Fat Boy Discount Store, Puran Brothers, Hi-Fi Sound Connection, Haseeb Bacchus Halaal, Hussain (Dumb Boy) General Store, ND&S Furniture, F&R Supermarket, Mangal’s Sawmill and Lumber Yard Complex, Joshi Construction, N&S Algoo Brokerage, Eclipse Sports Bar, N. Khan Construction, Farouk Mohamed, Summer Time Travels, Burns Sports Bar, GTT, ENet, Forrester Lumber Yard and Building Complex, Impressions, Khellawan Wood Working, N&R Welding, Triple A Guttering, Michael Welding, Robin’s Beauty Salon, De Rock Restaurant and Bar, Kapil Heeralall, A and A Auto Sales, Sono Finishing Touch Construction, Bhuneshwar Singh, Paul Cheong, S and D Construction, Paul New Road, Palm Castle, Lakenarine Singh, Taslim Baksh and Khan’s Construction and Transportation Services.

The four teams are West Bank Demerara, East Bank Essequibo, West Coast and Leguan/Wakenaam Combined. The two semi-finals and championship match will be live streamed on www.flsport.gy.