With the softball calendar gathering momentum, the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) has organised a nationwide tournament for male and female teams in the memory of former player, Bedi Ramjeewan.
Bedi Ramjeewan
The tournament which will be contested in four categories is being sponsored by Khans Trading Enterprise, Back To Eden, Permaul’s Trading and The Trophy Stall and will bowl off on May 13 at various venues, with handsome prizes up for grabs.
Teams desirous of playing in the Male Open category are asked to pay an entrance fee of $5000 while the winning team will pocket $50,000 and a trophy.
In the Masters’ Over 40 category, the entrance fee is $15,000 per team and the winning purse is $100,000 and a trophy, while the second placed team will receive $25,000 and a trophy.
The Masters’ Over 50 are asked to pay $10,000 entrance fee per team and the winning team will collect a beautiful trophy as their symbol of supremacy while there is no entrance fee for the female teams. However, the winning team will pocket $50,000 and a trophy and the losing finalist will get $25,000 and a trophy.
There are also individual incentives at stake which will see the Player of the Finals and the Most Valuable Player in each category receiving $5000 and a trophy each.
For further information, including registration, team representatives must contact Wayne Jones on telephone numbers 650-1790 or 685-6908, Anil Beharry on 623-6875 or Jailall Deodass on 615-8644 or 672-3994.
Bedi Ramjeewan, an excellent softball cricketer, died in April 2011.
