Rafman Ali 15/15 round robin softball tournament is slated to commence June 1. The competition will be played in two categories namely the open and over-40 and is being sanctioned by the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc.
The winning team in the open division will pocket a trophy and $100,000 and the runner up a trophy and $50,000, while the first place side in the over-40 segment will receive a trophy and $75,000 and the runner up a trophy and $50,000.
Entrance fee is $10,000. Organiser Ali told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that some twenty teams are expected to compete in the open segment and 10 in the over-40 adding that the competition will last for six weeks.
Among the venues indentified for preliminary matches are Cyril Potter College of Education, Better Hope, Ogle, Success, GNIC and MYO.