The annual Florida Cup Softball Tournament is quickly approaching, and defending champions, Regal All Stars and Regal Masters, have been busy fine tuning preparations both on and off the field.
Bobby Lakhan, third from left, posing with the Regal Masters and All Star players at the presentation on Sunday at GNIC sports ground
Last Sunday, at the GNIC Sports Club ground on Woolford Avenue in Georgetown, the Masters’ champions, Regal Masters, challenged Well Man Masters to a much needed preparation game heading into the April 12 to 14 mega softball tournament in Fort Lauderdale.
Coinciding with that warm-up match was a sponsorship presentation by Industrial Supplies of Guyana Inc (ISG) to the Regal teams to aid in their title defence in North America.
On behalf of ISG, Technical Support Engineer Bobby Lakhan handed over the sponsorship cheque of US$1,800 to tour Manager Parmanand Persaud in the presence of players from both of the champion sides.
Lakhan said it was the first sponsorship the company was giving to a sporting team, and he expressed confidence that the Regal Teams would represent the brand well, while playing good, competitive cricket to repeat as champions in South Florida.
“It is our (ISG) first sponsorship of this kind, but once Regal does us proud, it will not be our last sponsorship,” Lakhan said.
According to information coming out of the South Florida Softball Cricket League, the 15th edition of the Florida Cup will be the biggest yet, with 10 All Star teams, 10 Masters teams (Over 45 years old) and eight Legends teams (Over 50 years old) battling over three days.
The preliminary matches and semi-finals will be played at the Brian Piccolo Park, while the championship matches will be played at the only international cricket venue in North America, the Central Broward Regional Park.
