All set for Rotary Club of NA Childhood Obesity Prevention Inter Secondary School Tapeball Cricket competition final and semifinal today
Apr 04, 2025
By Samuel Whyte
After weeks of intense competition, the semifinals and final of the Rotary Club of New Amsterdam Childhood Obesity Prevention Inter Secondary School Tapeball Cricket competition is set for today.
The T10 cricket competition is for Secondary Schools in the New Amsterdam/ Canje area and cater for six schools. The schools taking part are New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMS), Tutorial Academy Secondary School (TASS), Berbice Educational Institute (BEI), Berbice High School (BHS), Vryman’s Erven Secondary School (VESS) and Canje Secondary School (CSS.)
Being played using the theme “Exercise, eat healthy, stay healthy”, it is for students in Grades 7-9.
Result of Wednesday game saw VESS defeating BHS by 7 wickets. Batting first BHS were dismissed for 43. Bowling for VESS, W Castillo was the destroyer with figures of 5-2.
In reply VESS breezed to 44-3 off seven overs to top the group and book their place in the semifinals.
In another game BEI defeated NAMS by eight wickets. Taking first strike NAMS made 61-6 with Elijah Sukdeo 13. Extras contributing 20.
In reply BEI raced to 62-3 in 5 overs with L. De Jonge 29 and L. Amsterdam 10.
Bowling for NAMS, Budhan grabbed 2 wickets, Donavan Newland snared 1.
The semifinals will see VESS taking on NAMS at the Rose Hall Community Centre, while BEI will play CSS at the BHS ground. Both matches beginning at 09: 00 hrs.
The two winners will then clash in the grand final from 12:00 hrs at the Rose Hall Community Centre ground.
Members of the NARC as well as teachers and students from the participating schools are all expected to assembly at the venue for the presentation ceremony which will follow.
Incentives are available for the top teams and outstanding individual players.
The RCNA is presently being led by businessman Keine Read. He along with a team made up of fellow Rotarians Raffick Kassim, Tajpaul Adjodhea, Waynewright McIntosh and Nolan France are coordinating the cricket activities.
The RCNA has been one of the leading service organizations in the Country in terms of its multiplicity of activities.
Recently the RCNA along with the National Library, Food for the Poor and some other organizations completed a six weeks Literacy and Numeracy classes in New Amsterdam.
The classes catered for adults, teenagers and pre-teens. The attendees, a number of whom who could not read, were successfully taught reading and writing skills.
That activity was held at the NA Library where outstanding participants received monetary and other awards compliments of the RCNA.
(All set for Rotary Club of NA Childhood Obesity Prevention Inter Secondary School Tapeball Cricket competition final and semifinal today)
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