Latest update April 16th, 2026 12:40 AM
Winners win for second straight year, take home Howell ‘Yellowman’ Hinds trophy for keeps
Adrian Hinds (left) presents the Howell Hinds trophy to the Winners Dominoes
team following their victory in the Linden Town Week competition.
It was winning for a second straight year when, Winners, carted away the top honours by copping this year’s Linden town week Dominoes championship and the Howell ‘Yellowman’ Hinds Trophy at the presentation ceremony Thursday at the Senior Supervisors Club in Linden.
They continued to build on their reputation and name with another emphatic performance amassing 85 games ahead of their closest rivals Oak of Mount Olive, who once again were beaten into runner-up spot with 67 games and third came Royal Champions with 49.
The top marker in the final was Winners’ Frankie Richards who accumulated the maximum 18 games and in the process inflicted the first love on Raffel Smartt in the opening sitting, even though the Olive side had taken a narrow lead with 13 games as against Winners’ 12 and Royal Champions 11.
However, the Winners soon asserted themselves as favourites catching Mount Olive at 28 games as the Royal Champions were on 19, but by the third sitting Mount Olive responded and led with 41 from Winners 36 and Champions on 28. This was the turning point of the final as the Winners regained their composure and moved to 54 games as Olive were next with 46 and Royal Champions with 36.
Winners maintained their grip in the fifth sitting with 67 games as Mount Olive followed on 60 to Royal Champions 42 the Winners’ Richards, James Bobbsemple and Orrin Massiah all scored the maximum games in the final sitting with six games each as they held their opponents to seven games each and romped home winners 85 game to Mount Olive’s 67 and Royal Champions 49.
Frankie Richards had the maximum 18 games with teammates James Bobbsemple getting 17 and Orin Massiah 16.
Another player who suffered love was Petronual Ismond who was twice held without a game.
Mount Olive’s T. Rogers had 14 games and D. Harry of Royal Champions marked 11 for his team.
The winners’ Lien Trophy won for keeps for being champions a second time and $65,000 were handed to Winners. These and other trophies and medals for the champions were presented by Adrian Hinds, son of the Managing Director of the sponsors.
Cash incentives, medals and trophies were also distributed to the other outstanding performers.
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