$5,000 windball cricket for peace

$5,000 will be up for grabs when the Laventille Youth Development Organisation (LYDO) host a Windball Cricket Tournament at Point Pleasant Park.

The action is scheduled to begin tomorrow and continue until June 22, and there is a stipulation that all players must live in the area. Winners will receive $1,500, with runners-up collecting $1,000.  Third gets $700 and fourth $500. Each team will also get trophies. Apart from this, there will be cash incentives of $200 each for the most wickets both men and women and also $200 each for scoring most runs. And the best disciplined team will collect a prize of $500 and a trophy. Competition will feature representative teams from St. Barbs, Laventille Road, Picton Road, Canada/Beverly Hills, Eastern Quarry, John John, Point Pleasant Park and Sogren Trace. The tournament is described as “an expression of peace and love for community” and will be officially launched at the Exchange of Peace monument. Those interested can contact Carlton Neptune Jr at 771-9944/ 675-3663, Rodney Stowe at 678-1154 or Mtima Solwazi at 679-6920.