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Wiltshire & Shemar’s Trucking host ‘Champion of Champions’ Domino
Managing Director of Shemar’s Trucking Service, Duean Boston (right) hands over the cheque to Mark Wiltshire yesterday.
Organising Secretary of the Georgetown Domino Association (GDA) Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire has teamed up with Shemar Trucking Service to host the Champion of Champions Part 2 Domino Competition tomorrow, at the Green City Restaurant & Bar on Durban Street & Vlissingen Road.
During a simple ceremony that was conducted recently at the Company’s location on Durban Street, Lodge, Managing Director Duean Boston handed over a cheque for an undisclosed sum to Wiltshire.
According to a release from the Organisers, most of the country’s top teams have been invited to participate in the competition which carries total prize monies in excess of $200,000 along with trophies.
Wiltshire, who has been one of the stalwarts of the game and someone who has been among the persons responsible for the meteoric rise in popularity of the sport, said that a number of teams have been given automatic qualification including All Seasons, C7, C6, Gold For Money, All Players, Phantom, Turning Point, Gangsta, Mix-up, Spartans, Providence, Thunder, Lions, OPKO, Transport and Angels among others.
Among those invited are: Bank of Guyana, GGMC, Sunflower, Top Gun, Orange Walk, Strikers, Masters, Rockets, Linden and Bartica.
The release added that the winning team will receive $175,000 and a trophy, while 2nd and 3rd place finishers will take home $75,000 and $35,000 respectively.
The Most Valuable Player of the Final will be awarded $5,000.
Among the other sponsors on board are: All Seasons Racing Service, Big Boss Trucking Service and Boston Pawn Shop.
All GNDA rules will be in effect, while Bar-B-Cue and drinks will be sold throughout the day
Double-six time is 13:00hrs
Interested teams can contact Wiltshire on tele#665-5855.
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