Action galore as Tapeball Association launches inaugural GTA Super Sixes

Aug 01, 2010 Sports

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The Guyana Tapeball Cricket Association will launch its inaugural GTA Super Sixes competition starting August 14-September 26 next and already several teams have registered for the grand tournament.
Some 204 teams have already registered for the tournament and the deadline has been extended to facilitate the others. Several categories would be contested including boys, girls, males and females. The Nationwide tournament will take the format of seven members per team and six overs.
The winning team will pocket $ 500,000 and a trophy while the losing finalist will receive 200,000 and a trophy. Additionally, each semifinalist will collect $50,000 and a trophy while the respective zone winners will walk away with $10,000 and a trophy.
The action beyond the boundary will ensure that spectators participate in the action with each spectator standing a chance for eligibility for selection in the bowl off for cash incentives.
To date a total of 247 teams have signaled an intention to participate in the competition and include, Georgetown (20 teams), Upper East Coast (10 teams), Lower East Coast (15 teams), Upper Corentyne (5 teams), Lower Corentyne (4 teams), New Amsterdam (10 teams):
Canje (10 teams), West Coast Berbice (15 teams), West Coast Demerara (8 teams), West Bank Demerara (7 Team), Linden (10 teams), East Bank Demerara (58 teams), Pomeroon (8 teams), South Essequibo (13 teams), Central / North Essequibo (19 teams), Essequibo Islands (20 teams), Lethem (15 teams) for so far.
Teams desirous of participating may contact any of the following persons in their respective area: Berbice – Upper Corentyne – Sherwin Murray – 695-4299; Lower Corentyne – Intikhab Sakoor – 618-0287; New Amsterdam and Canjie – David Looknauth – 679-4379; West Coast Berbice – Barrington – 667-5199
Essequibo – Wazeeda Bacchus – 643-6945; Balchand Shivamber – 616 – 4020; Ravendra Dass – 655 – 9602;  Pomeroon -Looknauth Jaggernauth – 641-1131/La Toya Furkam – 647- 0102; Wakenaam –Asif Ahamad –  646 – 3156; Leguan – Harvey Gobin – 665-9618; Bartica – Anand -612 – 0235;
Demerara – Georgetown – Lance Adams – 626-7259; East Bank – Ralph Narine – 625-7998/658-5856; Lower East Coast – Nadir Baksh – 691-9477/222-3605; Upper East Coast – Herman Persaud – 682-2350; West Bank Demerara – Mark Ernest – 668-2426; West Coast Demerara  – Sheriff – 618- 4930 and Lethem’s Megan Thomas – 645 – 2982; Linden –  Mortimer Denny – 689-3272/442 – 1562.
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GCA holds one day skills development programme

The Georgetown Cricket Association will be holding a One -Day Skills Development programme for Under-15 and Under-19 cricketers from clubs affiliated to the association on Tuesday August 3 at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, from 09:00hrs to 16:00hrs.
The session for the Under-15’s will start at 09:00hrs and end at 12:00hrs and the Under-19 will be from 13:00hrs to 16:00hrs.
The Under-15’s are asked to be at the venue by 08:30hrs and the Under-19’s by 12:30hrs. These sessions are part of the Association’s Youth Development Programme and are also a continuation of the recently held One Week Camp.
The players invited include:-
Darien Best (M.S.C)
Mohan Ramdeen (E.C.C)
Michael Shalim (D.C.C)
Chanderpaul Hemraj (E.C.C)
Prince Roberts  (D.C.C)
Denesh Mangal (E.C.C)
Dexter George (D.C.C)
Wasim Mustapha (E.C.C)
Valdez Sukhu (D.C.C)
Safraz Esau (M.S.C)
David Mohammed (D.C.C)
Nicosi Barker (M.S.C)
Josiah Mattel (D.C.C)
Kevon Fredericks (M.S.C)
Nadeem Rasheed (E.C.C)
Clairmonte Duesbury (G.N.I.C)
Aleem Rasheed  (E.C.C)
Ricardo Devers (P.S.C)
Martin Pestano-Belle (G.C.C)
Clevon Hyman (G.C.C)
Fadil Umrow (G.C.C)
Dillon Fernandes (G.C.C)
Devon Lord  (G.C.C)
Raj Nanan (G.C.C)
Kumar Singh (G.Y.O)
Raphael Singh (G.C.C)
Tagenarine Chanderpaul (G.Y.O)
Gavin Charles (G.C.C)
Pravindralall Persaud (G.Y.O)
Stephon Sampson (T.S.C)
Daniel Manohar (D.C.C)
Marc Nicholson (T.S.C)
Aboyomi Scott
Wayne Yansen
Tevin Imloch (D.C.C)
Yuvraj Paul Dayal
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Inter-Market football receives support for impending tournament

The 2010 edition of the Inter-Market indoor futsal football competition is scheduled to get underway on August 7 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) and West Indian Sports Complex has displayed sound corporate commitment when the management of that organization donated three footballs to be used during the one-week competition.
The presentation took place at the West Indian Sports Complex head offices, Robb Street Georgetown when Managing Director Feroze Khan handed over the gift to tournament coordinator, O’Neil Durant.
An employee of the sports establishment, Phillip Squires, disclosed that the management of West Indian Sports Complex was cognizant of the importance of sports in nation building.
Mr. Squires further committed to future events of this nature.
In response, Mr. Durant expressed heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Khan while assuring the Managing Director of the viability of the gift.

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