From Donald Duff in St Lucia Trenace Lowe picked up two matches while Chelsea Edghill won the decider as the Guyana women’s table tennis team stunned the defending women’s champions, the Dominican Republic by three games to two to rush into the semi-finals on the first day of the 51st Caribbean Table Tennis Championships yesterday in St Lucia.
They split the first two games of the preliminary rounds of the current Limacol Caribbean Premier League with Guyana winning the first match on July 31 by 19 runs at the Providence National Stadium before Trinidad earned some measure of revenge by winning the second played at the Queen’s Park Oval earlier this month by three runs.
Says Donald Duff There are few national sports teams in Guyana that can match the achievements of the national junior squash teams.
For most table tennis players in the World, winning the World singles championships is their greatest achievement.
Xenophen Goliath lived up to his name and his reputation yesterday by powering NP Electronics to the team title as the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) inter-corporation/ministry/organization team tournament concluded at the National Gymnasium yesterday.
Last year a team from the Guyana Police Force (GDF) spearheaded by Sergeant Andrew Daly, former national table tennis player, sprung a surprise and won the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Inter-Ministry/Corporation tournament.
It might be too early to make a judgement but it does appear that the only change recently in West Indies cricket has been the replacement of Julian Hunte by his former deputy Whycliffe Cameron as president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
Justice Diane Inshanally yesterday refused to grant an injunction filed by secretary of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Anglea Haniff which sought to prevent two executives from the Guyana Cricket Board from voting at the West Indies Cricket Board elections which starts tomorrow and concludes on Thursday in Barbados.
The decision as to whether the first test between the West Indies and Pakistan which is set to take place at the Providence National Stadium in July will be made later this month.
The deadline given by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to indicate whether it will be able to host the first test match between the West Indies and Pakistan in July will be up today but no agreement has yet been reached among the WICB, the GCB and the government.
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Irfaan Ali said his ministry will be gearing up to take advantage of the benefits of staging matches in the inaugural Caribbean Premier League T20 (CPL) cricket tournament following the news that Guyana is one of the six franchise countries which will host matches in this year’s tournament which runs from July 29 to August 6.
The inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL) was launched Tuesday night at the Country Club, Sandy Lane Hotel, St.
Asks Donald Duff The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will have two observers present on Sunday when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) stages its annual general meeting at the Georgetown Cricket Club pavilion beginning at 10am.
Manager of the Guyana T20 cricket team that ended as runners up to Trinidad and Tobago in the just concluded West Indies Cricket Board’s Regional T20 cricket competition Alvin Johnson said that despite the disappointment of losing in the final, he viewed the tournament as successful.
It is really difficult to put into perspective the contribution of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) – which is celebrating 100 years of existence this year – to Guyana and West Indies cricket.
Co-Director of the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation Aubrey `Shanghai’ Major said yesterday that contrary to a radio advertisement which is being played dancehall mega star Anthony Davis better known as `Beenie Man’ will not be at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground on January 1.
National player Edinho Lewis showed off a wide repertoire of strokes whilst playing unbeaten to win the men’s Open singles when the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) senior and `C’ Class tournaments sponsored by Hopkinson Mining Company concluded last night at the National Gymnasium.
One of the longest serving sports administrators on Thursday decided to call it a day.
Guyana’s racers looking to end C/ships on a high It is not often that Guyana’s motor racers find themselves in this position.
Director of Sport Neil Kumar has pledged government’s support to the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA).
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