Fierce encounter expected in final leg

A FIERCE encounter is anticipated when the final leg of the SPR Enterprise- sponsored three-way aggregate dominoes tournament climaxes at Zeelugt this Sunday.At the end of the second round, played at Ernest Shop, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara last Sunday, International Six were leading with 150 games with Canal Six trailing on 145 and Zeelugt 143.
The lead represented a significant comeback by International Six after they trailed Canal Six by nine games following the end of the first leg, played last Friday at the Everest Cricket Club pavilion.
Led by the maximum 18 games from Ramroop Sukhai in the first leg, Canal Six romped to a commanding 83 games with International Six on 74 and Zeelugt 69. Sukhai received admirable support from Chibar Seopaul with 14 games and Scotty Ramroop who made 29 out of a possible 36, playing through.
For International Six, Edmund Sammy (15 games), Hilbert ‘Bumpy’ Ali (14) and Ron Callender (13) were the top markers. Skipper Boodnarine Persaud and Balram Sammy topped for Zeelugt with 13 games each.
The lone lovebird was Navin Samaroo of International Six.
In the second leg, International Six bounced back to score 76 games with Zeelugt just behind on 76 and Canal lagging on a mere 62 games.
Intikab ‘Corbie’ Ali led the way for the winners with the maximum 18 games while Callender supported with 13.
Zeelugt’s top markers were Daniel Juman with 16 games and Robin Persaud 13. P. Ramdial and Scotty Ramroop made 15 and 14 games respectively for Canal.
Four players went down lovers’ lane – skipper Manniram Shew and Hilbert Ali of International Six and Canal’s Ramroop Sukhai and Kedar Seopaul.
The teams are competing for a winning and first runner-up trophy, three trophies for the top three players in the winning team, the best two players in the second team and the best in the third team.