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NCN ‘A’ captures top spot at Western Union Media dominoes tournament
National Communications Network (NCN) ‘A’ team carted off the top trophy at the Western Union sponsored Media Appreciation night dominoes competition contested at the Windjammer International Hotel, Queen Street, Kitty on Friday night.
The victorious 3-member NCN team poses with the number one trophy along with Western Union Marketing Manager Natheeah King (left). Chief Steward George Griffith is standing at back right with coordinator Franklin Wilson to King’s left.
NCN tallied a total of 25 games in the final to win ahead of Channel 9 with 22 and Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) in the cellar position with 13.
Talk show host Basil Bradshaw playing for Channel 9 shared a double love in the final; his scalps being Marlon Munro of GNNL and I. Kazim of NCN ‘A’. Kazim tallied the most games (11) in the championship game.
Gracing the activity, which attracted members of the Regional and International Media here to cover the CARICOM Heads of Government Conference, was Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, who complimented Western union for bring off an activity of this nature where Media operatives can come together and compete against each other in a relaxed atmosphere.
Marketing Manager of Western Union Natheeah King whose brain child it was to host such an event as they seek to further strengthen their relationship with the Media and show appreciation at the same time, disclosed that she was very pleased at the turn out and participation of the print, broadcast and electronic media.
“I am happy to see the turn out and the competitive nature of the competition. This is something we will try to do a bit more often in the future and as a company, we are very grateful to the media for their support and so we thought that doing something like this was a good way of saying thanks.”
Trophies were presented to the captains of the top three teams. Other entities participating in the activity and dominoes competition were Capitol News, NCN ‘B’, Kaieteur News ‘A’ and ‘B’, Evening News, Guyana Times and Western Union.
George Griffith performed duties as chief steward.
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