USACA National Conference Tournament
New York Gets Ready To Battle

By John L. Aaron
The New York Cricket Region is preparing to do battle in the National Eastern Conference Tournament. The selectors met two days ago and selected a squad of 14 players to represent the New York region in the national tournament which kicks off with the Eastern Conference fixtures next weekend in New Jersey.

The New York squad includes some veterans as well as some very promising youngsters. Among those selected to represent the region are, Steve Massiah (Capt.) Lennox Cush (vice Capt.), Rohan Alexander, Orlando Baker, Carl Wright, Steve Pitter, Barrington Bartley, along with youngsters Akeem Dodson, Dominic Audain and Dennis Evans.

Dodson, the New York region’s Under-19 skipper has represented the USA in international tournaments and will lead the New York regional Under-19 squad to the national finals scheduled for Florida during the Columbus Day weekend. The New York regional Under-19 team went undefeated (3-1) in the just concluded Eastern Conference tournament held in Connecticut.

The Eastern Conference tournament for the senior players takes place on Friday through Sunday, August 10-12 and will see the New York team face off against its Atlantic, North East and South East rivals and the right to represent the conference against their West Coast counterparts.

New York Region Cricket Team USACA 2007 Eastern Conference Tournment:
Steve Massiah (Captain), Lennox Cush (Vice Capt), Dennis Evans, Akeem Dodson, Barrington Bartley, Carl Wright, Orlando Baker, George Adams, Rohan Alexander, Steve Pitter, Dominic Audain, Dennison Thomas, Nicholas Sandford, Mikhail Miller, Shiv Raghubir, Karran Ganesh, O'Neil Powell, Leebert Seriux, Dwayne Smith, Lloyd Dixon (Manager), Sew Shivnarain (Coach)