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GBTI/RHTY&SC Secondary Schools cricket tourney starts with impressive ceremony
The first edition of the GBTI / Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, Inter Secondary Schools cricket tournament bowled off on Thursday last with an impressive opening ceremony at the Area ‘H’ ground.
Man-of-the-match Sayaad Pirbaksh
All seven schools with their male and female teams were on hand to participate in the colourful Anti-drugs and suicide march. They displayed educational banners and posters promoting the Say No to Drugs and Yes to Life message, GBTI Port Mourant Branch Manager Ghoeblall Mahadeo taking the salute.
RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster in brief remarks advised the students to stay in school, develop a culture of respect and discipline and most importantly to always Say No to Drugs. Foster described life as a gift from God and urged the youths to never consider suicide as any problems they would face is temporary and would go away with time.
The veteran administrator called on all the fourteen teams to play the tournament in good spirit and to be proper ambassadors for their respective schools. He also expressed gratitude to the management and staff of GBTI for their sponsorship of the tournament.
Corentyne Secondary was adjudged the best school in the march past ahead of J.C Chandisingh Secondary.
In the female 10 overs tapeball match, Corentyne Comprehensive Secondary led by national female player Phaffiana Millington thrashed JC Chandisingh (JCC) by 23 runs to advance to the semifinals.
Batting first CCS amassed 80 for 4 off their allotted 10 overs, Millington top scored with 33 not out (5×4), while Whitney Poyer and Tatyana Blair both supported with ten each. Bowling for JC Chandisingh Zian Yarrick took 2-1.
In reply, JCC were restricted to 57 for 7, Lisa Yorrick led with 12. Tatyana Blair returned with the ball to claim 2 for 9 for CCS.
Later in the day, JCC got sweet revenge when their Under-15 team got past
The winning JCCSS team.
CCS by 39 runs in a match reduced to 20 overs due to rain. Batting first JCC reached 115 all out in 19.5 overs. S. Purbaskh hit 37 (2×4) with support from Kevin Hooper 15 and Vitendra Kumar 13.
Bowling for CCS Avinash Ramnarine took 3 for 19, Emanuel Seecharran 2 for 8 and Ronald Rowe 2 for 27. In their turn CCS were bundled out for 76. Only Surendra Budhoo with 24 and Seecharran with 12 offered any resistance with the bat. Sayaad Pirbaksh returned the excellent figures of 6-16 from 4 overs.
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