The 30th an­nu­al In­ter-Pri­ma­ry Block-Up crick­et com­pe­ti­tion be­gan yes­ter­day with an open­ing cer­e­mo­ny at the East­ern Re­gion­al Sports Com­plex in Tacarigua.

The mile­stone 30th an­niver­sary com­pe­ti­tion is be­ing ded­i­cat­ed to T&T crick­et ad­min­is­tra­tor Lance Mur­ray, fa­ther of fa­mous West In­di­an wick­et­keep­er Deryck Mur­ray, and three found­ing Block-Up Com­mit­tee mem­bers who have passed on: Praime Tee­ka, Moti Tee­ka and Nor­ris De­onar­ine.

Thir­ty-five (35) pri­ma­ry schools will com­pete in this 15-over tour­na­ment for tro­phies and medals. In last year's com­pe­ti­tion, Good Shep­herd An­gli­can (Tu­na­puna) won the league com­pe­ti­tion, El Do­ra­do North Hin­du took the knock­out ti­tle and Gand­hi Vedic of San Juan fin­ished as the top girls' team.

The knock­out com­peti­ton starts on Mon­day at sev­er­al lo­ca­tions. Match­es will be con­test­ed at the Learie Con­stan­tine Park (Ma­coya), Hardial Park (St Au­gus­tine), Knowles Street Ground (Curepe), St Joseph Recre­ation Ground and the Aranguez Sa­van­nah.

The com­pe­ti­tion will be con­test­ed for one month, with knock­out match­es be­ing held every Mon­day, while the league match­es will take place from Tues­day to Thurs­day. This com­pe­ti­tion was or­gan­ised by the Block-Up Com­mit­tee for stu­dents who have com­plet­ed the SEA Ex­am.

For fur­ther in­for­ma­tion con­tact Farouk De­onar­ine at 704-4504.

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