SOFTBALL fans will have a chance to get in on the action as mobile service providers Digicel launched its Triple Treat Softball and Duck Curry competition yesterday at its Kingston head office.The softball tournament, which will bowl off on March 5 at the Perseverance beach ground, will conclude on April 1 at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground with three events, according to Digicel’s Communications Manager Vidya Sanichara.
Registration for the tournament commences today and will conclude on February 28 with the tournament hosting a total of 24 teams and, according to Sanichara, “It is to create an ideal atmosphere for families.”
Digicel’s Retail Sales Manager, Richard Das, took the opportunity to invite all the teams, who had participated last year, to register again. He said that following the March 5 bowl-off of the tournament, the competition continues every weekend leading up to the final at the Anna Regina ground.
Das said the draw for the fixtures will be held on March 4 at the Speed Talk Mobile, which is the Anna Regina Digicel store.
The softball aspect will be held under the auspices of the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA), whose president Ramchand Ragbeer expressed pleasure at being associated with Digicel and the residents of the Essequibo Coast.
Apart from softball cricket, there will be Duck Curry competition and Stage Show to give persons the ‘three times the fun’.
It is the second edition of the event.