capture Legends Over-50. Masters Over-40 and Open All Stars titles
REGAL’s dominance in the softball arena continued over the last weekend when they captured all three titles at stake, the Legends Over-50, Masters Over-40 and All Stars Open in the Vice-president’s inaugural T-20 softball extravaganza, which climaxed at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary on Sunday.
Playing unbeaten in the Over-50 category, Regal Legends made light work of Aash Décor in a lopsided final, winning by the huge margin of 121 runs.
Led by a pugnacious unbeaten 133 by the consistent Uniss Yusuf, Regal Legends reached a formidable 243 for three in their allotted 20 overs.
The no-nonsense Yusuf, who blasted 18 fours and six huge sixes in his brilliant knock, shared in several useful partnerships. He first added 45 for the first wicket with Surujdeo Ramdeen (eight), 61 for the second with Rudolph Baker (51), 91 for the third with Wayne Jones (27) and an unfinished 51 for the fourth with John Sumair (14 not out). Baker’s scintillating knock was decorated with two fours and five sixes.

Mohamed Rafeek (one for 27), Lloyd Ruplall (one for 28) and Michael Ifill (one for 50) were the wicket-takers for Aash Décor.
Opponents Aash Décor were in early trouble and struggled to 37 for four in the fourth over with Parsram Persaud doing the early damage, finishing with the impressive figures of three for 13.

Seeraj Bhimsain, who struck seven fours and two sixes in an attractive unbeaten 59 and Jai Ram (29 not out) ensured no further damage as Aash Décor ended on 121 for four when their 20 overs expired.
Yusuf, who totalled 211 runs in the tournament and also took seven wickets, copped both the man-of-the-match in the final and the player of the series award, riding away with a Supertronics electrical motorcycle, compliments of Regal Stationery & Computer Centre. He was also the player of the series in the annual Prime Minister’s Cup and the inaugural Speaker’s Cup, played earlier in the year.

The formidable and unbeaten Regal Legends thus ended the 2023 season in a blaze of glory, winning the Orlando Legends tournament for the first time, the inaugural Speaker’s Cup, the New York Softball Cricket League (NYSCL) Legends Cup, the Prime Minister’s Cup and the just-concluded Vice-president’s tournament.
Not to be outdone, Regal Masters also followed up their triumph in the Prime Minister’s Cup, once again outduelling their fiercest rivals, Ariel Masters by a 29-run margin.
Patrick Rooplall, who slammed a majestic 184 earlier in the tournament, was again the chief destroyer with a fine 71, slamming four fours and eight sixes as Regal Masters reached 186 for eight in their allotted 20 overs. Sherwin Huberth bagged two for 40.

Ariel Masters stuttered to 158 all out in 17.3 overs with Aanand Nizamuddin (49) and Chien Gittens (43) offering token resistance. Dhanraj Singh (three for 26), Roy Persaud (three for 36) and Balram Roopnarine (two for 28) were the main wicket-takers for the winners.
Essequibian Rooplall copped the player of the final and player of the series prizes, the former, a trophy and the latter a Supertronics electrical scooter.
In the Open category, a heroic performance from Hyde Park’s Johnatan Fernandes, who struck a boundary-studded 59 with a solitary four and eight sixes which were not enough to earn his team victory. Batting first, Hyde Park could only muster 108 for eight in 20 overs.

Regal All Stars reached the required target in 10.3 overs with Fazal Rafiek leading the way with 38.
Fernandes took both the man-of-the-match and player of the series awards and earned a Supertronics electrical motorcycle for the latter.
Trophies for the tournament were donated by Trophy Stall, through the generosity of its proprietor Ramesh Sunich.
The respective winners in the three categories, took home $300,000 while the runners-up received $50,000.