{"id":20847,"date":"2024-06-20T13:48:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20847"},"modified":"2024-06-20T13:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:49:00","slug":"government-of-guyana-commits-to-supporting-kares-one-guyana-t10-tournament-for-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-of-guyana-commits-to-supporting-kares-one-guyana-t10-tournament-for-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Government of Guyana Commits to Supporting Kares One Guyana T10 Tournament for Two Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The second edition of the Kares One Guyana T10 tournament has commenced with a significant boost as the Government of Guyana has pledged its support for the event through 2024 and 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizer Akeem Greene announced this commitment following a meeting with Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s tournament features 32 top Tapeball teams competing for an enhanced purse of 1.5 million Guyanese dollars alongside coveted bragging rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prize distribution includes half a million dollars for the runner-up team and quarter million dollars each for the two losing semi-finalists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matches are scheduled for August 3, 4, 11, and culminate with the semi-finals, final, and Cricket for Charity match on August 25 at the National Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Charles Ramson Jr. highlighted the government\u2019s endorsement of the T10 Tape ball Blast for the next two years, underscoring its potential to evolve into a premier national sporting event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He echoed President Dr. Irfaan Ali\u2019s sentiments from the 2023 tournament, recognizing its role in promoting grassroots sports and attracting international attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers have noted substantial interest from countries such as Pakistan, the United States, Trinidad, Barbados, and Dominica, signaling promising opportunities for growth with expanded corporate sponsorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A notable feature of the tournament is its humanitarian component, particularly the Cricket for Charity match spearheaded by President Ali, which raised over G$20 million in 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers aim to surpass this mark with increased private sector support this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Individual achievements in the tournament will be recognized with awards for Player-of-the-Final, Most Valuable Player, as well as accolades for the highest runs and most wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the previous edition, Eccles All-Stars emerged victorious over V-Net Vipers in the final, with Team Corruption and Tarmac finishing as the losing semi-finalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second edition of the Kares One Guyana T10 tournament has commenced with a significant boost as the Government of Guyana has pledged its support for the event through 2024&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20847","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=20847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20849,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20847\/revisions\/20849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}