THE Guyana Baseball League (GBL) says all systems are ready to host the season-opening Softball tournament but is waiting on a break in the weather. Chronicle Sport confirmed that the League is ready and raring to go once the weather will allow. The tournament is open to teams made up of 10 to 16 members who will compete for the grand prize of $200 000. Organisers disclosed that participants can be of any age, sex or nationality.
There is a league registration fee of $1 000 per player. As with all GBL events all equipment is provided by the league. The GBL will run practice sessions for teams on all three weekends before the tournament.
Rules and regulations for the tournament will be given to all team captains upon payment of fees. Apart from the basic rules of Softball, innovations include: a designated hitter, player transfers upon payment of league transfer fee and free hits (no strikeout) for any player deemed special by league officials before the game.
The league is hoping to build on the recent success of the students of Berbice High School who were the first to officially complete a practical baseball examination as part of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Physical Education (PE) syllabus in April. (Stephan Sookram)