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Jun 06, 2014 Sports
– fans urged to wear green
Banks DIH extended its generosity to the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) when Banks Beer Manager Brian Choo-Hen handed over a cheque for an undisclosed sum to President of the Union Peter Green yesterday in the Conference Room of the Company.
The sponsorship is to offset expenses to host the NACRA Southern Zone 15’s final between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) tomorrow, at the National Park, starting from 16:00 hrs.
Among those at the presentation ceremony were Outdoor Events Manager Mortimer Stewart, GT Beer Manager Geoff Clement, Communications Manager Troy Peters, Match Liason Terrence Grant, Senior Vice-President of the Union Mike McCormack, Team Manager Robin Roberts and Captain Ryan Gonsalves.
Green in his remarks first thanked the Company for the gesture which according to him has been consistent for a number of years and even extended his gratitude to the Management and Staff as well.
The GRFU President then spoke about the history of the rivalry between the two countries which he added has been going on for quite a while with Guyana enjoying more success recently. However, T&T are the defending champions, having beaten Guyana last year at home 20-0 and the locals will no doubt be thinking about revenge in their own backyard when the two teams collide tomorrow.
The winner will then move on to play the winner of the Northern Zone clash between USA and the Cayman Islands scheduled to be played in two weeks.
Meanwhile, US based national player Vallon Adams is expected to make his return to the squad for the critical engagement and he will be joined by T&T-based Richard Staglon, Ronald Mayers and Peabo Hamilton.
Gonsalves commenting on Adams’ importance to the team said that, “his addition will provide much needed size against the bigger Trinidadian outfit which used their size advantage against us last year.”
The Captain stressed the importance of tomorrow’s encounter, referring to it as an important one for the team.
“This year is kind of a payback, they got the better of us last year and we are looking forward to a positive result on Saturday. The team is mentally and physically ready, the winner of any ball game is about who plays well on the day and hopefully we are the ones.”
Gonsalves also thanked Banks DIH Limited for being good corporate citizens by sponsoring the match under the GT Beer product.
Communications Manager Troy Peters said that “we look forward to an exciting match this weekend and it is a pleasure to see international competition returning to the National Park.”
The road to the final saw Guyana hammer Barbados 48-19, while T&T was also in fine mettle, winning 35-5.
The Trinidadians are anticipated to touch down this morning at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. Admission to the venue is free and fans are asked to wear green in support of the locals.
The players named are: 15 Ronald Mayers, 14 Avery Corbin, 13 Claudius Butts, 12 Theo Henry, 11 Carl Lewis, 10 Peabo Hamilton, 9 Ryan Gonsalves, 8 Clive Prowell, 7 Richard Staglon, 6 Felon Thompson, 5 Dwayne Schroeder, 4 Vallon Adams, 3 Jason Tyrell, 2 Allain Crawford, 1 Rondell McArthur.
Replacements 16 Grantley Williams, 17 Rickford Cummings, 18 Cyon Kitt, 19 Kevon David, 20 Leon Greaves, 21 Chris Singh, 22 Jaques Archibald, 23 Delroy Gordon. The Referee for the game is Brian Zapp of the USA with Romel Parris of Barbados and Carlton Heywood of Guyana his Assistants.
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