Fyrish Primary crowned Champions of Sueria Manufacturing Inc, Windball competition
Mr. James Campbell (right), a representative of Sueria Manufacturing , presenting the winning trophy and cash incentive to the captain of the Fyrish Primary School.
Mr. James Campbell (right), a representative of Sueria Manufacturing , presenting the winning trophy and cash incentive to the captain of the Fyrish Primary School.

FYRISH Primary school defeated Albion Back Primary school by five runs in the final of the Sueria Manufacturing Inc. Inter Primary School Windball Cricket Competition, organized by the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club.

Played last Thursday at the Albion Community Centre Ground, Fyrish Primary won the toss and elected to bat first. They rattled up 69 for 5 off their allotted 8 overs, with Asafa Poyer hitting 36 and Hemendra Deonarine 17. Albion Back Primary then responded with 65 for 4 from their 8 overs with Chrisendat Sarju hitting 29 and Shaeed Persaud 20.

The competition was played on a round robin basis among the five Primary Schools within the Lower Corentyne area. Gibralter, Fyrish, Cropper, Albion Back and Belvedere Primary were the participating schools.

This competition over the years has been used as part of the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club’s effort to attract young cricketers to the Club. Top Albion cricketers such as Veerasammy Permaul, Gudakesk Motie, Johnathan Foo and Kandasammy Surujnarine among others have graduated from this competition.

Earlier in the day, Fyrish Primary continued their unbeaten run with their fourth win in the competition to secure their place in the final, while Albion Back defeated Gibralter Primary by 4 wickets on their way to the final.

In the other matches played, there were also two wins for Belvedere Primary and one win for Cropper Primary, while Gibralter Primary was the only team that failed to secure a win in the competition.

At the presentation ceremony which followed, Lloyd Kanden – president of the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club, commended the five Primary Schools for their participation and extended special congratulations to Fyrish Primary for winning the competition and more so, for the first time.

He also expressed gratitude to the Managing Director of Sueria Manufacturing Inc., Mr. Frank Sanichara, a former Albion cricketer for coming on board to partner with the club in this important competition.

Also speaking at the presentation ceremony were Community Development Officer of Albion/Port Mourant Estate, Mr. Orvin Mangru and Sales Representative of Sueria Manufacturing Inc., Mr. James Cambell.

Mangru encouraged the youngsters present to join the historic Albion Community Centre Cricket Club which he claimed is among the best cricket club in Guyana and the Caribbean as a whole. He also urged them to focus on their education.

Campbell thanked the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club for organizing the competitions and disclosed that his company was very much delighted to be part of the competition and more so to get the involvement of youths. He also commended the five Primary School for their participation and he congratulated Fyrish Primary for winning the final and for playing unbeaten in the competition.

The winning team received a beautiful trophy and cash incentive while the runner-up team also received a trophy and cash incentive.

Asafa Poyer received a trophy for being the man-of-the-match in the final;he scored 36 runs and captured 1 wicket for 10 runs from his allotted two overs for Fyrish Primary.

Damion Cecil of Belvedere Primary carted off the batsman of the competition award with 155 runs from 4 games. Quinston Glasgow of Fyrish Primary was the best bowler of the competition with 6 wickets and his teammate Javes Glasgow was judged the most valuable player of the competition with 55 runs and 6 wickets.

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