– Geron Williams says he was advised not to speak with media
The three-member cycling team that will represent Guyana at the 19th Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India from October 3-14, along with the team manager, are upbeat as they depart today Guyana for New Delhi.
Ravens basketball team bounced back from a dismal second quarter performance to retire the Beepat Scorpions 62-49 in the Open Division of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Pepsi Street Playoff Series Sunday night at the Burnham basketball court.
——coaches ordered to substitute both teams; bench players complete game
Beepat Scorpions defeated Pacesetters 68-58 Saturday evening at the Burnham basketball court as the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Pepsi Street Playoff Series got underway.
Now down to 15, the Junior National basketball team will move their preparations to a more competitive level when they meet Ravens Basketball Club’s Division One team in the first of a series of warm-up matches at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
– both coaches confident
Division Three League winners Beepat Scorpions and fourth seeded Courts Pacesetters will bump heads in the much-anticipated Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Pepsi Street Playoff Series, which gets underway on Saturday at the Burnham Basketball Court from 18:00 hours.
Current chairman of the Guyana Cycling Federation’s finance committee and president of Roraima Bikers Club (RBC), Brian Allen is calling for the resurfacing of the inner circuit of the National Park which is the venue for most of the cycling events held locally throughout the year.
– GABF wants to recruit NBA’s CollisonIt has been three years since Guyana last participated in the Caribbean Basketball Championship (CBC), but president of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), David Patterson is “over 80% sure” that Guyana will be contesting next year’s event.
The trio from Guyana who were selected by the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation to attend the Children of the World Camp in Istanbul, Turkey have recently returned from their nine-day excursion.
It was not one of their prettiest wins, but it was a victory nonetheless for Courts Pacesetters who stumbled to a 65-54 points victory against Colours Panthers in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Division Three and Open Leagues Thursday night.
The junior national basketball squad preparing to represent Guyana at the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) from November 19-21 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall has been reduced to 15 players.
It was certainly a night of blowouts on Wednesday at the Burnham Basketball Court when Courts Pacesetters and Ravens Basketball Clubs displayed their top rank billing in Georgetown by utterly mauling their opponents by margins of 30 points and more.
The Beepat Scorpions basketball team has risen from the obscurity which seemed to have plagued them in the recent past to become the number one Division Three team in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Open and Division Three Leagues.
East/ West Fire scorches Eagles 80-69
The East/West Fire basketball team brought their fire power Sunday night to the Burnham Court and scorched the Eagles with an 80-69 points victory in the Pepsi Street Basketball Series.
– Whipple tells Sevens players
The national rugby team’s Technical Director, Joe Whipple, says that the Guyana players need “to bring their A game” to the forthcoming Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens to be held in New Delhi, India on October 11 and 12.