Latest update December 19th, 2024 3:22 AM
Floodlights ready to defend New York Independence Cup
Flashback: Celebration time, Members of the victorious Floodlights team following their victory in the Orlando Cup 2018.
The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) will be represented by two teams at the upcoming annual New York Independence Cup. The tournament is set for June 29 – July 1 and will be hosted by New York Softball Cricket League (NYSCL). The teams are defending champions Floodlight Over-45, which humiliated arch rivals Regal Masters also from Guyana, in the 2017 final and for the first time, and Floodlights Legends Over-50. (
Floodlights Over-45 team is undoubtedly the reigning International Softball Cricket team winning eight International Softball Masters titles so far. They won Guyana Softball Cup thrice, NY Legends Cup twice, Orlando Cup twice and Florida Cup once. They were also seven times runners up in international tournaments. The well rounded and extremely talented team twice defended their title at international tournaments, namely Guyana Softball Cup (2016 and 2017) and Orlando Cup (2017 and 2018), in the process defeating Regal Masters both times.
GFSCA President Ramchand Ragbeer, says that he is confident of defending the NY Legend Cup Title to make it three times in a row. He said that his team has survived the test of times winning twenty consecutive matches in Annual International Softball Cricket Tournament – beginning with Orlando Cup 2017 and concluding with Orlando Cup 2 in March 2018.
Practice is being held daily at New Trafford all weather Turf Practice facility at 93 Dennis Street, Campbellville. A pool of thirty players was recently selected with Ramo Malone set to lead the Floodlights Over-45 and veteran Dharam Persaud at the helm of the Floodlights Legends Over-50.
The players shortlisted are; Ramo Malone, Anil Beharry, Uniss Yusuf, Robert Mohan, Tulshi Lutchman, Ramesh Narine, Jagdish Persaud, Lloyd Ruplall, Kamraj Sumair, Akash Lutchman, Clive Canterbury, Richard Kellawan, Thiladeo Tribhowan, Wayne Jones, Dharam Persaud, Armogan Gopaul, Goordial Mattai, Stephen Narine, Surendra Nauth, Ricky Deonarain, Vejai Lutchman, Mike Singh, Rabindra Singh, Richard Ramsuchit, Rohan Dudnauth, Vicky Ramsaywack, Jailall Deodass, Teekchand Madho, Naidu Gopaul and Unos Baksh.
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