Local all fours team captures World Cup
T&T Guardian Reports.
Brooklyn—Not even “obeah” could have stopped the T&T team on their valiant journey to becoming All Fours World Cup Champions 2011. At the All Fours World Cup Finals which took place in Brooklyn, NY, the T&T Card Games Association (TTCGA) Touring Team captured the top prize from a field of 38 competing teams from several North American cities, Canada and the Caribbean. All eyes centered on the T&T Touring Team, who played undefeated in the two days of competition which took place at Brooklyn’s Cultural Performing Arts Center (C-PAC).
After finishing on the top of the division at the end of the first day’s round robin competition, Varma Maharaj, who heads the 13-member Touring Team, had predicted the team’s ultimate victory. “The team is playing with a kind of love and unity that will take us straight to the finals,” he said.
“And I already know the outcome – first place for the T&T Card Games Association Touring Team. We are taking the championship trophy back to Trinidad.” And so they did with an impressive history making win in the competition which is now in its 11th year. This marked only the second year that the Touring Team has participated in the competition which is organized by the All Fours Alliance USA Inc., the governing body of the popular card game in North America. This coupled with the fact that no other team scored more than 10 bullseye against them, made the Touring Team’s victory even more significant and memorable.
