SEVERAL former Guyana and West Indies players have confirmed their participation for the Guyana Festival cricket match between a Masters Team and a President’s XI, to be held at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, on August 9, 2014 from 16:00hrs to 18:00hrs. Players joining the teams include former Guyana and West Indies players Alvin Kallicharran, Faoud Bacchus, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Travis Dowlin, Neil McGarrell, Clyde Butts and Clayton Lambert. Also participating will be former Guyana player Dereck Kallicharran, younger brother of Alvin Kallicharran. This event will be held on the second day of the Festival, which will run from August 8 to 10. Other activities planned for that day include a football match. Guyanese across the world share the passion for cricket which is played throughout the English-speaking Caribbean. Football, basketball, boxing, and table tennis also are played while squash has also gained a following. This exciting competition, which will see the Masters team come up against the President’s XI, forms part of the Guyana Festival Games which will also include a thrilling football match. The Festival officials have assured that spectators will be entertained as Guyana’s past and present ‘greats’ in the cricketing fraternity meet on the pitch. Speaking to this newspaper only recently in an exclusive interview on the developments and progress the Festival is making, Indranauth Haralsingh, Director of Guyana Tourism Authority and Marketing Coordinator of the Festival, explained that the Festival is receiving tremendous support both locally and internationally. Only recently COURTS Guyana donated $2M and CARICOM Bottling Inc donated $3M. The Guyana Festival Passport, at a cost of US$15, will be available to mark this event and will contain discount coupons from the sponsors; autographs from Clive Lloyd, Dave Martin and other stars as well as President Donald Ramotar. A Festival coin will be available at King’s Jewellery World. There are other branded memorabilia available for purchase both locally and internationally and will be available soon.
