The Hadi’s World Inc Male and Female nationwide softball tournament begins today at various venues around the country from 09:30 hrs.
The competition will be played in three categories: Male Open 15/15, Female Open 10/10, and Male over 40 yrs 25/25. The winning team, at the end of the tournament, from each category will receive $100,000 and a trophy while the runners-up stand to cop $50,000 and a trophy.
The ‘player of the tournament’ and stand-out players in the finals will win $10,000 and a trophy.
On the other hand, the competition will be put on hold on February 19 and 26 to facilitate the commencement of the GT&T 10/10 Softball tournament. Therefore the day/night finals are now set for April 28.
Further, teams from Demerara are asked to call Wayne Jones on 650-1790 or 225-0994, West Berbice’s representative Robby Saywack on 660-0049 or 688-7622, East Berbice’s Roy Jafferally at 654-8187 and Essequibo’s representative Khalid Baksh at 618-1905 for additional information.
Fixtures for today:
Everest ground: Pitch 1 – 09:30 hrs -Trophy Stall A vs Rockaway; 11:30 hrs -4R Lioness vs Rising Stars; 13:00 hrs – Wellwoman vs Mahaica Princesses; 14:30 hrs – Wellwoman vs Rising Stars; Pitch 2 – 09:30 hrs – Farm vs Road Runners; 11:30 hrs – Buxton Stars vs Underdogs; 13:00 hrs – Trophy Stall Angels vs Young Achieverz; 14:30 hrs – Enterprise Stars vs Ariel Divas.
Education ground: Pitch 1 – 09:30 hrs – Trophy Stall B vs Herstelling; 11:30 hrs – Wolf Warriors vs Omesh X1; 13:30 hrs – Omesh X1 vs Trappers; Pitch 2 – 09:30 hrs – Tornado vs Queenstown Masjid; 11:30 hrs – P & B Electrical vs Renegade; 13:30 hrs – Park Rangers vs East Bankers.
Cyril Potter College ground: Pitch 1 – 09:30 hrs -P & P Vipers vs Young Guns; 11:30 hrs – Cena X1 vs Bedi Ramjeewan X1; 13:30 hrs – Defenders vs Bedi Masters; Pitch 2 – 09:30 hrs – Savage Masters vs Success Masters; 13:30 hrs -Mahaica Masters vs Uitvlugt Warriors.
Berbice Zone: Karribe Girls vs Rose Hall Females at Rose Hall; Edinburgh Females vs Number 55 Females at Number 55; Number 51 Females vs CWC Females at CWC; Blairmont Blazers vs Guru X1 A at Bush Lot (WCB) on Pitch 1 at 10:00 hrs Guru B vs Bush Lot New Generation at Bushlot on Pitch 2 at 10:00 hrs.
The fixtures for Essequibo will be completed on Friday afternoon and teams are to contact Baksh.