Western Tigers departs for 4th Tri-Nation International Guyana Cup tourney

Aug 14, 2012 Sports

Twenty one footballers and two officials of the Western Tigers Football Club will depart Guyana this morning for neighbouring Suriname where they will engage the host nation and French Guiana in the 4th Tri-Nation International Guyana Cup from August 16-20. The players are a confident bunch and have all exuded confidence of winning the championships.
Yesterday afternoon, the team convened at the offices of their patron, B K Group of Companies, where the management of that organization handed over $500,000 and a set of football gears to the players. Additionally, the company will facilitate travelling arrangements for the team up to Moleson Creek using one of its

Briony Tiwari hands over the sponsorship package to Randolph Wagner in the presence of executives of BK Group of Companies and other footballers, yesterday afternoon.

buses. The gift has greatly offset the stringent monetary demands of the team and the management of the donating company urged the players to apply themselves diligently and win the tournament.
Western Tigers FC have been given a mere two weeks’ notice to prepare after Alpha United FC, regarded as the top local club and initially selected for those duties, passed up the offer citing insufficient time to prepare. The Western Tigers team is ranked at number 2 locally and was the automatic replacement. Furthermore, the players were in training for the imminent GFF Super 8 tournament and only had to shift their focus to the Suriname tournament.
Meanwhile, daughter of the sponsor, Briony Tiwari, handed over the sponsorship cheque and the gears to junior national player, Randolph Wagner, moments before a senior executive of B K Group of Companies informed that his organization has adopted the Western Tigers Football Club more than five years ago. He said that the donation was an indication of their continuing efforts to promote sports, in this case football, and to support the development of the ball weavers. The official further said that BK Western Tigers FC has been showing much improvement within recent years, reaching the pinnacle locally after clinching the Kashif & Shanghai football tournament some two years ago.
President (ag) of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Franklyn Wilson witnessed the ceremony and thanked Mr. Tiwari for his kind corporate intervention. He further urged the players to demonstrate discipline while being good ambassadors. Mr. Bourne also extended heartfelt gratitude to his benefactor even as he promised to influence his players to the top prize.
Suriname will field two teams while Guyana and French Guiana will be represented by the top clubs of their countries.
Local ball weavers are still to win the tournament after 4 years and the ‘Tigers’ are going all out to break the jinx. The tournament was arranged with an aim of raising the level of football among the participating countries. The countries have agreed to take turns in hosting the championships and each team is required to put up US$500 with the winner receiving the entire purse along with medals and a trophy.
The ‘Tigers’ delegation will include a FIFA referee and an official and will be captained by Dwayne Ali. The coach is Calvin Allen while the manager is Brentnol Bourne. The other players are Daniel Favorite, Daren Benjamin, Dominique Garnett, Romel Legall, Ryan Adolph, Randolph Wagner, Oswald Cornette, Orvin Milton, Jerome Richardson, Jorell Tyrell, Joshua Britton, Paul Giles, Nedd Fraser, Phillip Rowley, Nyron Richardson, Mario Heywood, Sherman David, Gavin Wilson, Leon Yaw and Clive Matthews.