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$30,000 at stake as UWI formally launches T20 Cricket Tournament

For Release Upon Receipt - December 16, 2014

St. Augustine


ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad and Tobago – The third national UWI T20 Cricket Tournament is back from January 3rd to 11th, 2015 with a cash pot of TT$30,000 at stake for the winning team. The tournament was formally launched today, Monday December, 15 at a ceremony at the Office of the Campus Principal, UWI St. Augustine.

The sanctioned knockout tournament will again showcase twelve teams, playing through a preliminary round, quarterfinal round and semi-final round with undefeated teams progressing to the final. The tournament will also feature top clubs in Trinidad as well as Tobago, along with teams from The UWI and UTT. 

The defending champion, Merry Boys Sports Club from Diego Martin, Trinidad will be the top seeded team for the 2015 competition. There will be cash prizes for all teams progressing beyond the preliminary round, and prizes for man-of-the-match, “big sixes” and special bowling performances.

The tournament, which has the full support of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board, will feature four triple headers. 

The launch also featured remarks from Campus Principal and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Clement Sankat and a competition overview by President of the UWI Cricket Club, Dr. Trevor Alleyne.

Professor Baldwin Mootoo served as the launch Chairperson.  

All matches will be played at the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground of the UWI Sport and Physical Education Centre (SPEC).

At the launch, the draw for the Preliminary Round was done by Major David Benjamin, the Director of the UWI Sport and Physical Education Centre, and the knockout match schedule is as follows:

Preliminary Round Draw (Only Winners Advance)

Sat. Jan 3rd

Gp-D

Sun. Jan 4th

Gp-A

Mon. Jan 5th

Gp-B

Tues. Jan 6th

Gp-C

Merry Boys

Esmeralda

Munroe Road

Clarke Road

Defence Force

Club Crusoe

Moosai Sports

Victoria United

UWI

UTT

Caldrac

Alescon Comets

 

UWI 2015 T-20 Match Schedule

Sat. Jan 3rd

Sun. Jan 4th

Mon. Jan 5th

Tues. Jan 6th

Merry Boys

Vs

Defence Force

Esmeralda

Vs

UTT

Munroe Road

Vs

Caldrac

Clarke Road

Vs

Victoria United

UWI

Vs

Defence Force 

Club Crusoe

Vs

UTT

Moosai Sports

Vs

Caldrac

Victoria United

Vs

Alescon Comets

Merry Boys

Vs

UWI

Esmeralda

vs

Club Crusoe

Moosai Sports

Vs

Munroe Road

Alescon Comets

Vs

Clarke Road

 

Semi Finals

Semi-Final 1: Thurs. Jan 8th

Semi-Final 2: Fri. Jan 9th

 

Finals

Sun. Jan 11th

 

End

 

About The UWI

Since its inception in 1948, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged, regional University with well over 40,000 students. Today, UWI is the largest, most longstanding higher education provider in the Commonwealth Caribbean, with four campuses in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Open Campus. The UWI has faculty and students from more than 40 countries and collaborative links with 160 universities globally; it offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Food & Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science and Technology and Social Sciences. UWI’s seven priority focal areas are linked closely to the priorities identified by CARICOM and take into account such over-arching areas of concern to the region as environmental issues, health and wellness, gender equity and the critical importance of innovation. Website: www.uwi.edu

 

(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.)

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