Beterverwagting, Carmel reign supreme in Cheddi Jagan Windball Tournament
After almost a week of riveting windball action between 15 participating schools, the curtains came down on the Cheddi Jagan Memorial Windball Tournament with Beterverwagting and Carmel Secondary emerging as champions.
Last Thursday, the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue was filled with over 200 students as they travelled from the West Coast, East Bank and East Coast of Demerara to participate in the Cheddi Jagan Memorial Tournament.
As explained by Director of Sport, Christopher Jones, such tournaments are a way of honouring past Presidents for their contributions.
The teams went through their paces over the following days, which led up to the final being staged on Sunday evening.
The semi-finals in the girls’ category saw two lopsided encounters with the teams chasing coming up short.
In the first match, Carmel Secondary posted 91-2 as Indira Amardeo carried the innings with a top score of 74. Amardeo later returned with the ball, her 2-20 helped restrict Tucville Secondary to 59-3 to take the win.
In the other semi, Camille’s Institute pulled off a convincing win after posting 130 without loss and then limiting Covent Garden to just 51-1 in their allotted overs.
The third-place play-off saw Covent Garden failing to reach Tucville’s total of 64. Kizan London top-scored for Tucville with 29. N Agrippa’s 43 was not enough to get Covent Garden over the line as they slumped to 61.
On the other hand, Carmel outplayed Camille’s Institute in the final chasing down 82. Stacy Flores shined for Camille’s Institute with 32, but her shine was dimmed by Amardeo, who knocked 40 to get her team over the line and cop the Player of the Match accolade.
The male category was equally competitive, as Beterverwagting and Camille’s Institute outplayed Vreed- en-Hoop Secondary and Carmel respectively to reach the final.
In the first semi-final, BV romped to 63-2, thanks to Kapil Dev Phagoo’s 28. Vreed-en-Hoop were unable to hit their target, finishing their allotted overs on 57-2.
The other semi-final contest saw Camille’s Institute racking up 100-1 from their overs, with John Pillay top-scoring with 68. Although Jamal Da Santos hit a formidable 67, Carmel were unable to get over the line, finishing on 88-2.
Then Beterverwagting got the better of Camille’s, as eventual Player of the Match Kapil Dev Phagoo contributed 40 to the winning total of 64.
Carmel overpowered Vreed-en-Hoop in the third-place playoff to take those honours. Posting 63-0, Carmel made light work of the total, reaching 68-1, owing to a solid batting performance from Player of the Match Jamal Da Santos.