Guyana Completes pools tour with series draw against Trinidad
The Guyana National Pools Team recently completed their tour to Trinidad & Tobago with the series drawn 2-2.
The tour kick-started with a victory for the Guyana Team in play against Trinidad’s All-Star National Team on June 6. That score ended 8-7 in favour of the Guyana Team.
Guyana was able to make a comeback to level the series 2-2
Guyana Team, on June 7, played the Trinidad Under-30 National Team and lost 9-2, before playing a 2-day match on June 10 against the Trinidad National Team and losing 11-3.
The Guyanese then travelled to Tobago to play the national team, and won that encounter 4-3. That match concluded the Guyana Tour to Trinidad & Tobago, with the Guyanese team making a comeback and drawing the series 2-2.
The Guyanese players captured all of the MVP Awards, with Sean DeSouza twice earning the award for the Most Valuable Player, as he was able to defeat two of Trinidad’s best players, Aaron Raghoonanan and Lyndon Ramkissoon.
Anthony Xavier of Guyana also captured the award for the Most Outstanding Player in the Tobago leg of the tour.
The Guyana Team played exceptionally well, considering that they were at a major disadvantage with the games being played on 9-foot tables, as Guyana does not have pools tables of such standard.
Team Manager Ryan Baksh has declared that Guyana had been up against a country whose pools level is far ahead of Guyana’s, with players travelling to different countries to play pools professionally for many years.
Baksh also said the Trinidad team would be visiting Guyana for a tour in May 2020.
Some of the entities that sponsored this event were: Grand Central Sports Bar (Jerries’ at Grove), Target Hardware Store Jagroop Auto Electrical, Seepaul’s Sports Bar, Royalty Billiards, Peerless Solutions, Skippers Jewelry, Seeta’s Bar, X-Clusive Sports Bar, Jai Signs & Auto Designs, Narine’s Wholesale Liquor Store at Grove, Shaquille Williams, Maria Chin, Shameeza Ramnauth and Yolande Semple.
