A spirited Regal Softball Cricket team has their eyes set on the Florida Cup 2016, slated for March 11 to 13 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. All of their players are in good shape and form, while preparations off the field have put the players in a great frame of mind to bring back the top spoils.
Regal Softball Cricket Team is the double champions of the Guyana Softball Cup, having won both the Masters and All-Star categories last November at the Demerara Cricket Club Ground in Queenstown,Georgetown
Last July, the Masters team finished as runners- up in the Independence Cup which was played in July 2015 in New York.
However, in their debut season in the Florida Cup 2015, the Masters failed to make it to the play-offs, but team Manager Mohendra Arjune said the hard work the players are putting in, along with their confidence will go a far way in seeing the team do much better in 2016.
Preliminary matches will be played on March 11-12 at the Brian Piccolo Sports Park and Velodrome, while the finals will be held at the historic Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale.
Central Broward Regional Park is the only international cricket venue on American soil and it has been that way since Sri Lanka and New Zealand played the first international match back in May 2010.
The touring party will include a Media Manager in local cricket journalist and Sports Producer, John Ramsingh.
Team owner and Masters batsman, Mahendra Hardyal, welcomed Ramsingh on the team and said he (Ramsingh) will have his work cut out in getting timely reports back to Guyana while he will also be doing commentary on the Public Address systems in the matches involving the Regal Team.

The 13th annual Florida Cup is being played in celebration of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary and will be played in two categories: Masters for males over 45 years old and the All-Stars category for males of any age.
The other teams from Guyana are Floodlights and Floodlights Legends in the Masters category, and Wolf Warriors in the All-Star category.

Regal team; Troy Kippins (Captain), Mahendra Arjune, Eoin Abel, Longsford Klass, Peter Persaud, Eric Thomas, Larry Singh, Rudolph Rodrigues, Rudolph Baker, Mohamed Rafi, Mahesh Chunilall, Fazleem Mohamed, Raymond Harper, Shawn Messiah, Amarnauth Boodhoo, Mohendra Arjune (Manager) and John Ramsingh (Media Manager).

The team’s journey to South Florida is made possible through the support from the Director of Sport Christopher Jones and the National Sports Commission, Kawal Narine of Jemtex International in New York, Regal Stationery and Computer Centre, Regal Sports, Top Brandz Distributors, Crown Mining Supplies, Lennox Cush of Stars Party Rentals, Mr. Danny Persaud of Ink Plus and Mr. Joseph Ramkumar of Payless Variety Store.