THE Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground will be “alight” on Friday with a specially arranged 20-over softball encounter to be played in honour of veteran sports journalist Frederick Halley.

The over-60 feature is the brainchild of long-standing softball organiser Seeraj Bhimsain and is being sponsored by Trophy Stall and Aash Décor. The first ball is set to bowl off at 18:00hrs.

Among the players expected to participate are Ramesh Sunich, Ricky Deonarine, Steve Narine, Kenrick Persaud, Raj Mathura, Oswald Chandla, Anil Beharry, Dharam Persaud and Lalta Gainda.

Halley, who has been covering sports since 1986, still freelances for the Guyana Chronicle from his adopted home, Toronto, Canada. He also recently covered the inaugural One Guyana Unification softball tournament, organised by the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) and title sponsors Regal Stationery & Computer Centre.

Prior to migrating to Canada, Halley was also a sports correspondent with the Caribbean News Agency (CANA) and subsequently the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).

He also served as Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the now defunct Guyana Softball Cricket Association (GSCA) and Secretary of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC).  Halley was also the National Sports Commission (NSC) Sports Journalist of the Year in 1992.