AS part of Guyana’s 60th Independence Diamond Jubilee Sports Tournaments, which saw its launching recently at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall by Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jnr. and Minister within the Ministry, Steven Jacobs, the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Inc, will be staging a T20 three-category tournament, featuring the Legends Over-50, Masters Over-40 and Women.

The Over-50s comprise Regal Legends, Essequibo Legends, Parika Legends and Jai Hind Legends of Berbice and according to GSCL President, Ian John, the aim is to make the tournament a countrywide affair.

The four teams featuring in the Over-40 category are Caribbean Cricket Club Number 2 and Hibernia Strikers of Essequibo, Regal Masters and Lusignan Sports Club of Demerara.

The tournament is set to bowl off tomorrow at the Reliance ground in Essequibo with Caribbean Cricket Club Number 2 clashing with Hibernia Strikers from 14:00 hrs at the Reliance ground.

The action switches to Demerara on Friday, May 15 with Regal Masters and Lusignan Sports Club battling at the Lusignan ground in the Masters category from 14:00 hrs.

On Saturday, May 16, it’s the turn of the Over-50s with Regal Legends taking on Essequibo Legends and Parika Legends confronting Berbice’s Jai Hind, the former on pitch one and the latter on pitch two at the Police Sports Club, ground, Eve Leary from 10:00 hrs.

The four women teams will join the action on Sunday morning, prior to the staging of all three finals later in the day at the Police Sports Club ground. 4R Lioness and Number 64 Knight Riders clash on pitch one while Linden’s Supreme Stars come to grips with Uprising on pitch two. The two winners will meet in the final.

The winners in the Over-50 category will take home $250,000 and the winners’ trophy while the runners-up are guaranteed $100,000 and a trophy.

The Over-40 winners will receive $200,000 and a trophy and the runners-up $50,000 while the winners of the women’s category will walk away with $100,000 and the runners-up $50,000.

All three ‘players of the match’ in each category will collect $5,000 and a trophy.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, all finals for all the tournaments will be live streamed on the Ministry’s platforms, “reinforcing its commitment to advancing sport and ensuring it remains central to Guyana’s national development.”