The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club has joined hands with the historic Georgetown Cricket Club to hosts a Day of Cricket Champions at the Albion Community Centre Ground on Sunday October 14.
The Day of Champions would feature the two top cricket champions of Berbice – Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Albion Community Centre versus the two top teams from Demerara – Georgetown Cricket Club and the Demerara Cricket Club.
The event’s main sponsors are Ansa McAl under its Carib Beer brand and Sterling Products.
Secretary/CEO of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Hilbert Foster and Georgetown Cricket Club Vice President Ramsay Ali are the brainchild behind the event which is being held in honour of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club first Test Player, Assad Fudadin, while the organisers would also make a financial donation to ailing former West Indies player Ivor Mendonca.
West Indies cricketing Legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul would also be honoured in his absence due to the IPL Champions League for his contribution to West Indies Cricket.
Albion Community Centre would play Demerara Cricket Club in the first match at 10:00hours, while Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets would play Georgetown Cricket club at 13:00hours.
Among the cricketers expected to be part of the Carib Beer Day of Champions are West Indies players Assad Fudadin, Narsingh Deonarine, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Veerasammy Permaul, Leon Johnson, Devendra Bishoo, Darwin Christian and Christopher Barnwell.
Other players including Rajiv Ivan, Jonathan Foo, Paul Wintz, Vishal Singh, Shawn Pereira, Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai, Andrew Lyght Jnr and Robin Bacchus will also appear.