Increased stakes for ECCB/Elizabeth Styles 40-overs

All Smiles! The ECCB and teams pose with the prizes as the ECCB/Elizabeth Styles 40-over tournament was unveiled on Saturday

US based company, Elizabeth Styles has continued its partnership with the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB), this year increasing its prize to $510,000 for the 40-overs round-robin competition which was unveiled on Saturday at the Better Hope Community Centre.

Among the officials attending the launch were Marketing Director of Elizabeth Styles Kevin Thomas via Skype.

Thomas said: “While this is the fifth consecutive year that we are sponsoring cricket on the East Coast of Demerara, we have also in the past sponsored Under 17, 19, 21 and development programmes in the county of Berbice and it gives us great pleasure to be associated with the game in Guyana.

“We believe that the ECCB is doing a great job and are quite satisfied with the way they have been administering these competitions and as such we wish them well,” he added.