IN order to honour the memory of Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) activist Michael Ford, who was killed on July 17, 1964, the Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) launched its 2nd Annual Michael Ford Domino Competition on Thursday last.

Carded to be brimming with excitement, this competition will see players from Regions 1, 2, 3, 4 (East Bank, Georgetown and East Coast), 5, 6, 9 and 10 pit their skills against each other for a chance to claim the coveted title of 2nd Annual Micheal Ford Domino Champion.

The Competition was started last year in memory of the sacrifice of Michael Forde, who had lived and died thinking of others, not himself; and therefore his death must not be forgotten.

Ford was killed when a young man went into the Progressive Bookshop, housed in the Freedom House building, with a small carton which he placed on a chair, purchased a book and, without waiting for his change, hurriedly left the shop, leaving his box behind. Seconds after the man had left, Forde, an employee of the bookstore, became suspicious and tried to throw the box out of the building, when it exploded.

The lower part of Forde’s left hand was hurled some 50 yards away, back of the pit entrance of the Metropole Cinema. His mutilated body was found face upward lying across the entrance of Freedom House with just strips of clothing dangling around his waist.

But Michael Forde’s quick thinking and brave action saved the lives of some 40 persons, including Mrs. Janet Jagan, the then General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).

A number of prizes would be at stake during the competition.