FISHERMAN were crowned the inaugural winners of the Ansa McAL Bureau Inc Over-40 East Coast Cup softball tournament, played on Saturday at the Lusignan Community Centre ground, East Coast Demerara.

The final saw Fisherman defeating Mix-up by an emphatic seven wickets in the 15-over affair, Needing 85 for victory, after limiting their opponents to 84 for six in the allotted overs, Fisherman reached the target in 9.3 overs with Keith Fraser undefeated on a quick-fire 28. Skipper Zameer Hassan and Troy Ramsaywck contributed 22 each in the winning effort. Suresh Ramdin was the best bowler with two for eight.

Earlier, Mix-up batting was led by 28 from Nandram Samlall while Lloyd Rupall and Ramdin supported with 19 and 17 respectively. D. Thomas (two for 10) and Reid (one for eight) were the main wicket-takers.

Both the winners and runner-up were presented with trophies as well as man-of-the-match Ramdin; Fraser for being the game’s top-scorer and Thomas, the best bowler. Arjune.

The tournament was organised by ANSA McAL’s representative Chandradat Arjune.