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16th World Council Dominoes Federation C/ships Guyana’s men team cop 3-hand title; females take third
A sterling performance by the Guyana male three-hand team in the sixth and final round earned them first place when the World Council Dominoes Federation (WCDF) held its 16th championship from August 14-24 in the land of the ‘Flying Fish’, Barbados.
Members of the Guyana male and female teams display their accolades
We Are #1! The victorious Guyana Men’s team with their trophies
The balanced Guyanese team ended with 14 points followed by Antigua & Barbuda on 13.5 and host Barbados on 12. The team from the ‘Land of Many Waters’ went into the sixth and final round against the USA and Anguilla on 11 points trailing Antigua and Barbados.
However, the experienced Guyanese unit dominated proceedings chalking up 85 games, with Anguilla second on 64 and USA third on 61. Martin Permaul marked the maximum 18 games for the champions while Godfrey Samuels supported with 15 and Kevin Boston 13.
Although the female team won their final round game, they had to settle for third position as they started their final round on 10 points, two behind eventual champions Antigua & Barbuda and three behind Barbados who edged the Guyanese on sixes to take the runner-up spot. Guyana tallied 86 games to beat Anguilla on 76 and Antigua 56.
The Guyanese grabbed three points from this encounter which brought them level with Barbados, but Antigua ended on 14 after gaining two points from the match. Guyana were knocked out in the semi final stages in the King and Queen segment, but placed third in the overall team championship.
Guyana’s male team comprised of Permaul, Samuels, Boston, Kirk Caesar, Errol Seymour, Gilbert Mendonca, Rawl Peters, Hubert Wright, Antonio Moti and Gladstone George. The female team was made up of Faye Joseph, Coraine Solomon-Rodney, Yonette Christmas, Diane Telford, Jillian Hyman, Nancy Tonner, Claire Benjamin, Rita Scarder, Sheron Jerome, Sandy Welch, Andrea Green, Alverene Jaundoo, Andrea Marks, Andrea Lewis and Denese Griffith-Jacobis. They teams returned home on August 28.
In an invited comment, Manager/Player Gladstone George said their main aim was to win the overall championship, but they fell short by one point. He added that both teams did well while lauding the males for their efforts.
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