It was cricket fever at the Courts main branch on Main Street yesterday as the Store entertained Limacol Premier League (LCPL) Guyana Amazon Warriors trio, New Zealand’s Martin Guptill, Guyana Captain Leon Johnson and West Indies under-19 batsman Tagenarine Chanderpaul for a special two-hour promotion.
Hit the wicket winners share a moment with Warriors CPL cricketers Leon Johnson, Martin Guptill & Tagenarine Chanderpaul.
Courts is one of four entities where cricket fans can purchase CPL tickets for the Guyana leg of the competition on July 17, 19 &20 at the Providence Stadium. The others are Digicel, the CPL Office (tel 223-1437) and Palm Court Night club where tickets for the Party Stand can be purchased.
Yesterday fans had the opportunity to get autographs and take photographs with the cricketers while at the same time getting a chance to win tickets to the matches in Guyana if they bowled down a wicket from about 15 yards.
CPL merchandise were also on sale and both Marketing Manager of Courts (Guy) Pernell Cummings and Marketing Manager of the New GPC Trevor Bassoo expressed delight at the inertest shown for the CPL by the Courts customers.
The New GPC is the producers of Limacol, the title sponsors of CPL for the second year. Courts also took the opportunity to ‘give back’ by donating $200,000 to the Deaf Association of Guyana.
According to Marketing Executive of the New GPC Uvasti Bhooplall the one-day promotion was a success and hinted that another such event could be repeated in the coming days.
Courts Marketing Manager Pernell Cummings makes a $200,000 donation to the Deaf Association of Guyana. Warriors’ trio Martin Guptill, Leon Johnson & Tagenarine Chanderpaul share the moment.