THE official launching of the second edition of the Vice-president three-day softball extravaganza, set for November 8-10, will take place tomorrow at the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) ground, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown, commencing at 17:00 hours.

Vice-President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, who has once more consented to the staging of the tournament in his honour, will be on hand to grace the auspicious occasion and is slated to give brief remarks.
A significant addition to this year’s tournament, to be staged under the auspices of Regal Stationery & Computer Centre, the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Inc and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, and on insistence of the Vice-president, is the inclusion of a women’s category.

The tournament will be contested in the usual three men’s categories – Open All Stars, Masters Over-40 and Legends Over-50 over 20 overs while the women will compete in 15-over affairs at several venues in and around Georgetown. All the finals will be played at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary on Sunday, November 10.

Winners in all three men’s categories are guaranteed a first prize of $500,000 while the runners-up will take home $200,000. The winners of the women’s division will cart off $300, 000 and the runners-up $100,000.
All the winners and runners-up teams and players of the finals will also receive trophies. The Most Valuable Players in all the men’s categories will ride away with motor cycles while the player of the tournament in the women’s division will be presented with an electric motor cycle.