{"id":21574,"date":"2024-07-29T18:09:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T18:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21574"},"modified":"2024-07-29T18:09:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T18:09:29","slug":"prime-ministers-inaugural-t10-softball-cricket-tournament-set-to-begin-in-sub-region-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/prime-ministers-inaugural-t10-softball-cricket-tournament-set-to-begin-in-sub-region-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister\u2019s Inaugural T10 Softball Cricket Tournament Set to Begin in Sub Region Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Tracey Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inaugural Prime Minister\u2019s T10 Softball Cricket Competition for Sub Region Two, Region Ten, is set to kick off with an opening ceremony in Kwakwani this Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament will feature sixteen teams from the sub-region competing across various venues every weekend from July 27 to August 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coordinator Odessa Jones explained that the tournament aims to decentralize sporting activities, promote sport-tourism in the sub-region, and enhance the economic potential of the host communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition will include a round-robin format during the group stages, with eight teams from Upper Demerara and eight from Upper Berbice, divided into groups of four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals, culminating in the finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening ceremony will include a march past, a band performance, and the attendance of Prime Minister Mark Phillips. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-coordinator and youth officer Kenisha Dey-Venture highlighted the event\u2019s significance for youth and sports development, emphasizing its role in teaching teamwork skills and fostering community engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams will compete for a total prize pool exceeding one million dollars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winning team will receive five hundred thousand dollars, while second and third place will earn three hundred thousand and two hundred thousand dollars respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracey Liverpool The inaugural Prime Minister\u2019s T10 Softball Cricket Competition for Sub Region Two, Region Ten, is set to kick off with an opening ceremony in Kwakwani this Saturday.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21574","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\/21574","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=21574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21575,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21574\/revisions\/21575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}