Wiltshire & Shemar Trucking to host ‘Champion of Champions’ Domino Tournament
Organising Secretary of the Georgetown Domino Association (GDA), Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire, has teamed up with Shemar Trucking Service to host the Champion of Champions Part 2 Domino Competition, tomorrow at the Green City Restaurant & Bar at Durban Street & Vlissengen Road, Lodge, Georgetown.
At a simple ceremony recently conducted at the company’s premises in Durban Street, Lodge, Managing Director Duean Boston handed over to Wiltshire a cheque for an undisclosed sum in furtherance of staging this domino competition.
According to a release from the organisers, most of the country’s top teams have been invited to participate in the competition, and the total prize money is in excess of $200,000, along with trophies.
Wiltshire, one of the stalwarts of the game and one of the persons responsible for
its meteoric rise in popularity, said a number of teams have been given automatic qualification, including All Seasons, C7, C6, Gold For Money, All Players, Phantom, Turning Point, Gangsta, Mix-up, Spartans, Providence, Thunder, Lions, OPKO, Transport, and Angels among others.
Among those invited are: Bank of Guyana, GGMC, Sunflower, Top Gun, Orange Walk, Strikers, Masters, Rockets, Linden and Bartica.
According to the release, the winning team will receive $175,000 and a trophy, while 2nd and 3rd place finishers will take home $75,000 and $35,000 respectively.
The Most Valuable Player of the Final will be awarded $5,000.
Among the other sponsors on board are: All Seasons Racing Service, Big Boss Trucking Service, and Boston’s Pawn Shop.
All GNDA rules will be in effect, while Bar-B-Cue and drinks will be sold throughout the day.
Double-six time is 13:00hrs
Interested teams can contact Wiltshire on tele#665-5855.