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RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee 1990-2015…Port Mourant & Corentyne Comprehensive are female and male GBTI Tapeball champs
Port Mourant and Corentyne Comprehensive have been crowned female and male
GBTI Male Tapeball champions, Corentyne Comprehensive Secondary.
champions of the GBTI sponsored Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Silver Jubilee GBTI Inter-Secondary School Tapeball competition which concluded on Friday last.
Witnessed by a large and colourful crowd in a carnival like atmosphere, Port Mourant Secondary females were too good as they brushed aside Central Corentyne Secondary by nine wickets while Corentyne Comprehensive Secondary got the better of Lower Corentyne Secondary in a thrilling male final which was decided by a super over.
Winning the toss and batting first, Central Corentyne were restricted to 87 for 8 in their allotted 10 overs. Shennetta Grimmond top scored with 32 (4×4 1×6), Rushanna Lynch supported with 16 (2×4).
Bowling for the 2014 champs -Port Mourant, Kavita Ramsammy claimed 3 for 3 and Erica Lashley 2 for 20. In reply, Port Mourant Secondary School raced to their second consecutive title, reaching 90 for 1 in seven overs; Ramsammy returned with the bat to score an unbeaten 40 (7×4) while national Under-19 player Erica Lashley was unbeaten on 20. Aleema Arokium
GBTI Female Tapeball champions, Port Mourant Secondary.
made 10.
Ramsammy, for the second successive year was named Player-of-the-finals and was also named best batter and bowler of the finals.
In the male final, Lower Corentyne batting first reached 83 for 8 off 15 overs; Ezekiel Kempadoo 19, Keith Simpson 18 and Ramesh Kashinauth 11 only batsmen to reach double figures.
From 50 for 3 in the 8th over, Lower Corentyne Secondary failed to kick off as the Corentyne Comprehensive Secondary bowlers kept a tight rein on the remaining batsmen with Hemchand Sukhai claiming 2 for 17, Jermaine Pollard, Emmanuel Seecharran and Keon Hooper took one wicket each.
Corentyne Comprehensive needing to score 84 in 15 overs to secure the title for the first time, was restricted to 83 for 9 in response; Emmanuel Seecharran led with 22 not out while extras contributed a healthy 32.
Needing to score six runs in the last over bowled by Justin Gobin, Corentyne Comprehensive only got five as Emmanuel Seecharran only scored a single off the last ball with two required.
Ezekiel Kempadoo claimed 2 for 15 runs.
With the tie, a super over was required, Corentyne Comprehensive scored 12; Avishask Ramnarine scoring all the runs off the left arm spinner Keith Simpson. Lower Corentyne Secondary could only manage 11 for both wickets as Jermaine Pollard kept his nerve.
Karran Rajpaul was run out for 3 attempting a single which would have resulted in another tie much to the relief of Corentyne Comprehensive’s supporters. Emmanuel Seecharran was named best batsman while Ezekiel Kempadoo was named best bowler and Man-of-the-finals.
The winners, runners-up and Players-of-the-finals received trophies while the best batter and bowler received medallions and special prizes.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster praised the teams for providing a high class performance to entertain the large crowd and also praised the commitment and passion of the young cricketers, something which is sadly missing in West Indies Cricket.
Foster urged the attentive school children to always Say No to Drugs and Suicide and to stay in school and obtain an educational background. He also expressed gratitude to the Management of GBTI for their sponsorship of the tournament and for their continued confidence in the work of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation.
The players were urged to support the Bank by opening accounts at the Port Mourant branch. GBTI Port Mourant Manager, Mr. Ghoeblall Mahadeo and members of the staff distributed the prizes to the different winners.
Members of all four teams in the finals participated in an Anti-drugs and Pro-education March before the games started. President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union Mr. Mark Lyte spoke at the opening ceremony and spoke on the importance of education and the need to mix sports and education.
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