{"id":12705,"date":"2023-09-14T21:06:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=12705"},"modified":"2023-09-14T21:06:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:06:41","slug":"stella-maris-triumphs-in-inaugural-future-warriors-tape-ball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/stella-maris-triumphs-in-inaugural-future-warriors-tape-ball-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Stella Maris Triumphs in Inaugural Future Warriors Tape Ball Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a spectacular display of talent and execution, Stella Maris Primary School emerged as the undefeated champions in the inaugural ExxonMobil-sponsored Future Warriors Tape Ball Tournament, held at the Guyana Defence Force ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their victory has secured them a spot under the banner of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League&#8217;s Guyana Amazon Warriors for the home leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the final, FE Pollard posted a competitive total of 46 for 2 in their allotted overs, with Devante Primo leading the charge with an impressive 24-ball 39. Stella Maris&#8217; Errol Marslow took one wicket for 10 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stella Maris responded assertively, with Brandon Frank and Tafari Softleigh forming a formidable partnership to chase down the target in just 3 overs, securing a commanding 9-wicket victory. Frank&#8217;s blistering innings included three sixes and two fours, amassing 28 runs from 10 balls, while Softleigh contributed 19 runs from 8 deliveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the tournament, FE Pollard advanced to the final after a narrow victory over St Pius by a margin of 3 runs. Devante Primo&#8217;s stellar performance with 32 runs led FE Pollard to a total of 55 for 2, and they successfully defended it as they restricted St Pius to 52 for 4 in their allotted 8 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the round-robin stage, Stella Maris, led by Brandon Frank, secured victories over both FE Pollard and St Pius. In their encounter with FE Pollard, Tafari Softleigh&#8217;s explosive 29-ball 63 and Brandon Frank&#8217;s unbeaten 33 powered Stella Maris to an impressive total of 103 without loss. They then defended their score by limiting FE Pollard to 39 for 5 from their 8 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stella Maris&#8217; remarkable performance in the tournament highlights their prowess and potential in tape ball cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Reporter: Travis Seymour, NCN News<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a spectacular display of talent and execution, Stella Maris Primary School emerged as the undefeated champions in the inaugural ExxonMobil-sponsored Future Warriors Tape Ball Tournament, held at the Guyana&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12707,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12705\/revisions\/12707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}