Linden Town Week Dewar’s Dominoes Final: Big Landing, Bidders, Cats collide today

With bragging rights and $100,000 at stake along with a winners’ trophy, Cats, Big Landing and Bidders dominoes teams are all primed to battle in the final of the Linden Town Week Dewar’s Dominoes tournament, set for 5.00pm today at Speedy’s Juice Shop at the Amelia’s Ward/Wisrock Car Park in Mackenzie.

Sponsored by Ansa McAL Trading, with Oswald “Speedy” Charles as the organiser, this tournament would generate much interest, since all three teams are supremely confident of emerging victorious and carting off top honours, bragging rights, $100,000 and the championship trophy.
Preening themselves with their confidence yesterday, the Cats, who had won the last dominoes tournament about one month ago, were quick to declare why they know they would win. Their leader, Elroy Cumberbatch, noted that they have been the top team for a long time, and disdained the idea that anyone but them could emerge victorious.
He said, “As the captain for Cats, we won the last GJETSCO tournament, our teams have been very successful recently, and when the final is decided today, again we will come out on top.”
Big Landing, who gained a bye to the final, seemed well rested and ready to collect the winners’ spoils. Westwell Peters commented: “My team is a big-game team, and we got the temperament and class. Big Landing has floored all of them before, and we will again do so on Sunday.”
Captain of the Bidders team, Ian Bacchus, was quick to predict that his team would cart off the top honours, and he gave his reasons why this would be so.
He made this announcement: “Well, first, on paper we have the strongest team; second, we have the experience to go along with it; and thirdly, we are the most feared team in Linden. So, there is no chance for Cats and their backup colleagues, Big Landing! So, we are going to take care of both of them.”
In the semifinals, Cats advanced with 86 games and Bidders did so with 83; and Stag Boss, with 56 games, was eliminated. Cats player Brian Green had 16 games, while Orin Messiah and Elroy Cumberbatch had each marked 15; and Bidders joined them in advancing as Lyndon Richards got the maximum 18 games, Dereck Johnson got 17, and Ian Bacchus got 15.
For Stag Boss, who were knocked out, John Haynes and Arthur Chung had each shone, while Big Landing had drawn a bye to the final.
Trophies are at stake for the three finalists, along with two bottles of Dewar’s – that new and exciting product being traded by Ansa McAL; but the winner gets $100,000, second-placed team gets $50,000, and third-placers would have to be content with $30,000.