Shew’s 6 win inaugural Kadir memorial dominoes title
Mohamed “Fah” Kadir was a member of the Everest Cricket Club like none other. He was superb in ground preparation and other duties at the club and in his down time he was the best on the domino table. It was fitting that to mark his first death anniversary, the members of his family and members of Everest CC remember Kadir in the manner in which they did with a three-team dominoes competition last Saturday in the club’s main pavilion.
Everest Cricket Club President Rajesh Singh (right) hands over the winning trophy to Boodnarine Persaud, who collected on behalf of the victorious team. Skipper Manniram Shew is second from right
After a highly competitive afternoon it was Shew’s 6 who emerged winners of the inaugural memorial tournament. In a closely fought encounter, which was decided in the final sitting, Shew’s 6 triumphed with 83 games, four better than Sukhai’s 6 which tallied 79 and Muntaz “Bhaji” Ali’s 6 taking up the cellar position on 75.
The game was competitive from the onset and by the end of the penultimate sitting, all three teams were still in with a chance of earning the top spot with the scores reading: Shew’s 6 on 69, Sukhai’s 64 and Ali’s 60.
The eventual winners however, prevailed after recording 14 games in the final sitting while Sukhai’s 6 registered 15 and Ali’s 6 also scored 15.
Leading the charge for Shew’s 6 were Intikab “Corbie” Ali and Rishi Das with 17 games each while Asgar “Supercool” Ali and skipper Manniram “Packer” Shew supported with 14 and 12 games respectively.
For Sukhai’s 6, the top markers were Brian “Hard Card” Allen with 17 games, Hilbert “Bumpy” Ali 14, Ramroop “Spoon” Sukhai 13 and Savin Sookram 12.
Chibar “Tracta” Seopaul led the way for Ali’s 6 with 17 games while there were 14 for Ron Callender and 13 for the overseas-based Ali who is on vacation in Guyana.
Apart from the winning and runner-up trophies, which were sponsored by the family of the late Kadir, the top player was also awarded with a trophy. Incredibly, four players – Intikab Ali (Shew’s 6), Rishi Das (Shew’s 6), Brian Allen (Sukhai’s 6) and Chibar Seopaul (Ali’s 6) all ended with 17 games.
In the end, it was Intikab Ali who took the prize, having given away the least amount of games.
The three-team specially organised tournament was held in memory of the late Mohamed “Fah” Kadir who was a member of the Carifesta Avenue club for a number of years.
Other than the representatives of the Kadir family and the teams, the event was well attended by other members of the club including President, Rajesh Singh who assisted with the presentation of prizes at the end of the day’s activity.
