SUKHAI’S Six, staved off a stiff challenge from Shew’s Six to emerge winners of the eighth annual Sash Sawh memorial dominoes tournament, organised by Sash Secretariats and played last Sunday at Ernest Shop, Canal Number One, West Bank, Demerara. After a fiercely contested five rounds, which saw Shew’s Six entering the sixth and final with a slim lead, with the scores reading: Shew’s Six 69, Sukhai’s Six 67 and Seopaul’s Six 63, the eventual winners romped to a commanding 82 games, leaving Shew’s Six on 77, the same as Seopaul’s Six. However, the Shew’s claimed the second position by virtue of marking six sixes to their opponents’ four.
Skipper and Most Valuable Player Ramroop ‘Spoon’ Sukhai led from the front with 17 games and got great support from Navin ‘Sixes’ Samaroo (15), Rickey Persaud (15) and Janke ‘Davo’ Persaud (14).
The top players for Shew’s Six were Andy Mandu (16 games), Deodat (14) and Hilbert ‘Bumpy’ Ali and Intikhab Ali with 13 games each.
For Seopaul’s team, captain Kedar Seopaul also led from the front with 16 games while there were 14 each for Anand Persaud and Boodnarine Singh.
Among those responsible for the staging of the tournament are United States-based Guyanese Mark Dookhan, Navin Mahabali, Vishnu Persaud, Bibi Ali, Sandra and Indra Jagmohan. Ramesh Sunich of Trophy Stall donated the MVP trophy..
The organisers would like to take the opportunity to express sincere thanks to the proprietor and family of Ernest Shop for allowing the venue to host the tournament since the commencement.