The CEPEP Cricket Cup

Building Camaraderie, Encouraging Positive Development, 

Promoting Local Sport

Saturday morning sunlight creeps across a parched Edinburgh 500 recreation ground in central Trinidad. 

CEPEP workers pour out of buses, descending on the playing field. They aren’t here in their usual work capacity but have swapped their weedwackers and rakes for bat and ball. This is the annual CEPEP Cricket Cup.

Teams assemble from all over Trinidad to lay down their challenge for medals, trophies and bragging rights. North West, North East, North Central, Central, South East, South West, Marine and Head Office; each region is represented by two teams, one comprised of men and the other, women.

The idea behind the tournament is simple enough, gather CEPEP workers, friends and family in a convivial atmosphere of friendly rivalry. That doesn’t mean that players get to slack off though!

That is CEPEP team spirit!

Pace like fire!

As the MC barks out announcements over the PA system, players shimmy into their uniforms, each with its own distinctive colour. Officials finger-wag their way through tournament regulations with the teams, exuding all the intensity of a Cricket World Cup Final.

Supporters of respective teams have already snapped up the best seating under the tents. Braver souls fill in the bleachers around the field.

Sno-cone men clang their tiny bells and circle the venue, hoping to catch the eye of children whose parents can’t say no. This is a perfect day for some good cricket!

Whether they be supporters in the stands or cricketers on the pitch, they are all players in CEPEP’s mission of reinforcing community bonds and cultivating unity in the organisation.

Such form and grace.

Fostering unity, strengthening community spirit 

The CEPEP Cricket Cup is, in many ways, all about community values. Community...home; that’s the soul of The CEPEP Company Limited.

Yes, environmental protection and enhancement are central to CEPEP’s mandate, but supporting communities is an equally important company ideology. The work done by CEPEP crews, clearing clogged drains or pest-harbouring bush, is an investment in the communities they call home.

The CEPEP Company Limited is about people; bringing opportunities to towns, villages and citizens who don’t benefit from the influence of the national economy. The organisation is, ostensibly, a family of communities. What better way to bring the family together than in a friendly cricket tournament. On the field, Board, Management, Contractors and Workers compete, boosting morale and enhancing relations in the organisation.

Friendly rivalry in the CEPEP family

At the Edinburgh 500 recreation ground, workers representing our towns and villages compete, laugh and unite under the umbrella of the CEPEP family.

At the peak of play, as many as three thousand spectators have come out to trumpet their loyalties, chant slogans or bellow completely unsolicited, amateur umpiring advice!

This year’s CEPEP Cricket Cup will be held in May and will no doubt see challengers trying to wrest the title from last year’s winners as The CEPEP Company Limited once again celebrates the unifying force of spirited competition.