Cane Farm continue to progress in local cricket

CANE Farm Sport Club, founded in 1960, is now in the 50th year of existence. We had set our goal to get to national cricket all through our existence.

In the past we have played through the Raja League, Trincity Minor League, Former East Zone, Northeast Zone and now the newly reconstituted East Zone.

Two years ago we were invited to join the East Zone and competed at Division Two. We won that Division in the 2008 season with 128 points, and was promoted to Division One, going as the underdogs against teams of the likes of Fulham Sports, EYM Sports, Agents Sports, Squadron Sports, Prisons Sports and Las Lomas Sports, all of whom were former Super-League and National No 2 teams.

Lo and behold we have gone through the 2009 season without losing a match of which there was 11 teams in Division One. We are now at 172 points and have won the Division One League and will be promoted to the North Championship for 2010 season.

Our team CFSC with players such as Under-15 national player, Anthony Simmons (Lendl Simmons’ nephew) and East Zone Under-19 players Mark Sankar and Terrance Hinds and the experience from Stephen Battoo as captain, alongside Sheldon Balroop and East Zone Seniors Captain Damian Peters.

We have achieved our national goal to compete at this higher level of cricket in the country. Cane Farm is where Master Lendl Simmons our West Indies player was born and bred. At age 11 out of primary school, he was taken under the wings of CFSC to play Reserve League cricket in Division One North East Zone, where he went to play at Sec School, Moosai Sports, Clico Preysal, and eventually at Merry Boys where he is still a member.

He continues to be around our team to advise and help the younger player where he can in the game of cricket.

We at CFSC will be happy to have a co-operate sponsor to assist us to campaign at this high level of cricket, to ensure that we can continue our campaign to move on to the next level, the highest level of cricket in the country “The Premier Division”.

We look forward to holding discussions with any NGOs who may be interested in our achievements within the last 50 years.

The CFSC home ground is on Crown Street, Tacarigua where we have floodlights and an eight-foot walk-past on our grounds. This playing field is one of the largest single cricket fields in the East Zone.

For further information please contact the club secretary who has been in that position for at least 20 years and president for five years with a vast knowledge of the club’s history, Kazim Mohammed at 654-6637.

T&T Newsday