…Launching set for next Sunday at GYO
HISTORY will be created when the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) stages the third edition of the Vice-president’s three-day softball extravaganza on October 30, 31 and November 1.
According to a top official of the GSCL, all the matches during the tournament will be afforded online scoring, a system that is being introduced for the first time for any softball tournament in Guyana. The South Florida Softball Cricket League (SFSCL) led the way with this system earlier this year,
Meanwhile, registration for this year’s tournament, being played in honour of Vice-president, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, is going well and according to the GSCL officials, teams have until Wednesday to indicate their interest with the launching set to be held at the Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) ground on Sunday, October 25, from 11:00hrs.
Registration is being done at Regal Stationery & Computer Centre, 69 Seaforth Street, Campbellville, Greater Georgetown.
Teams in the Women’s categories are required to pay $20,0000 while the three men’s divisions – Open All Class, Masters Over-40 and Legends Over-50 entrance fee is $75, 000.
While the winning prizes and loads of incentives haven’t been disclosed to date, GSCL officials pointed out that these will be disclosed at the launching and will be based on the number of teams participating.
As in previous tournaments, the Women’s category will commence on Thursday, October 29, culminating with the final on Sunday, November 1 at a venue to be named.
The men go into action on Friday, October 31, with all three finals set for the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC ground, Queenstown on Sunday, November 1, starting at 09:00hrs with the Open All Class slated to end under floodlights.
Trophy Stall, through the generosity of its owner, Ramesh Sunich, has once again consented to donate all the trophies for the tournament.
The Vice-president’s tournament follows the successful staging of the ninth edition of the Prime Minister’s T20 softball tournament which ended two weekends ago. (Frederick Halley)
