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Malteenoes Sports Club fundraiser on today
Tiger Sports facilitates Media XI participation
In an effort to upgrade their facilities, the executives of the 113-year old
Fawaz Mohamed (second left) of Tiger Sports presents one of the shirts to Media XI skipper John Ramsingh. Sharing the moment are, from left, media players Calvin Roberts, Avenash Ramzan and Zaheer Mohamed.
Malteenoes Sports club will be hosting a fundraising cricket competition and Bar-B-Que today, with action set to commence at 09:00hrs.
Eight corporate teams will provide the on-field entertainment; while beyond the boundary there will be musical activity for patrons.
The organisers have granted the Media XI the opportunity to play the first match since they have another engagement during the day.
Besides the Media XI, the other participating teams are Guyana Bar Association, Upper Level Barber Shop, National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, Police Officers, Qualfon, Demerara Distillers Limited, Renegades and Wartsilla Power Company.
The day’s activities, which are being co-sponsored by General Industrial Supplies Enterprise, Trophy Stall and Star Party Rental, will see the top three teams receiving trophies, while individual prizes will be available for the Most Valuable Player in the final, the Best Batsman and Best Bowler of the day.
The umpires are Linden Matthews, Joseph Jeffrey and Shannon Crawford, while the Match Referee is Omar Bacchus.
Meanwhile, Tiger Sports of Old Road, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, on Saturday outfitted the Media XI with jerseys to compete in today’s encounter. The jerseys, were generously donated to the Media boys by Managing Director Sheik Mohamed, who is a former national cricketer.
Mohamed’s son, Fawaz, also a former national cricketer, presented the shirts to captain John Ramsingh during a simple ceremony at Malteenoes Sports Club on Saturday. Ramsingh said his boys were very grateful for the kind gesture of Tiger Sports, and will look to represent the company’s image to the best of their abilities.
Also present at the simple ceremony were former captain Calvin Roberts, fast bowling all-rounder Zaheer Mohamed and middle-order batsman Avenash Ramzan.
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