Sunrise double up in BAS Penal Sports

Sunrise Cricket club won both the 2003 BAS Penal Sports Association First Division title as well as the Saturday limited overs crown.

Sunrise finished with 100 points to take the title ahead of runners-up  Commonwealth who totalled 78 points. Third were San Francique United and Rochard Road Sports both with 66 points. And Sunrise also won the Saturday limited overs title also keeping out  Commonwealth. The Penal cricketers scored a hat-trick of titles for the Penal club. Tarouba Sports took the under-16 cate-gory with La Fortune and All Stars joint runners-up. Public relations officer Dhanraj Ramnarine said the Penal Sports Association will be hosting an Under-19 cricket team from Lenora Guyana from August 10 to 18. The visitors will play matches against Metronomes, Mer-cenaries, Victoria, Commonwealth and a two-day match against a representative XI from the asssociation.

Association president Leo Doodnath said: ”We had a very successful season in 2003 and we are looking forward to an even greater season in 2004.” Doodnath who is also chairman of the South Zone of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board as well as president of the Penal/Debe Chamber of Commerce added, “every year we notice growth in the league and this is good news for the sport of cricket in the Penal/Debe area. “For this I must say thanks to my entire executive, as well as the leaders of the respective clubs.”