ZEELUGT Sports Club (ZSC) are in a strong position to take top honours when the final leg of
the three-way tri-series dominoes tournament climaxes at Cold Fusion Bar, Zeelugt, East Bank,
Essequibo next Sunday.
At the end of the second round (fourth match), played at Boy’s Beer Garden, Good Hope, East
Coast Demerara, last Sunday, Zeelugt, who formerly played under Cold Fusion, led the charge
with 309 games with opponents Relentless of Canal Number 2, West Bank, Demerara and RJ 6
of Industry, East Coast Demerara, tied on 286.
Match one saw Relentless scoring 77 to take the lead, followed by ZSC with 73 and RJ 6 closely
behind on 70. For Relentless, Roy Rampant (Jet Run) scored 17 games and was assisted by
Santro Singh with 15 and Mahindra Aygganand (Elvis) with 14.
Salim Abdool led the way for ZSC with 14 games while Radesh Sooklall played through and
made 25. For RJ 6, skipper Rajindra Jhun (RJ) and Harish Looknauth (Boy) made 16 each while
Nandalall Santbeharry chipped in with 14.
In game two, played at Javed Beer Garden, Canal Number 2, ZSC scored a massive 85 games,
leaving RJ 6 on 72 and Relentless in the cellar with 71. For ZSC, skipper Boodnarine Persaud
played through and made 32 games (first three sittings 14 games counted for MVP). He was
supported by his brother Boodram Persaud (Robin) with 15 and Salim Abdool who scored 14.
For RJ 6, captain Jhun made 16 and received solid support from Sheikh Yassin and Navin
Wilfred (Bob) with 15 and 14 games respectively. Santro Singh led Relentless with 16 games.
In an exciting game three, played at Boy’s Beer Garden, Good Hope, East Coast, Demerara on
Sunday, June 14, RJ 6 triumphed on sixes over Relentless, both ending on 73 games with ZSC
closely behind on 71. At the end of the fifth sitting, the scoreboard read – Relentless 61 ZSC 60
and RJ 60.
The consistent Jhun again led the way for RJ 6 with 15 games and was supported by Looknauth and Santbeharry with 14 each. For Relentless, Roy Rampant made 16 and received support from Devindra Rampersaud with 15. Boodnarine and Boodram Persaud registered 16 and 15 games respectively for ZSC.
Game number four saw ZSC bouncing back with another commanding performance, winning
with 80 games with RJ 6 and Relentless lagging with 71and 65 respectively.
Radesh Sooklall scored the maximum 18 games for the winners and received major support from Tavendra Mangra with 15. For RJ 6, Jhun again led the way for his team with 15 games while
Sheikh Yassin scored 14. Mahindra Rampersaud made 15 for Relentless.
The three teams will have a break on Fathers Day weekend, after which the final two games will be played at Cold Fusion Restaurant and Bar on Sunday, June 28. Up for grabs are trophies and cash incentives for the winning team and trophies for the runner-up team and MVP, and most of bragging rights