Sports

– Kayode McKinnon completes 47-mile run for fight against HIV/AIDS By Rawle Toney Many thought he was crazy.

Two frightening developments If Mr. Affeeze Khan, recently re-elected president of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) is to be believed in that there have been threats to his life and that he fears for the well-being of his family then that is indeed a frightening development for sport in this country.

Fruta Conquerors rallied to victory to become the first ever champion in the inaugural Williams Cup U-11 Knockout Football Tournament when they defeated Santos Football Club 1-0 at the Tucville Playfield yesterday.

The fourth round of the DDL/Topco-sponsored Mashramani chess tournament could not be completed yesterday because of time constraints.

Dyna’s Ravens and Nets victorious By Rawle Toney The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Kevin Worrell/Lens Craft first and third division league competitions continued at the Burnham Basketball Court last Friday with wins for Dyna’s Ravens and Nets in their respective divisions.

The late Ravel La Rose was an outstanding swimmer who had the distinction of winning the first gold medal at a Goodwill Swim meet among Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago in 1997.

Just one week after they were in a spot of bother over a decision to say which race must be run off on a particular day, the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) has found itself again in a spot of bother.

The track and field season got off to a terrific start yesterday as the Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC) hosted the second scheduled Development Meet for the year on the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) calendar of events at the Eve Leary Sports Complex Ground.

A ton of softball action will unfold today at the Perseverance Beach, Essequibo Coast when the seven-a-side, six-over softball champion-of-champions tournament bowls off at 10am.

-Pagon scores third first class tonfending champions Jamaica led by Donovan Pagon’s third first class century, along with a patient 97 from David Bernard jnr.,

By Tony Cozier in Antigua Like some neglected, forgotten old uncle suddenly invited to a function at Government House, the Antigua Recre-ation Ground (ARC) was being hastily prepared yesterday for its unexpected return to the limelight as a Test match venue.

Charlestown Secondary School females along with Bishops’ High School (BHS) and Government Technical Institute (GTI) rallied to easy wins in this year’s Ministry of Sport Mashramani Inter-Schools Basketball Tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Caribbean Airlines under the slogan ‘The Warmth of the Islands’ spread some more warmth in the rugby fraternity on Friday when they again partnered with the union through the presentation of two tickets at appreciable discounts.

– Kanhai named MVP Grant House was crowned champion of the Mackenzie High School (MHS) inter-house basketball tournament which concluded Friday at the MHS basketball court.

Yesterday’s fiasco presented the latest, most dramatic explanation for the sudden decline of West Indies cricket, from its unprecedented excellence of the 1980s to the mediocrity of the past two decades.

Defending champion and current points leaders Jamaica were large and in charge against home team and bottom-of-the-table Guyana at the end of the first day of their sixth round clash in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day competition at the Guyana National Stadium Providence, yesterday.

Hours after gaining a split decision over challenger Steve Ninvalle to retain his post as president of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association, Affezze Khan was contemplating giving the post up.

Today national football player Kayode McKinnon will attempt to run from the Soesdyke junction of the Linden/Soesdyke Highway to the Minibus Park in Linden, a distance of approximately 40 miles.

The Business School will be trying to make an impression at the Barbados National Stadium today when they compete for the first time in the sixth annual Barbados Relay Fair.

Two contingents of darts players from abroad are expected for the 2009 Guyana Mashramani Classic which will be held from February 20-22.