INTERNATIONAL Six erased a three-game deficit to emerge winners of the All Seasons Racing Service sponsored three-way aggregate dominoes tournament which ended in spectacular fashion at Ernest Shop, Canal Number One West Bank Demerara, last Sunday.Entering the final leg, three games adrift of front-runners All Seasons Racing Service with the scores reading 159 -156 and Canal Six lagging behind on 140, the game lived up to its pre-game hype with the eventual winners decided in the final sitting.
So intense was the battle between the two top contenders, International Six entered the final sitting a mere one game ahead of All Seasons and the overall results still hanging in the balance. Both teams however scored 13 games in the decider much to the delight of International Six and their supporters.
In the end, International Six won with 76 games with Canal two behind on 74 and All Seasons on 72, the overall scores being – International Six 232, All Seasons 231 and Canal Six 214.
Sunday’s top players for International Six were Intikab “Corbie” Ali with 15 games, Martin Permaul 14 and Prem Basant 13.
For Canal Six, there were 15 games for Scotty Ramroop, 14 each for Chibar Seopaul and Ramroop Sukhai and 13 for Basdeo Persaud.
John Freeman with 15 games and Frankie Seaforth 13 were All Seasons top markers while Avie Persaud of Canal was the lone lovebird.
Trophies were presented to the winning and runner-up teams, the three best players on the winning team, the two top players on the second and the leading player in the third team.
The prize-winners for International Six were Edmund Sammy and Intikab Ali with 41 games each, while Prem Basant made 30 games in two matches to end with the impressive average of 15 games per match.
All Seasons John Freeman topped for his side with 45 games, while the other prize went to Frankie Seaforth who ended with 43, the same as Hazim Hack. Seaforth, however, gave away 73 games to Hack’s 75.
Chibar Seopaul was the main player for Canal Six registering 43 games.