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Feb 13, 2021 Sports
Kaieteur News – V Net Communications and Beacon Cafe have thrown their support behind the Everest Cricket Club for the hosting of the inaugural Speaker’s softball international Cup which is set for April 2-4.
CEO of V Net Communications Safraz Sheriffudeen and Ramdeo Kumar of Beacon Cafe presented cheques to ECC president and Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir recently.
Both Sheriffudeen and Kumar wished the teams well and said they are looking forward to a successful tournament, while Nadir thanked them for their input.
The tournament has attracted 16 teams including six from overseas and it will be contested in the over 45 and over 50 categories.
Attractive prizes and will be given to the winning and runner up teams, the man-of-the-match in each game as well as the player-of-the tournament.
The final will be played at Everest CC and will conclude with a bar-be-cue and lime as part of the club’s fund-raising efforts and all of the established COVID-19 protocols will apply. This international competition will be the third of its kind complementing the Prime Minister’s Cup and the President’s Cup which is slated for March.
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