GEORGETOWN, CMC
It is general election month in Guyana, but rain poses the biggest threat to disrupting the 2006 TCL West Indies Under-19 tournament scheduled to bowl off today at three venues in Georgetown.
Heavy rains, which drenched the capital yesterday, also washed out practice sessions for the six participating teams, scheduled for that morning.
The top 84 under-19 players in the region have converged in Guyana to battle for supremacy in the August 8-30 tournament.
In the opening round of matches, hosts Guyana will play the Leeward Islands at Everest while the clash between defending champions Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica at the Test venue Bourda should also generate plenty interest.
Windward Islands will face last year's runner-up Barbados at the Police ground in the other first round encounter.
This will be an opportunity for them to not only establish themselves as future Test stars, but to make lasting friendships, learn about different cultures and experience first-hand, life in a sister CARICOM state, as the region prepares to host the 2007 World Cup.
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