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Curtain comes down on MOA’s inter-agency sport today – GRDB, GUYSUCO battling for cricket title

Nov 08, 2019 Sports

After winning their respective semifinals, Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) and Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) will go head to head in today’s final of the Ministry of Agriculture’s inter-agency cricket competition at the National Park tarmac from 13:00hrs.
It will be a repeat of the 2018 final which ended in victory for GUYSUCO and the defending champions will look to hold on to their title while GRDB will be looking for an upset in the 10-overs a-side Tapeball contest.
The day promises to be exciting and competitive with dominoes, cards and novelty events to be contested.
In domino, National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), GUYSUCO, Mahaica Mahaicony and Abary Agricultural Development Authority (MMA) and New Guyana Marketing Corporation will battle for supremacy, while MMA and GRDB will try to outdo each other on the cards table.
On the lighter side, there will be sack race, wheel barrow race, three-legged race, lime and spoon, late for work, buns eating and eagerly anticipated heads of department race which will all create a jovial atmosphere among colleagues.
Agriculture month is observed annually in October and the Ministry of Agriculture observes the end of the month with the inter-agency sports competitions. Before today, the Fisheries Department won the basketball competition, Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) were crowned champions of the volleyball competition, NDIA took the table tennis title, MMA won the football championship, while GSA and the Fisheries Department were tied for first place in circle tennis.
Other Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) agencies that took part in the competitions are the Hydromet Department, Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) and MOA head office.
Today’s sport final begins at 12 noon with an opening ceremony and will conclude at approximately 19:00hrs with the presentation ceremony. Director of Sport, Christopher Jones is expected to be in attendance.

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