As part of its month of celebrations, the Nevis Disaster Office held a double wicket competition at the VOJN grounds, on Saturday 7th October.
Six teams participated:
Excessive Heat
Players: Patrick Newton & Vellie Maynard
Drought
Players: Tyrell Mills & Peter Charles
Excessive Heat #1
Players: Wendell Wallace & Gary Simmonds
Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) #2
Players: Tzavree & Kamari
Coastal Erosion #1
Players: Deshaun Janes & Kajami Daniel
Hurricane
Players: Latoya Bussue & Curleane Liburd
Earthquake # 1
Players: Kimani Nisbett & Ajani Didder
Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM)
Players: Curtis Dore & Sterling Heyliger
Team Hurricane was replaced by Earthquake #1
The finals was played between Drought and Earthquake.
Earthquake batted first and scored a competitive 24 for 1 and Drought in response, struck 21 from the first over, but struggled in the second over, just getting over the line off the fifth ball of the over.
The Drought team comprised P. Charles and T. Mills collected a cool $800.00 and a trophy, for their efforts and runners-up Earthquake, comprising of K. Nisbett and A. Didder collected $500.00
Director at the Disaster Management Office, Brian Dyer thanks everyone who participated and helped to make the competition a success