CaribbeanCricket.com Wins Fete Match
West Indies great Lawrence Rowe and the Mayor of Lauderhill were on hand last weekend at CaribbeanCricket.com's "Curry Goat Challenge". The event, which brings together members of the site's message board and local cricket fans to play friendly cricket, was judged a great success by those who attended.
"What we are hoping to do is promote cricket as an expression of West Indian culture, " said event organiser, Sean Mitchell. "We have a large community of cricket fans, and this is a way to bring them together beyond just typing on a chat board".
The match was the fourth that the site has organised since the
first in 2003, with venues in both Canada and the United States.
The ground was provided by the City of Lauderhill, which promotes
itself as a
Regional carrier BWIA West Indies
Airways provided prizes -- round trips along the carrier's
routes -- for best batsman and best bowler. The prizes were were
awarded to Peter DaSilva and Gerald Singh, respectively. "BWIA West Indies airways Limited is proud to support the
International Caribbean community in the common experience of
cricket, one of the greatest unify forces in the region," said
company spokesperson Dayanand Birju, who took part in the
event. Hardcore, a local sportswear manufacturer, donated souvenier
shirts for the participants. The next Curry Goat Challenge is scheduled for the Independence
Day/Canada Day weekend this July, at the prestigious (n.id.match(/placeholder-(\d+)/)||[])[1])
.filter(Boolean).map(Number);
}
function run(ids){
if(!ids.length) return;
let tries=0, t=setInterval(function(){
if (window.ezstandalone && ezstandalone.cmd){
clearInterval(t);
ezstandalone.cmd.push(function(){ ezstandalone.showAds(Array.from(new Set(ids))); });
} else if(++tries>40){ clearInterval(t); }
},250);
}
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){
whenConsentReady(function(){ run(collect()); });
});
})();