Trevon Griffith with an even unbeaten century led Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to an exciting 34-run win over rivals Transport Sports Club (TSC) in the final of the Beharry second-division limited overs competition played Sunday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground.
The venue was the Georgetown Cricket Club. The teams were Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).
A strong team from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) lost to Mal Skills team by 109 runs in a feature limited overs cricket match at the Guyana National Service Ground, Carifesta Avenue yesterday.
All roads lead to Rising Sun for Annual Agriculture Month Rodeo “It will be a day full of fun and vaqueros from throughout the country will be on show,” said Inshan Habibula, president of the Rising Sun Rodeo Committee.
– GCB President Chetram Singh The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the setting up of an indoor cricket facility which the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has received from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) is flawed, according to president of the GCB Chetram Singh.
– GCB president Chetram Singh President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh said yesterday that Guyana was in an excellent position to host the regional one-day tournament scheduled for later this year.
In a tournament missing stars such as Guyana’s national champion Norman Madhoo and top-ranked local player Sudesh Fitzgerald, Anil Latchman turned back a strong challenge to walk away with the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) sponsored singles tournament Friday last.
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) yesterday received a timely boost for its team when the Middle Street Plaza came on board with a donation of uniforms.
The boxing team that will represent Guyana at the upcoming 2008 Junior Commonwealth Games in Pune, India had a surprise visit from sports enthusiast and Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green.
The previously unbeaten Mavericks team must be ruing their luck. After controlling the match for much of the day the West Demerara Mavericks, the only unbeaten team in the Neal and Massy limited-overs national club competition could not understand what went wrong with the last ball.
-ITF to assist with equipment The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) in association with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) will from today start a series of workshops aimed at carrying the game into the school system.
– Fitzgerald teams up with Semple to take ‘Blind Draw’ doubles Norman Madhoo warmed up for the upcoming Guyana Open and Bryden’s sponsored South American and Caribbean Championships by winning the Clive Harrison-sponsored Open Singles title last Friday at the Salt Air Sports Club, Le Meridien Pegasus.
– Final to be played under floodlights at Providence Stadium The highly-anticipated El Dorado limited-overs Inter-County round-robin competition got off the ground yesterday at a launch held in the boardroom of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Regent Street.
– led by CABA gold medallist Mandessa Moses Guyana’s female Pan-American boxing hopefuls will wing out this Sunday for neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago where they will be involved in fistic battles against Caribbean and other opponents at the women’s Pan American boxing championships.
Led by an unbroken 71-run, unbeaten seventh-wicket partnership St. Winifred’s Secondary School recovered from 37/6 to reach 108/6 in reply to Monar Educational Institute 107 all out yesterday.
– training to start today According to a report, the Stanford Twenty20 Superstar Squad ofWest Indies opener Xavier Marshall has been released from the squad for no apparent reason.
-National darts champion Norman Madhoo is gearing up for a shot at this year’s World c/ships National darts champion Norman Madhoo is leaving no stone unturned in his preparation for two upcoming important engagements.
– Boxers say expect gold fest in IndiaPresident of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Affeze Khan was all smiles yesterday afternoon after he was successful in securing in-transit United States visas for his four boxers.
Local athletics coach Leslie Black, who coaches Alika Morgan yesterday reported that two Guyanese athletes outshone Caribbean long distance champion Pamenos Ballentyne over the week-end in Trinidad and Tobago.
Guyana’s middle-order batsman Travis Dowlin was belatedly rewarded for his form in the Twenty20 form of the game when he was called up as a replacement for the injured Dwayne Bravo in the Stanford Twenty20 squad.
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