Annual Balram Shane Cricket, Volleyball set for Nov. 23 at Albion CC

Nov 15, 2014 Sports

The 15th Annual Balram Shane Challenge Fund raising 50 overs cricket match between archrivals Albion Community and Port Mourant and the third annual Volleyball competition fixed for Sunday 23rd November at the Albion Sports Complex ground and hard court.
The cricket match and volleyball competition are being sponsored by Businessman Deonarine Balram of The Balram Shane General store at Rose Hall Town Corentyne.
A day full of action is anticipated since two of Guyana’s top cricket teams in the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club and the Port Mourant Cricket Club will square off with the volleyball competition seeing the best volleyball teams in Berbice spiking it out for top honours.
A close and reviving encounter is anticipated with the winning team receiving the Balram Shane Memorial trophy and cash incentives, while the runner up will also be adequately rewarded.
A number of individual awards will also be up for grabs including the man of the match, best bowler and best batsman among others, all compliments of the sponsor and his family who will be on hand to bowl the first ball and present the winners with their accolades. Starting time is 09:30 hrs.  Albion is the defending champions.
Meanwhile, the fourth edition of the Balram Shane Volleyball competition will also be played simultaneously on the hard court of the Albion Community Centre, beginning at 10:00 hrs. Most of the top volleyball teams in Berbice including  Guysuco Training Centre/Port Mourant (GTC/PM) which is expected to field more than one outfit, Port Mourant Jaguars, Albion Community Centre, Falcons of East Canje, Rollers of New Amsterdam and Three Door Strikers of West Berbice are expected to participate.
GTC/PM 1 is the defending champion.
According to Organiser Deonarine Balram, the competitions are being played in memory of his father who was a former cricket and sports enthusiast. He stated that apart from Cricket it is their way of giving back to the community from which they garner their support in a tangible way.
Proceeds from the game will be dived equally and distributed to the two teams to assist them with their cricket development programmes.  (Samuel Whyte)