A number of key matches will highlight the opening round of the Stag Beer and El Dorado Rum male and female softball tournament.The eagerly-awaited tournament gets underway in
the Demerara and Berbice zones from varying time and at various venues.
The tournament is being sponsored by Demerara Distillers Ltd. (DDL) and beverage giants Ansa McAl will be contested on a round robin basis in the one female and three male cetegories.This competition will also be used as a yardstick to select the representatives teams for the Mike’s Pharmacy Inter-County tournament to be held later this year.
Also, the four teams reaching the semi-finals in the Male Open and the Male O-40 competitions will qualify for the Guyana Cup 2011 to be held in October while the top eight female teams will play in a separate tournament alongside the Guyana Cup.
The competitions are run and organized by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports.
Today’s fixtures
Berbice Zone:
United Nations XI VS Berbice High School – 1pm,
Esplanade Ground, New Amsterdam
Catholic Church XI VS Celebrity Times B – 10am,
Canefield Ground, Canje
Memorex XI VS Gangaram Strikers – 10am, Scots
School Ground, New Amsterdam
Celebrity Times VS Unstoppable – 10am, Young
Warriors Ground
Rose Hall VS Oldendorf Carriers Guyana Inc. – 9:30am,
Rose Hall Ground
Celebrity Times VS Rose Hall – 1pm, Rose
Hall Ground
Celebrity Times B VS Unstoppable – 1pm, Young
Warriors ground
Catholic Church XI VS Gangaram Strikers – 1pm,
Gangaram Ground
Memorex XI VS Oldendorf Carriers Guyana Inc. – 1pm,
Scots School Ground
Albion Over 40 Yrs. VS Crabwood Creek Over 40 Yrs. –
10am, Albion Sports Complex
Crabwood Creek United Females VS Rose Hall Females –
11am, Rose Hall Ground
Corriverton Queens VS No. 71 Village Females – 10am,
Crabwood Creek Gound
Demerara Zone:
Trophy Stall VS Digital Technology – 10am, Ministry of
Education Ground
Herstelling Raiders VS Invaders – 12:30pm, Ministry of
Education Ground
Omesh XI VS Airport XI – 10am, Ministry of
Sports Ground (Pitch #1 )
El Commandante VS Cena XI – 12:30pm, Ministry of
Sports Ground (Pitch #1)
Super Street VS Timehri – 10am, Ministry of
Sports Ground (Pitch #2)
Trophy Stall B VS Up setters – 12:30pm, Ministry of
Sports Ground (Pitch #2)
Rockaway VS Uprising – 10am, Enterprise Ground
Better Hope Warriors VS Enmore – 12:30pm, Enterprise
Ground
Regal VS Rapid Fire – 1pm, GCC Ground
Bourda
Media Princess Vs Ogle Angels – 1pm, Bourda