Cropper, Tain and Fyrish to vie for Berbice Future Warriors Tapeball title

The Berbice edition of the Future Warriors Tapeball Primary commenced Saturday and it was filled with excitement and an abundance of talent on display at the Port Mourant Community Centre Cricket Ground.

Of the 12 talented teams, Cropper Primary, Tain Primary and Fyrish Primary are through to Sunday’s finals at Port Mourant from 09:00h.

The aforementioned teams played unbeaten in the two matches, and to lift the title, one side needed to win two more matches in the tournament, powered by ExxonMobil.

In the second round, Fyrish was 58-6 in their eight overs, led by Yuvraj Goberdan with 30 (2x4s; 2x6s), and they managed to restrict All Saints Primary to 39-2.

Moreover, Tain pilled on 64-2 as Sunil Samaroo made 28* (2x4s; 2x6s), and Lekraj Ramberran got 10. In response, Bohemia was restricted to 48-4.

Cropper got the highest score as they posted 76-3, led by top innings of 47 (7x4s; 2x6s) from Jayden Gardner, and Timothy Ramsaywack got 17.

While Rose Hall Town Primary battled hard, they fell by 13 runs, reaching 63-4.

The impressive Anthony Shaeed smashed 33* (1×4; 3x6s) and got support from Randy Williams (16*).

The other six participating schools were Belvedere Primary, Number 36 Primary, McGowan Primary, Kildonan Primary, St. Aloysius Primary and Albion Primary.

As part of the festive nature, the organisers, FL Sport provided bats, balls and transportation free of cost to all of the participating schools, along with various meals and refreshments throughout the playing days.