Hill Foot Vipers and Wiruni cart off honours

HILL FOOT Vipers won by six runs while Wiruni overcame All Star Conquerors by three runs to be the respective male and female winners when the Linden Softball League’s (LSCL) Inter-Community 12/12 softball cricket competition finals were played last Sunday at the Bayrock Community Centre ground. The female final was contested first and after winning the toss All Star Conquerors sent Wiruni in to bat. The eventual winners chalked up 115 for 6 off their allotted overs as player-of-the-final Stacey Osborne topscored with 32 and Pamela King supported with 30.
Patricia Tello was the best bowler with 4 for 16 off 3 overs for All Star Conquerors, who in reply could only reach 112 for 6 off their allotted 12 overs as Charlene Isaacs scored 24 and Akilla Castello 16, with Amesha Fredericks taking 2 for 16 for the champions.
In the male final Kairuni won the toss and sent in their opponents Hill Foot Vipers to bat and they scored 121 all out in their allotted 12 overs, as Lamtie Hinds top-scored with 34 runs.
The best bowlers for the Kairuni team were Ricky Raghubeer with 3 for 26 and Hakeem Singh who took 2 for 12, before their team were bowled out for 115 in 11.1 overs, falling short by six runs despite Deon Smith’s even half-century and 16 from Marlene Barrett as Narine Lakenauth took 4 for 22 and Hinds 3 for 26 for Hill Foot Vipers.
The main sponsors for these two tournaments were the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Star Party Rentals, Regal Stationery, Builders Lumber Yard, Regional Democratic Council of Region 10 (Upper Demerara/ Berbice) and Sam’s General Store.

(Joe Chapman)