Tuesday October 09, 2012
Kaieteur News
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Ansa McAl onboard with BCCDA Premier 10/10 cricket tourney Sponsorship has started to roll in for the eagerly anticipated third edition of The Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association Inter Agency Corporate Business in Sports (CBIS) 10/10 cricket competition, Exhibition and fun day, which is slated to be held on Saturday October 20th at the Albion Community Centre, beginning at 09:00hrs. Beverage giants Ansa McAl through its Berbice Branch Manager Mr Mark Bikhai recently presented a cheque for a significant amount towards the staging of the tournament. The event which will be staged for the third consecutive time is aimed at promoting unity and fostering better working relationships between entities and the public. The Tournament which was launched on October -3, will see some 15 teams participating, up from 14 with Ansa McAl coming forward to join the lot. The other teams entered are New Building Society, Demerara Bank, Guysuco, G&TT, Republic Bank, Hand in Hand Insurance, Oldendorff
Carriers, Regional Chairman Eleven, GPL, Edward B. Beharry Group of Companies, Metro, Nand Persaud Karibee Rice, Banks DIH and Neal and Massy. A mouth watering exhibition 20/20 game featuring a number of cricketing starts between Universal DVD Berbice Titans and arch rivals Hits and Jams Superstars will be played under floodlights. Among some of the stars on show will be the Crandon brothers, the Chattergoon brothers, Narsingh Deonarine, Andrea Percival, Rajiv Ivan, Renwick Batson, the Assad Fudadin, Devendra Bishoo, Jonathan Foo, Brandon Bess Veerasammy Permaul amongst others who will face off against the Hits and Jams Superstars. Fireworks displays and other entertainment packages will be a part of the night’s a c t i v i t y which will also include performances by popular entertainer “Granny Ivelaw”. Through a raffle system patrons will have an opportunity to walk away with a brand new Motorcycle which will be up for grab as the gate prize along with
Anil Beharry (left) collects the sponsorship from Mark Bhikhai of Ansa McAl smart phones and other electronic gadgets compliments of Digicel. Admission to the venue will be by the way of the raffle ticket which cost $300. Tickets will be available at selected dealers on the West Coast, New Amsterdam and Rose Hall. According to a
GCC awarded win after DCC's... From page 39 for 15 off Forrester. The visitors then lost Andrew Gibson for 12, Omesh Danram 6, and Jamal Hinckson for 24 before Squires and Linden Lyght got themselves involved in the run out which brought the game to an abrupt end. McKenzie, Forrester, Bacchus, Lord, Trevon France, Doman and Fernandes took one wicket each for the winners. GCC received the winning trophy and a cash prize for their efforts, while Fernandes was given the man of the match award and each player from the winning team collected a medal. Doman received the prize for the best bowling figures (4.3-1-12-6),
while Ryan Rajmangal of Police collected the award for batsman with the highest score (136) in the preliminary stage of the competition. Zone A most valuable player was Saheed Mohamed with 11 wickets and 98 runs representing Everest Cricket Club, while Dennis Heywood of University of Guyana copped the prize from zone B, he took 16 wickets and scored 34 runs. Awards were also given to the umpires Montgomery Chester, Mario Nicholls and Hortence Isaacs, match referee Omar Bacchus, book scorer Trevor Hussain and head groundsman Winston Williams.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, president of the GCA, Roger Harper, congratulated GCC for winning the game and said it was a disappointing finished to the competition on a day when the West Indies won a world championship. He further stated that the matter will be dealt with by the GCA. Harper thanked NBS for coming on board, and GCC for hosting the game. Speaking on behalf of the sponsor, Bunny Majeed stressed on the importance of discipline and thanked the umpires, scorers, grounds men, journalists, and the match referee. He also urged the GCC players to continue training. (Zaheer Mohamed)
The International Cricket Council has launched an “urgent investigation” into match-fixing allegations. India TV has alleged six umpires were willing to fix World Twenty20 games ahead of the tournament in a programme broadcast on Monday. C r i c k e t ’s g o v e r n i n g body has called on the broadcaster to hand over evidence that could help its investigation. It said: “None of the umpires named were involved
in any of the official games of the ICC World Twenty20.” India TV has alleged the umpires - whom it says are from Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh - were willing to fix matches for money during the tournament, which was won by West Indies on Sunday. However, a seventh umpire approached during the sting operation earlier in the summer declined to get involved, the station claimed. In a statement responding to the programme’s claims the
ICC said: “The ICC and its relevant members have been made aware of the allegations made by India TV this evening and calls on the station to turn over any information which can assist the ICC’s urgent investigations into this matter. “The ICC reiterates its zero tolerance towards corruption whether alleged against players or officials. “The ICC will not make any further comment on this issue.”
ICC launches inquiry into new match-fixing allegations
release from the chamber all funds raised will go towards charity specifically towards the development of facilities for youths. Speaking at the simple presentation ceremony Ansa McAl Trading Mark Bikhai stated that his company is
always pleased to be associated with any activity the chamber organises and is delighted to be associated with the tournament. He stated that his company is always actively involved in community development through sports
and other meaningful activities. Coordinator of the Tournament Mr. Imran Saccoor thanked the sponsor and pledged that the tournament will be managed with proper accountability and transparency.