Love and commitment to their favourite Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) team shone brightly on Tuesday morning, as hundreds of Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) fans queued up outside the Camp Street, Georgetown box office awaiting their opportunity to get their hands on tickets.
GAW fans, as early as 20:00h on Monday night, left their homes to ensure they were first in line to get their hands on physical tickets for this year’s Biggest Party in Sport.
Scenes from the GAW Camp Street Box Office where fans queued up for tickets on Tuesday morning
For the Guyana Amazon Warriors games, Green Stand tickets are priced at $6000, Red Stand at $5500, Orange Stand $3500 and grass mound $2500. All of the Warriors’ home games will begin at 19:00h on game day.
For the day games at the National Stadium, featuring neutral teams, only Green Stand tickets are available for purchase and have been priced at $2000.
Individual patrons are being allowed to purchase 10 tickets per game.
Meanwhile, the first fans to get their hands on tickets were a group from Berbice, namely Balram, Shaleeza, Ryan and Chelsea, who revealed that they left home at 8pm on Monday and began lining up in Georgetown at 12am.
“Well, we leave home 8pm last night and we reach here at 10 o’clock, we nap outside in the car and 12 o’clock we start lining up. We didn’t really sleep, we were to see if anybody coming and line up before us. Yes, very much excited,” Balram shared.
“It looks like it’s a little, but it’s a lot,” Shaleeza added.
Another Berbician fan noted that she left the Ancient County at 02:00am on Tuesday.
“I actually came from Berbice and I left home at 2 this morning. I actually meet here about 5 to 4, so, since then I was in the line, lining up for this ticket,” She related to Guyana Times Sport.
The fan added, “Yes, it was worth it and I actually got my tickets and I’m excited. I’m excited and I do hope the Amazon Warriors win this year. I don’t have a favourite, but I’m hoping [Shimron] Hetmyer perform this year and make us proud.”
Another fan was quite excited, knowing that he would be able to see his favourite player on show.
Excited GAW fans show off their tickets for the RBL CPL 2023
“Very satisfying,” Richie Doodnauth said about being able to secure his tickets, “I came here at 3 o’clock in the morning to just reach here on time. I’m a big Amazon Warriors fans and I’m really looking forward to this. As you can see, I got all my tickets here. Very, very excited, I’m a big supporter of the Amazon Warriors.”
“Believe it or not my favourite person in the team is [Rahmanullah] Gurbaz, I just want to see him bat, that’s all. The first game that he played was last year against St Lucia Kings, he performed well and I hope he can do that again this season,” Doodnauth went on to share.
Another fan, Bishwa Daramraj, who was among the first to grab tickets, expressed his confidence in the local franchise.
Dharamraj said, “I excited I get all 10 tickets for all the games for me and my family and my friends them. I’m hoping we get good games from the Amazon Warriors this year. I hope we win this year, Amazon all the way.
“I leave home since 3:30 and I park over there, ma and my son.
“We’re improving, we’re improving. We always go near to the finals but this year, we got to capture it because everybody on the lookout for that part,” Dharamraj further stated.
The box office will be operated from 09:00h to 16:30h on weekdays and from 09:00h to 13:00h on Saturday. The office will be closed on Sundays.
In addition, the GAW Merchandise Store, housed in the same building, has also been opened for business.
The Guyana leg of this year’s RBL CPL season bowls off on Wednesday, September 13th, with a clash between the home team and the defending champions Jamaica Tallawahs.
On Thursday, September 14, GAW will take on the St Lucia Kings.
The Amazon Warriors will be back in action on Saturday, September 16, in a much-anticipated clash with the Trinbago Knight Riders. Earlier on that day, the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots will oppose the Jamaica Tallawahs from 10:00h.
The game next day (Sunday, September 17) at Providence, also bowling off at 10:00h, will see the St Lucia Kings and Jamaica Tallawahs locking horns. Later that night, GAW will come up against the Barbados Royals.
These games will be followed by the knockouts and finals in Guyana, which are scheduled for September 19, 20, 22 and 24. Tickets for those games have not been made available as yet.
