Teams from Georgetown were yesterday engaged in serious rivalry at the National Culture Centre Tarmac as the second leg of action in the GTT Tape Ball Competition for city teams continued.
Emerging winners after the action were Village Rams, CJIA B, Eccles All Stars, GT Strikers, PSI Legends, Ruimveldt SC, Shell Road, and Queenstown B teams.
The high-scoring encounter between Village Rams, fresh off winning a major tape ball tournament earlier this month, and Eccles Rockers was the most intense of the day. In that clash, Village Rams blasted their way to 86-1 from their quota of five overs; while Eccles Rockers were on course for most of their chase, until a few hiccups caused them to fall short of the target by 14 runs, as they finished on 72-4.
Action in the clash between CJIA ‘B’ and Queenstown ‘A’
In the other matches, GT Strikers, 60-3, defeated Tarmac 59-3; Eccles All Stars, 59-5, defeated Hadfield United 48-5; PSI Legends, 53-1; defeated Republic Bank 51-4; Ruimveldt SC, 64-1, defeated V Net Vipers 58-3; Shell Road, 39-1, defeated CJIA 37-5; CJIA ‘B’, 44-1, defeated Queenstown ‘A’ 41-5; and Queenstown ‘B’, 70-2, defeated Super ‘7’, who ended on 61-1.
Six teams from West Demerara have advanced to the next round after competing on Saturday at the Uitvlugt Community Development Ground. Those teams are Invaders, Specialist, Rising Stars ‘B’, South Side, West Dem 08, and Spartan. They were all involved in a two-over-per-side affair. Rising Stars ‘B’ drew a bye and was thus fortunate to move on without playing in that round.
The outcomes of those match were as follows: Invaders, 25-1, defeated Progressive Youths; Specialists, 18-0, defeated Windsor Forest 17-2; South Side, 15-2, defeated Tornado All Stars 14-2; ‘West Dem 08’, 25-3, defeated Ocean View 15-3; and Spartans, 19-4, defeated All Youths All Stars.
The teams are competing for more than $350,000, with the winners set to walk away with $200,000, a trophy and 10 tickets for the CPL opener in Guyana — between Guyana Amazon Warriors and Jamaica Tallawahs.
The runners-up will walk away with $100,000 and a trophy, while the third-placed team will take home $50,000. Additionally, there will be other prizes for outstanding performances.
The final is slated for July 30th at a venue yet to be confirmed.
