ACHIEVERS Youth and Sports Club U21 team won the inaugural Brentnol Woodford 15-Over Four-Team Memorial competition, which was played at the Bush Lot ground on Sunday.

The event that was organised by Achievers and the West Berbice Cricket Association honoured former cricketer Woodford, who died at the age of 29 in January of 2022, while seeking treatment for cancer in the USA.

The avid cricketer, who worked as a police officer, played for several teams over the years, including Rainbow Generation team, Bush Lot team, Berbice Police team, West Berbice First Division team and, due to his outstanding ability, he was also selected for the West Berbice Franchise team.

Last Sunday, four teams, including two from Achievers (Senior team and U21), along with Bush Lot United and Police, competed in his honour.

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Achievers U21 and West Berbice Police played in the opener. Police won the toss and opted to bat first, but were pegged back by fast bowler Omari Arthur, who grabbed 5-10 from three overs.

Jayden Samuels supported with 2-14 from two overs to help restrict the Lawmen for 73 all out in 12.3 overs.

G. Grant and Lennox Williams led the score with 17 and 15 runs respectively.

Achievers in reply raced to 75-5 in seven overs with Shamal Angel hitting 34.

In the second clash, Bush Lot United faced Achievers Senior team.

Bush Lot won the toss, batted first and scored 91-8 in their allotted 15 overs. K. Ali and Rajiv Kushun led the chase with 24 runs each.

Bowling for Achievers Seniors, Kenje Sedoc took 4-8 from three overs.

In reply, Sherwyn McPherson fired his way to 46 runs to lift Achievers to an eight-wicket victory in 11.3 overs. R. Hemraj led the attack for Bush Lot with 2-20 from three overs.

In the last match of the round-robin battle, Achievers U21 took on their Seniors.

The Senior side won the toss and batted first in a game reduced to 10 over, due to time. Led by Raffel Estraido with 27 and Sherwyn McPherson with 22, the older players were able to score 84-4. The U21 skipper Jayden Samuels led the bowling attack with 2-8 from two overs.

In reply, several of the U21 players reached double figures to clinch a seven-wicket victory.

Nickel Fraser and Titus Webster finished with 16 not out each, while Angel added 12 and A. Rogers 11.

Fraser was named man-of-the-match. That trophy was handed over to him by one of Woodford’s uncles, while the winning trophy was presented to the captain by the father of the late Brentnol Woodford.

President of the Achievers club, David Black, also presented a plaque to Woodford’s father on behalf of Woodford’s wife and relatives.