The normal activities of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) will be resumed after the rainy season has passed, but the Trophy Stall Under-13 tournament will bowl off on Saturday August 24, 2019.
Blairmont fortunately has numerous under-13 players
Seven teams are slated to contest this tournament: The Blairmont Community Centre Cricket Club (BCCCC), Archivers Cricket Club, Tucber Park Cricket Club, Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club, Albion Community Centre Cricket Club, Port Mourant Community Centre Cricket Club, and Rose Hall Town Poonai’s Pharmacy Under-13 team.
The matches in this tournament will be played in the two-innings format, with the first innings being limited to 40 overs per side, and persons participating in this tournament would have had to be born on or after September 1, 2006.
BCB President Hilbert Foster has disclosed that performance in this under-13 tournament would influence selection to the Berbice Under-15 team.
Visiting the BCCCC academy last week, Foster urged the players to establish themselves at this level. He disclosed that a proud product of the previous Under-13 tournament is Rampertab Ramnauth, currently representing the West Indies Under-15 team in England.
The fixtures of this Under-13 tournament are as follows:
Zone A
Round 1: Saturday August 24
Blairmont vs Archivers at Blairmont
Tucber Park CC vs Rose Hall Canje at Canje
Round 2: Sunday August 25
Blairmont vs Rose Hall Canje at Canje
Tucber Park Vs Archivers at Archivers
Round 3: Tuesday August 27
Blairmont vs Tucber Park at Blairmont
Rose Hall Canje vs Archivers at Archivers
Zone B
Round 1: Saturday August 24
Albion vs Port Mourant at Port Mourant Community Centre Ground
Rose Hall Poonai draw the bye
Round 2: Sunday August 25
Rose Hall Poonai vs Port Mourant at Area H Ground
Albion draw the bye
Round 3: Tuesday August 27
Albion vs Rose Hall Town Poonai at Albion
Port Mourant draw the bye
Semifinals: to be played on Thursday August 29
Winner of Zone A vs Runner-up of Zone B
Runner-up of Zone A vs Winner of Zone B
Finals: Date and venue to be announced.
