The combined Phantom/Next Level Sports Club dominoes teams proved too much for opposing teams and they came out victorious in the Georgetown Dominoes Association (GDA) Easter Bonanza tournament Easter weekend.
In the finals, Phantom/Next Level with 87 games defeated Mix Up on 77 and Strikers in the cellar on 68 games.
Raulston Cameron of Phantom/Next Level scored the maximum 18 games in the final while Gilbert Mendonca and Rawle Cameron of Mix Up scored 17 and 15 games respectively. Ryan Rambalak was Strikers top marker with 15 games.
Some 16 teams, Gangsters, Spartans, C6, Phantom, Mix Up, Gold Is Money, All Seasons, Fresh Cash, 300, Spartan Girls, All Season Angels, Strikers, R&R, Turning Point, F&H and Players, participated in the fund-raising event.
Strikers and Fresh Cash advanced to round two at the expense of Spartans who failed to field a full team at roll-call.
Gangsters, Spartans Girls, and Players were also first round casualties.
By the third round, F&H, C6, R&R All Season and All Season Angels, were all booted from the competition.
Strikers, though, drew the bye to the finals and 300 was eliminated by Phantom/Next Level and Mix Up in the semi-finals.
Phantom/Next Level won $175,000 with $75,000, $35,000 and $20,000 going to Mix Cup, Strikers and 300.
Raulston Cameron of Phantom/Next Level was the MVP, earning $10,000.
Colin Boyce, GDA Vice-President, in his closing remarks thanked the members all the sponsors for their support in making the venture an incident free success adding that he hoped to attract more participation from teams in its next venture.
