Mahdia, Region 1 cop male and female cricket titles…

Heritage Games 2019…
– Archers enjoy successful outing

By Timothy Jaikarran

The final day of the Heritage Games culminated with lots of action at the Everest Cricket Ground, with a number of finals being held in the course of the day.

Female Cricket
In the finale of this sport, pitted against each other were the ladies of Region 4 and Region 1. These teams showed no mercy to each other in their encounter, as either team gave their all on the field. Region 1 won the toss and elected to bowl first, but Region 4 wasted no time in blasting runs at an alarming rate. They were able to post 88 for 4 from their allotted 10 overs. Top-scoring was Tomica Wilson with 37, while Abigail Scott supported with 14.
What looked like a competitive figure was soon put to rest, as Region 1 were merciless in winning the game with a score of 90 for 3. Leading at the top of the order was Marva Benjamin, who bludgeoned an unbeaten 45 to single-handedly take her team over the line and hand Region 1 the title.

Male Cricket
Male cricket action was non-stop from the first ball bowled; as Mahdia, labelled the black sheep or controversial team of the competition, silenced their critics when they raced to the title that had evaded them in 2018.

Pitted against Region One after knocking out defending champions Laluni, Mahdia restricted their opponents to 85-5 in 10 overs.
Top scoring for Region 1 was Michael Sutton, who dug his team out of a hole with a quickfire 40 that included 5 maximums and 2 boundaries. Arshad Ali’s 2-14 were the best bowling figures for his side.
Needing 86 for victory, Mahdia raced to their target in 4.5 overs, ending on 91 without the loss of a wicket.
Ershad Ali was again the dominant factor, blasting 45 from 11 balls, inclusive of 6 maximums and 2 boundaries. He was supported by Andrew Gibson, who contributed 35 to afford Mahdia the win by 10 wickets.

Archery
The archery was a spectacle, as archers from across Guyana gave of their best in their respective categories. In the Cadet female under-12, coming out on top were Marisha Melville of Region 4 with 27 points, Alliya Melville of Region 7 with 12 points, and Anjalie Adams of Region 4 with 1 point.

In the Cadet male 12-and- under, Ravedo Kanhai with 25 points was first, Robeno Kanhai with 17 points and Stephen Pearson with 12 points were respectively second and third. All archers were incidentally from Region Two.
In the males 13-17, George McLee won with points, while Bert Paul came in second with 8 points. In the female category, Sara Fredricks was first with 14 points, and Serena Clenkian with 7 points.
In the adult women 18+, Ausilda Paulin won with 13 points, while Rusal Dundas and Bernette Gordon came in 2nd and 3rd respectively with 10 and 6 points.
In the ‘male others’ category, Alex Pearson won with 39 points, while Jude Edwin and Aubrey De Souza took second and third place with 28 and 24 points respectively, to end the archery action.