…International 6 win Shew’s General Store trophy

THE feature dominoes game held to celebrate the 52nd birth anniversary of New York-based Guyanese Michael Rampersaud, turned out to be a two-team affair at the Everest Cricket Club pavilion on Friday night, as the other contesting side failed to provide any opposition to the top two.In a fiercely contested game, International 6 were forced to stave off the challenge of King’s 6 to emerge winners with 80 games, four more than their opponents who tallied 76 with Canal 6 way behind on a disappointing 55 games.
The game became a two-team contest from the onset after Canal 6 never recovered from a bad start with three of their players – S. Roopram, Kedar Seopaul and Muggo Sukhai going down lover’s lane.
Skipper Manniram Shew led from the front for the eventual winners with 16 games and got excellent support from Colin Cave (15), Ron Callender (15) and Colin Hicken (13).
The top players for King’s Six were Nazim Ali and Imran Ali with 16 games each, while there were 13 each for Basil Jeet and Cecil Orie. Bissoondial Mahdu provided the lone opposition for Canal 6 marking 15 games.
The game, which was sponsored by Shew’s General Store of Leopold Street, Georgetown, saw the winning and first runner-up team receiving trophies as well as the top three players in the respective teams. The players receiving trophies were Shew of International 6, Imran Ali of King’s 6 and Mahdu pf Canal 6.