Sports

By Marlon Munroe East Bank Cricket Assoc-iation (EBCA) President Rohan Sarjoo is again crying foul against the selection procedures of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB).

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) along with the University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) held a night of tribute for the late Kevin Lawrence at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Wednesday.

Essequibo’s inaugural William France Fitness walk, which was held last Sunday, was dubbed a success by the amputee walker.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands,  CMC – Over 500 athletes from 25 nations are set for the annual rite of passage in Caribbean track & field, when the CARIFTA Games open tomorrow here.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Barbados began their junior Three Nations Caribbean Men’s Hockey tournament with a resounding 6-1 triumph over Guyana at the National Hockey Centre in Tacarigua Wednesday.

Mackenzie High School (MHS) crushed Kwakwani  68-32 in the Victory Valley Royals Inter-School basketball tournament which began yesterday at the Mackenzie Sports Club hardcourt.

By Marlon Munroe Guyana Cricket Board’s recently appointed High Performance Analyst Robin Singh described Guyana’s standard of cricket yesterday as rubbish.

Guyana’s Chelsea Edghill and Jamaal Duff are through to the quarter-finals of the Under-13 singles of the fifth annual Pre-cadet championships in Utuado, Puerto Rico.

Fans in the stands at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Tuesday night erupted with glee as Maccabees scored a one point victory in overtime over Beepat’s Scorpions in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Open and Third Division Leagues.

Chennai Super Kings 166 for 5 (Vijay 78, Raina 44*) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 161 for 4 (Kallis 52, Jakati 2-17) by five wickets(Cricinfo) The fear of an early elimination from the tournament drove Chennai Super Kings to deliver their best all-round performance, that too against the table leaders.

By Marlon Munroe Guyana lost its stranglehold on the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) Track & Field discipline when the championships concluded on March 28 at the Stade de Baduel in Cayenne, French Guiana.

Delhi Daredevils 188 for 6 (Karthik 69, Gambhir 43) beat Rajasthan Royals 121 (Mishra 3-25) by 67 runs (Cricinfo) Dinesh Karthik hit a delightful half-century on a slow pitch to charge Delhi Daredevils to a facile win against Rajasthan Royals at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Neal and Massy (N&M) Guyana Group powered their way past the visiting United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom (UK) dominoes teams in the Money Gram sponsored International dominoes match played Tuesday evening at Neal and Massy Staff facilities at Ruimveldt.

Golden Grove Stars of the East Coast Demerara defeated Kingston High School in the main match on Sunday in the one-day circle tennis competition played at the GNS Ground.

LEEDS, England, CMC – Tino Best’s hopes of playing for Yorkshire in the English County Championship this season may have hit a snag.

Guyana Under-14 boys’ team lost 0-3 to El Salvador as play in the IBM/ITF World Junior Championships continued on Monday and Tuesday in Trinidad.

With just a few days remaining before the kick off of the annual Mayor’s Cup Knockout Competition it is a sure bet that the 16 teams that will be fighting for the crown are getting themselves in gear.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – One of the athletes that helped to put the bright lights on track & field in the island has decided to retire from the sport.

Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United put on a terrific performance to defeat the Guyana Defence Force and top Group D of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground.

Nigel’s Supermarket yesterday made a substantial contribution of over half a million dollars to the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) to aid their participation in the Pre Cadet Caribbean Table Tennis Championships and the Caribbean Table Tennis Championships for Junior and Cadet in Utuado, Puerto Rico.