Joint Statement from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

– Floodlight Failure at Providence National Stadium

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) wish to inform the public of the loss of three of the six floodlights at the National Stadium, Providence, during the 19th over of the match between Trinbago Knight Riders and the Barbados Royals tonight.

All CPL matches at the stadium are successfully powered by independent generating sets and not by the GPL grid. GPL has been on standby at all matches to render technical assistance to the stadium at all times.

During the 19th over, the three (3) floodlights that were powered by an independent generator lost power, thus disrupting the match. The GPL technical team on standby immediately began rendering assistance and restored power to two of three floodlights on the same circuit.

The stadium’s technical staff and GPL worked assiduously to restore power to the third floodlight which had a technical fault with the underground cable feeding power. A substitute cable was installed quickly to have this floodlight operational. This was achieved around 10:51 pm.

The technical team remedied the problem and the game resumed. Additional technical assessments will be done immediately after the game to avoid any reoccurrence.