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Mar 19, 2013 Sports
By Zaheer Mohamed
The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has once again showed its commitment towards the development of cricket by launching the Brain Street U-15 round robin competition yesterday at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Woolford Avenue.
Chairman of the GCA senior selection panel, former Guyana middle order batsman Mark Harper said the U-15 competition is beneficial to the youths.
“The format of the tournament gives the youngsters a good opportunity to bat and bowl for longer periods so that they can develop their game, young Tagenarine Chanderpaul came out of this competition,” added Harper.
He stated that the matches will be of 100 overs duration and the team batting first will be allowed to bat for a maximum of 55 overs. He informed that bonus points will also be given to teams. “One bonus point will be awarded when a team reaches 100 runs and an additional point will be given for every 25 runs scored up to 200 and one bonus point will be awarded for every 2 wickets taken. A team can earn a maximum of 5 bonus points”, informed Harper. Harper said he is looking forward to the competition and trust that it will bring about more talent.
Chief Executive Officer of Brian Street, Lance Hinds indicated they are pleased to partner with the GCA for the third year, “It is important to support cricket at this level so that teams can go from strength to strength”, stated Hinds.
President of the GCA Roger Harper thanked the sponsor for their continued support. “We are pleased that Brain Street gives us the opportunity to run the competition. We have seen success out of this tournament where young players attained higher heights. I hope this competition will help to instill discipline in the youths and bring out better citizens for the country” stated Harper. He also thanked the media for their support.
Chairman of the GCA Competition committee Shawn Massiah gave a brief rundown of how the tournament will be played.
The team with the most points at the end of the preliminary round will be crowned champions of the League phase, while the top four teams will go through to the semifinal.
The winner and runner up of the league stage and finals will take home $60,000 and $35,000 respectively. There will also be awards for the most outstanding batsman, bowler, fielder, most valuable player and man of the match in the final.
The competition gets underway on March 23rd with Everest Cricket Club hosting Georgetown Cricket Club, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) A versus DCC B, Transport travel to Gandhi Organization, GNIC entertain Malteenoes SC and Ladies coming up against Queen’s College at YMCA.
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