Sports

An action-packed day is expected tomorrow at the Tucville Playfield ground with the conclusion of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) 2008 season.

Top-of-the table Jamaica and bottom of the points’ standings Guyana, clash today at the Providence National Stadium in the sixth round of the West Indies Cricket Board sponsored regional four-day tournament.

President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Alfred Mentore feels that young cricketers must have discipline and proper work ethic instilled in them.

The Guyana Darts Association will stage a “luck of the Draw’ tournament tonight at the Saltaire Sports Club, Pegasus.

Grant and Blackette House to contest today’s finals After recording outstanding wins against their opponents Grant and Blackette Houses will contest today’s final of the Mackenzie High school (MHS) Inter-House basketball tournament at the school’s basketball court.

Beepat’s Scorpions and Courts Pacesetters basketball clubs recorded hard-fought victories over Macabees and Demerara Panthers respectively when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) competition continued at the Burnham Court Wednesday night.

President’s College, Saints and GITC in winners row By Rawle Toney St Stanislaus College (Saints), President’s College and Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC)are the latest schools to register wins in this year’s Ministry of Sport Mashramani Inter-Schools basketball tournament, now being played at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Former national middle order batsman Ravindranauth Seeram who has a level two coaching certificate has replaced the long-serving  Albert Smith as coach of the Guyana national cricket team for the remainder of the present West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day tournament.

By Tony Cozier In  Antigua The reasons and excuses, basically one and the same, for England’s defeat in the Sabina Test have been as many as the 51 for which they were despatched in their second innings of the first test of the 2009 Digicel Series which ended on Saturday.

Neal and Massy (N&M) Guyana Group honoured its Sports personalities for 2008 at an Awards ceremony last Friday evening at Neal and Massy Staff facilities at Ruimveldt.

Basketball tournament to bounce off today – to be part of SBA By Rawle Toney Four  houses – Carr, Cambridge, Blackette and Grant – will all be vying for top prizes and honours today when the fifth form students of the McKenzie High School (MHS) as part of their Physical Education School-Based Assessment (SBA) bounce off an inter-house basketball tournament.

The 18th Annual R&R International Limited sponsored 40-mile cycle road race will pedal off at 9:00am this Sunday from the Demerara Harbour Bridge, proceed to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo, and back to the place of origin for the finish.

By Rawle Toney Guyana’s ace striker Gregory “Jackie Chan” Richardson was impressive playing his first game for Toronto FC who  claimed a 2-1 win over the USA U-20 side Sunday last in Bradenton, Florida.

Charlestown and Covent Garden Secondary remain undefeated By Rawle Toney Charlestown and Covent Garden Secondary are the only unbeaten teams so far in the Ministry of Sport Mashramani Schools Basketball Championship after securing respective wins on Monday.

– Sport Directors to meet this weekend By Rawle Toney Guyana will play host to the first leg of the 2009 Inter-Guiana games, according to Director of Sport Neil Kumar, who disclosed that his colleagues from French Guiana and Suriname will be in Guyana this weekend to begin the planning of the games.

Former Guyana opener Azeemul Haniff scored 95 runs to guide CLICO Preysal to a 109-run win over Barataria Ball Players in the Carib Sunday League Round of 16 at the National Cricket Centre in Couva on Saturday.

The newly-elected body of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) is forging ahead with its plans for the development of cricket.

The Police Sports Club (PSC) will be hosting a development meet on behalf of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) for Junior and Senior athletes on Friday at the Eve Leary Sports Complex ground, Kingston.

President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh has sent a congratulatory message to the newest member of the West Indies 5000-run club Ramnaresh Sarwan.

Asks Orin Davidson It was as satisfying a Test match result as any in recent times for West Indies cricket.