INTERNATIONAL Six emerged winners of the annual Satyadeow ‘Sash’ Sawh memorial dominoes tournament, played last Saturday at Ernest Shop, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara, in the presence of the late Minister’s wife Mrs Sattie Sawh.

The tournament, organised and sponsored by Sash Secretariat, saw the eventual champions mark a whopping 85 games to win easily from Canal Six with 73 and Zeelugt Sports Club who trailed on 69.
Apart from the first sitting when International Six trailed Zeelugt by two games, they took command and were never really challenged thereafter.
Colin Hicken and Hilbert ‘Bumpy’ Ali led the way for the winners with 16 games each and got admirable support from Ron Callender and Intikhab Alli with 16 each while Edmund Sammy got 13.
The top players for Canal Six were skipper Ramroop ‘Spoon’ Sukhai with 14 games and Andy Sukhai 13 while for Zeeluigt, Govinda Ram (15), Robin Persaud (14) and Tavendra Mangru (14) were the best players. Zeelugt’s Ameer Khan was the lone lovebird.
At the presentation ceremony, which followed, Mrs Sawh, who is also Guyana’s Honorary Consul General in Toronto, Canada, commended the teams for their participation and showered praise on the organisers for staging the competition on an annual basis.
Apart from the winning and first runner-up trophies, MVP Hicken, who shared the lone love, was also the recipient of a prize. The runner-up trophy was sponsored by Trophy Stall.
Sawh, a former Minister of Fisheries, Crops and Livestock, died under tragic circumstances on April 22, 2006 and a minute’s silence was observed for his passing prior to the commencement of the tournament.
Among those responsible for the staging of the tournament are United States-based Guyanese Mark Dookhan who served as driver to the late minister, Sahadeo Mahabali, Vishnu Persaud, Bibi Ali and Indra Jagmohan.
The organisers would also like to take the opportunity to express sincere thanks to the proprietor of Ernest Shop for allowing the venue to host the tournaments over the years.