Five years ago a softball tournament was conceptualized by members of the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) including current executives, Ramchand Ragbeer, president, Ricky Deonarain, Ramesh Sunich and Jailall Deodass, vice-presidents, Mike Singh, treasurer, Lalta Gainda, secretary and Wayne Jones, assistant secretary.
The competition, first held in 2011, saw Cotton Field Wild Oats, New York All Stars, Trophy Stall and Wolf’s Warriors winning the Open category while Regal, Savage, New York Better Hope and Floodlights have won in the Masters category.
Little did the group know back then in 2011, that the fledgling tournament would blossom forth and become one of the biggest softball tournaments in the English speaking Caribbean attracting teams from North America in addition to the finest local softball teams one can imagine.
But that’s just what happened.
Last week, the fifth annual tournament, known as the Guyana Softball Cup 5 concluded watched by a capacity crowd at the Demerara Cricket Club ground, Queenstown, home of cricket legends of another version of the sport namely Clive Lloyd and Lance Gibbs.
Deonarain, one of the key players behind the staging of the tournament, is overjoyed at its growth and success.
Asked to compare this year’s tournament with previous tournaments, Deonarain said: “Well I would say that every year the tournament seems to be going from-strength-to-strength. This year I think was even bigger than the previous years. This can be judged by
