The local netball fraternity was yesterday plunged into shock with the news of the death of recently appointed secretary and former vice president of the Guyana Netball Association (GNA), Shondell Samaroo.
Manager of the national junior female netball team Shondell Samaroo says that the team is where it needs to be in terms of preparation for the Caribbean Netball Association (CNA) Jean Pierre Under-16 Championships that officially starts today in St Kitts.
Coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan has conceded that it was another challenging outing for the young Guyanese tennis players who represented this country at the recent North/Central America and Caribbean Pre-Qualifying World Junior Tennis (WJT) tournament in the Dominican Republic.
Businessman Shiv Nandalall was yesterday elected president of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) when the body held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue.
With the Caribbean Netball Association (CNA) Under 16 Jean Pierre Championships less than a month away, the Guyana Netball Association (GNA) has already begun to contemplate the tedious task of gathering funds to facilitate a team to attend the event which is scheduled to be held in St Kitts.
Guyana national record holder Aliann Pompey is scheduled to arrive in Guyana tomorrow morning, from the United States of America to spend six days here before she departs for her adopted homeland on March 1.
The Dorado Speed Swim Club collected a healthy 158 points to rule the roost at the year’s first local swim meet when the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Inter-Club Endurance Meet came to a close on Sunday at the Castellani Pool,
Sunday’s scheduled Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Developmental Meet at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary was postponed owing to a memorial service that was held for Ashton Alleyne former Discipline and Welfare Officer of the Royal Youth Movement (Royals) athletics club.
A tennis camp for persons 18 years and older got underway on Saturday at the National park Courts.
Former president of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Martin Stephenson, who died on January 20 at the St.
The National Sports Commission (NSC) and Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will co sponsor this year’s Mashramani table tennis tournament which is scheduled to begin next month at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall .
Minister of Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony is expected to meet with Regional Development Officer of the Pan America Hockey Federation (PAHF), Rene Granat, next month on plans pertaining to the erection of hockey courts at the Guyana National Stadium.
Newly instated president of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Alex Graham says he believes he has the necessary skills and requirements needed to bring the sport up to scratch.
A number of overseas-based athletes are excited about the commencement of works on the synthetic track and have indicated their eagerness to come home to compete at local meets.
With a large haul of medals and several new initiatives implemented by stakeholders in the sport fraternity, nominees are eagerly awaiting the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport awards ceremony where 23 honours including three new medals will be given out.
With the eagerly-anticipated Caribbean Twenty20 championship only five days away, the Guyana national team is gearing up for a successful title defence having resumed training sessions on Monday.
President of the Athletics Association of Guyana, Colin Boyce, yesterday confirmed that Singapore Youth Olympic Games Scholarship (SYOS) awardee Jevina Sampson will not be accepting the scholarship.
Work has commenced on “Phase One” of the construction of Guyana’s first ever synthetic track at Leonora, West Coast Demerara.
Reigning Caribbean Twenty-20 champions Guyana begin a three-match campaign in Trinidad’s Cricket Festival T20 series today at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, and, according to team coach, Ravindranauth Seeram, the team is “about fully fit and ready to go.”
President of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC), Raj Budhoo says that videos from the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship, held here last month, reveal that the collision between Guyana’s Mark Vieira and Barbadian Stuart Williams was an accident.
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