CANAL Six used their home advantage to great effect to emerge winners of the Jeet Brothers-sponsored three-way aggregate dominoes competition which culminated at Ernest Shop, Canal, West Bank Demerara last Sunday.

Entering the third and final leg on 157 games, a mere one-game lead over archrivals International Six on 156 with Wild Bunch trailing on 141, the homesters eased to a comfortable win with 86 games to end with an unassailable 243 games.
International Six, who scored 77, ended in the second position with 233 games while Wild Bunch, who once again faltered, ended in the cellar on 203.
Canal Six were led through consistent scoring from Kedar Seopaul (16), Chibar Seopaul (16), Avie Persaud (15), R. Sukhai (13), Abdool Gafoor (13) and Scotty Ramroop (13).
The top players for International Six were Martin Permaul with 16 games, Hilbert ‘Bumpy’ Ali and Soomdat Jeet 13 each, while Terrence Damon marked 16 for Wild Bunch while his teammate Junior Ramchurejee and Wayne Austin who had two flawless sittings with 6 games apiece for International 6 were the lovebirds of the event.
Apart from copping the winning trophy, Canal Six three top players — Kedar Seopaul (46 games), R. Sukhai (44 games) and Chibar Seopaul (41) were recipients of watches and caps.
For International Six, Ron Callender with 31 games in two matches and Intikab Ali with 40 in three were the best two players and were awarded caps while Wild Bunch’s Sean Crawford made 41 games and also received a cap. The runners-up also collected a trophy.
Hilbert ‘Bumpy’ Ali, who had the distinction of registering a double love in the second leg, collected a watch and a cap for his fine effort, while Wild Bunch skipper Jermaine Jackson had already copped a cap for sharing the first love in the tournament, achieving the feat in the first leg.
Apart from those incentives, donor Soomdat Jeet, who resides in New York, had also presented three packs of dominoes to Everest Cricket Club and one each to the three participating teams.