Sunshine windball opening at Tacarigua

The 2003 Sunshine Frosted Flakes Windball Cricket Series will be officially opened today in the North/East Zone at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua at 5 pm.

Teams participating in the march past parade are expected to meet Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Roger Boynes, representatives of Universal Foods as well as Nationwide Sports League (NSL) officials headed by president Lincoln Persad. After the formalities, there will be a feature clash between last year’s champions San Juan Sports and runners-up Kings XI of Arima. This will be followed by a match between national First Division teams Audio Xpertz and Flames of Las Lomas.

The Premier Division winners will walk away with $30,000 and the Division One champs will take away $10,000. Teams will share prizes worth over $250,000 this season, making the NSL the biggest windball league in Trinidad and Tobago. President of the NSL Persad cited that the growth of the competition was due to the hard work of many volunteers and workers in each zonal council who worked with the main objective of empowering the communities through sport. They also offered an alternative to crime and drugs through community-related activities with sport being the vehicle. Persad said that sponsors and the government need to understand that this work would continue to grow once they share the same true vision of the NSL in “bringing communities together”.