THIS Sunday, the Port Mourant Community Centre ground is expected to come alive when the newly formed Berbice Softball Board (BSB) hosts its inaugural one-day four-team tournament from 10:00hrs. The four teams who will be competing for $200 000 and a trophy are: Berbice XI, Wolf Warriors, Demerara Select XI and reigning Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 10/10 champions Regal XI, while female 10/10 champions Trophy Stall Angels and a Berbice Select XI will do battle in an exhibition encounter for $50 000 and a trophy.
Other incentives up for grabs are best batsman and bowler in the finals and best batsman in the semifinals and with the hype surrounding this activity, the teams wasted no times in naming their squad to cart off the top prize.
Amieith Raj (formerly known as Amit Jairam), Balvinder Shivpersaud, Safraz Karim and Amir Nizamudin will be looking to lead Wolf Warriors, who won the GT&T 10/10 championship in 2011, to the top prize, once they get past their semifinal opponents, who are unknown.
Regal XI have been involved in several softball tournaments around Guyana in recent times and having missed out in the first two GT&T 10/10 tournaments, they rebounded to whip Wolf Warriors in this year’s final to take the coveted top prize of $2M.
The possibility of the two meeting in either the semifinals or final is not ruled out and to this effect, Chien Gittens, Troy Kippins, Patrick Rooplall and even Samuel Kingston, who will be performing the duties of player/coach, will all be looking to ensure their team maintain their supremacy in local softball cricket.
While not much is known of the Berbice Select XI, they do have some quality players in Rajiv Ivan, who is tipped to lead the side, Balram Samaroo, Imran Khan, Sharmindra Hardyal, David Looknauth and Lalbachan Veerasammy, who on their day, can turn the tide of things in a cricket match.
Troy Gonsalves, Navin Singh, Surujpaul Deosarran, Adrian Singh and Jagdesh Deosarran, will lead the Demerara Select XI, a team that is made up of players from various clubs in the county, especially Rockaway, Trophy Stall Warriors and Builders Lumber Yard.
The teams for the various contests will be chosen from:

Wolf Warriors – Amieith Raj, Diaram Persaud, Mohammed Riaaz Karim, Safraz Karim, Asif R Sathie, Balvinder Shivpersaud, Amir Nizamudin, Dhanraj Champalall, Vish Thamnechandra, Yougistra Dacshan, Chetram Jainarine, Azeez, Azarudin Sathie and Madanlall Doodnarine. Imran Hussain (manager) MRK Sathie (coach)

Regal XI: Troy Kippins (captain), Mohamed Ayume, Richard Latiff, Krishna Balgobin, Ricky Sargeant, Pritvi Motielall, Chien Gittens, Balram Roopnarine, Lakeram Roopnarine, Medhan Dhanpaul, Patrick Rooplall, Murphy Ramnauth, L. Veerasammy, Samuel Kingston and Lynden Lyght.

Berbice Male Select XI: Rajiv Ivan, Balram Samaroo, David Looknauth, Lalbachan Veerasammy, Imran Khan, Sharmindra Hardyal, Sasenarine Earnest, Joshua Garnett, Rambharat, Devendra Thakurdeen, Poorendra Debidyal, Chandrashkker Arjune, Shazir Kandasammy, Khalendal Khemlall and Vishal Singh.

Demerara Select XI: Troy Gonsalves, Gary Singh, Fizal Rafeak, Kumar Bishundial, Mahendra Ramlakav, Latchman Somrah, Ramnarace Bissessar, Jagdesh Deosarran, Navin Singh, Ajay Singh, Sohan Raganand, Carlos Gonsalves, Surujpaul Deosarran and Adrian Singh.

Trophy Stall Angels: June Ogle-Thomas (captain), Heema Singh, Monica Seales, Kavita Yadram, Taneisha Isaacs, Rihanna Harris, Alicia Alleyne, Nalini Sumintra, Roxanne Demonick, Janelle Nero, Abiola Alleyne, Keisha Lall, Roopmini Persaud and Fiona Ward.