Dr. Anthony said ‘Albion Cup’ will be an annual affair : -Amazon Warriors quartet to give Captaincy lecture

LAST MONDAY night, at the presentation ceremony for the first ever Caricom Day ‘Albion Cup’ four team championship, Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy on behalf of his colleague Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony, said the event would be an annual affair.Speaking with Chronicle Sport yesterday, Dr. Anthony confirmed the statement made by Dr. Ramsammy, adding that a championship trophy would be up for grabs, with the team who win the tournament three times taking home same, while lien trophies would be issued prior.
“When we initiated the lights, I had discussions with the Albion Cricket Club where I told them we will be making the four team tournament, an annual affair, with the Ministry providing a championship trophy which will have the name of the winners engraved on it, while a lien trophy would be supplied for them to take back to their respective clubs.”
In respect to the four games that was played and from which Albion emerged victorious to take the inaugural title, courtesy of a seven wicket victory over Port Mourant Cricket Club, Dr. Anthony said he thought it was a good contest, but noticed lots of room for improvements.
Both Albion and Port Mourant won their semifinal encounters easily, with Albion demoralising Young Warriors, after seeing Port Mourant defeating their neighbours and nemesis Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets in the first semifinal.
“Yes I enjoyed the game. I also thought it was a good contest, but I think that for most of the players, it would have been the first time for them playing under the lights, while at the same time there were some flaws in their technique.
But we are prepared to work with them to improve that and so forth, and will be holding a workshop sometime in the year to that effect at the National Resource Centre (NRC)” said Dr. Anthony.
And in speaking of the NRC, DR. Anthony pointed out that the facility will be buzzing with activity on Tuesday, when the MCYS host a Captaincy Workshop, where young captains from across the country will be tutored on the fine aspects of the game by a quartet of captains from the Guyana Amazon Warriors.
“We have invited, Pakistan’s Mohammed Hafeez along with West Indies Test skipper Denesh Ramdin and Guyana’s very own Christopher Barnwell and Steven Jacobs, to be the facilitators at this workshop on Tuesday morning.
They will be interacting with young cricket captains from all over the country and this is just one of many courses the Ministry plans to execute this year,” said Dr. Anthony.
Written By Calvin Roberts

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