Guyana Chronicle article.
Georgetown, Guyana - The 11th Edition of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Busta Champion of Champions would start this weekend after heavy rainfall two weeks ago washed out the first round of matches.
The tournament, which is being sponsored by the Guyana Beverage Company under its Busta brand, has been organised by the Club’s Cricket Development Committee and is one of the 200 programmes/projects planned for the Club’s Silver Jubilee anniversary celebration (1990-2015).
Young Warriors and Tucber Park, formerly Bermine, would clash tomorrow at the Cumberland ground in Canje.
The home team minus the service of national opening batsman Shimron Hetmyer would be spearheaded by Seon Hetmyer, Ishwar Singh, Linden Austin, Kevin Ramdeen and Kassim Khan while Tucber Park would be led by Romario Shepherd, Eugene and Joemal La Fleur, Keion De Jesus, Devon Clements, Nial Smith and Anthony D’Andrade.
On Sunday, a young Blairmont team will clash with West Berbice at the Blairmont ground and will be depending heavily on Nick Ramsaroop, Parmanand Ramdhan, Aviskar Sewkarran, Waqar Hassan and Kevon Jawahir while West Berbice would have Arthley Bailey, Raffiel Estriado, Raun Johnson and Kwesi Mentore in their lineup.
Defending champion, Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets would be at home against Upper Corentyne at the Area “H” ground.
Skipper Shawn Pereira, Delbert Hicks, Jason Sinclair, Troy Mathieson, Leroy Bristol, Brandon Prashad, Keon Sinclair and West Indies female international Shemaine Campbelle would spearhead the home team’s effort against underdogs Upper Corentyne, who would pin their hopes on Lakeram Latchman, Viendra Gooniah, Naeem Yacoob, Parmeshwar Chatterpaul and Imran Mohamed.
At the historic Port Mourant Cricket Club ground, the home team will come up against arch rivals Albion, who would be without several of their main players.
Port Mourant’s challenge would be held by Yudendra Harrinarine, Arif Chan, Joshua Ramsammy, Nicholas Cameron while national player Jonathan Foo, Kandasammy Surujnarine, Gudakesh Motie, Sharaz Ramcharran, Balchan Baldeo and David Latchaya would seek to make sure Albion advance to the semi-final which is scheduled for Sunday February 22.
The matches would be played on a 40-overs-per-side basis, starting at 11:00hrs. Teams are required to be at the venues by 10:15hrs.
First Published In The Guyana Chronicle.