The un­her­ald­ed but pop­u­lar Cal­i­for­nia Women's Wind­ball Crick­et League bowls off its 25th sea­son with a round-robin com­pe­ti­tion at Macaulay Park, Cal­i­for­nia, to­day, start­ing at 12.30 pm.A to­tal of 12 teams, drawn from com­mu­ni­ties through­out Trinidad, will com­pete for a first prize of $1,000, with de­fend­ing round-robin cham­pi­ons Tamana Unit­ed in­tent on re­tain­ing their ti­tle. Teams will face three overs each.The open­ing day will al­so fea­ture a spe­cial prize for the Best Dressed Team.

Founder and co-or­di­na­tor of the league, Wilton Grif­fith (Flex), is the dri­ving force be­hind the longevi­ty of the league. "We are cel­e­brat­ing our 25th an­niver­sary this year but it has been a hard grind to reach this stage. We do not get any mean­ing­ful spon­sor­ship or fi­nan­cial sup­port. We are re­al­ly do­ing it for the love of the sport and to of­fer the young ladies an av­enue to ex­press them­selves in a healthy ac­tiv­i­ty," Grif­fith said.

All com­pe­ti­tions will be played at Macaulay Park, with the league com­pe­ti­tion com­menc­ing next Sat­ur­day with three match­es, start­ing at 3 pm.Dou­ble-de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Tamana Unit­ed will be favourites to re­tain their league ti­tle and take the $6000 first prize. League match­es will be 15-overs per side.The Knock-Out com­pe­ti­tion, which will be played on com­ple­tion of the league match­es, car­ries a first prize of $2,500. De­fend­ing KO cham­pi­ons are Com­bined Forces.