FOURTEEN teams will vie for supremacy when the Ontario Softball Cricket League (OSCL) 2022 season gets underway on Saturday, May 28.

The figure represents an increase of two from the original 12 from 2021 although 11 eventually finished the season after McCowan United pulled out.

At the league’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in March, there existed two vacancies among the executives, that of Registrar/Statistician and Assistant Registrar/Statistician.

These two posts were filled last Sunday at the Captains Table meeting, held at Agincourt Community Centre, Scarborough, Ontario Canada. Patrick Shivrattan, who served in the position previously, was appointed Registrar/Statistician while Rabindra Diaram is the assistant.

The full list of executive members read: Shiv Persaud – President, Dharmendra Kumar – Vice-president, Dinawatie Jaipersaud – Secretary, Natasha Sue – Treasurer, Ian Baldeo – Schedule Coordinator, Terry Mathura – Assistant Secretary/Treasurer, Patrick Shivrattan – Registrar/Statistician and Rabindra Diaram – Assistant Registrar/Statistician. Mathura previously served as Vice-president until 2019.

The OSCL Disciplinary Committee, which was also not finalised at the AGM, was named Sunday and it comprises Kumar, Mathura, Orin O’Neil, Amit Bacchus, Amit Arjun, Will Singh and Rudy Bhopaul.

The Guyana-born Persaud, who is also president of the Scarborough Cricket Association (SCA) had said previously that he intends to create a healthy environment for open discussions between members and executives of the OSCL “as we work together to continue the development of softball cricket.

“It is an organisation with over 25 years of dedicated and selfless work by many outstanding individuals. We got to continue their hard work and make it one that they can be proud to be a part of. I would like for the members, sponsors and executives to be proud of their involvement with the OSCL.” (Frederick Halley)