Albouystown and Tiger Bay to battle for top honours tonight By Kizan Brumell For the love of football, players and fans endured the heavy rain on Thursday evening at the National Park Tarmac to witness two exhilarating semi-final matches in the Georgetown Football Association organized Guinness Greatest of De Street football competition.
Friendship Secondary defeated New Diamond Secondary School in the East Bank zone final played recently at the Diamond Community Centre ground.
Guyana defeat W/Islands by one wicket Guyana rebounded from their first round loss to Barbados, to defeat the Windward Islands by one wicket when the two met in the second round of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board of Control (TTCBC) organized Regional Under -17 competition yesterday.
A Guyana team comprising members of the Hornets and the Yamaha Caribs Rugby Football Club recently copped the Caribbean International Rugby 7’s Overall Women’s 2008 Championship title.
The time to make Alika Morgan National Sportswoman of the Year is now or never for the National Sports Commission (NSC), the body entrusted with making such a decision.
President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Claude Blackmore has expressed satisfaction with the performance of Ricardo Martin and Janella Jonas, who participated in the just concluded South American Youth Championships in Lima, Peru.
Pacesetters will defeat Ravens– Bobby Cadogan By Rawle Toney“It’s no doubt that we will come out victorious on Sunday,” says Bobby Cadogan, coach of the Courts Pacesetters team, as they prepare to take on their nemesis Dyna’s Ravens in a winner-take- all grudge match this Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) dream to have its own permanent head office took a step closer to realization last Thursday, when the New Amsterdam Town Council (NATC) donated a plot of land towards the construction of same.
Not even the heavy downpours could prevent national race walk champion Rudolph Mitchell from chalking up his 84th consecutive victory, and subsequently capture the Office of the President (OP) trophy, in the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) organized Eid- Ul-Adha 10 laps event last Sunday.
By Tony Cozier in DUNEDIN AS the rain and arctic chill arrived in Dunedin yesterday, 24 hours later than predicted and eliminating the entire second day of the first Test at the University Oval, John Dyson acknowledged a troubling point.
“Our chances are as good as any other team” – GilhuysPresident of B.K.
– Tony Cozier says that there is a hint at tough work remaining for the West Indies bowlers over the remaining nine days of the test series.
`We will go all the way’ – RUSALBy Rawle Toney This year will be the third time that the team from the Berbice River will be taking part in the inaugural tournament and they are aiming to feature in the final on January 1, 2009.
The jointly sponsored Ministry of Education / National Sports Commission / Guyana Cricket Board / Guyana Teachers Union Secondary School Under-15 40 overs-a side cricket competition continued in the New Amsterdam / Canje and Corentyne Districts, at the Inter-branch stage in Berbice.
The first pawn will be moved at 10:00 hours tomorrow morning when the nine round Swiss System National Schools Championship gets underway at the Queen’s College Auditorium.
Milerock looking to roll back the yearsBy Rawle Toney They are not considered a major contender in the tournament but one thing they have on their side is history having won the inaugural Kashif and Shanghai tournament 18 years ago beating Eagles United in the final.
– Dowlin appointed captain Guyana’s Carib Beer team commenced preparations for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) 2009 Carib Beer tournament yesterday with physical and swimming sessions.
Basketball and beauty competitions billed for Cliff Anderson Sports Hall By Rawle Toney For the first time ever two events in stark contrast will be on show at the same time at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The dreams of Lionel Baker and Brendan Nash to play test cricket for the West Indies were fulfilled yesterday after they were named in the final XI for the first test against New Zealand By Tony Cozier in Dunedin The dreams of Lionel Baker and Brendan Nash, two cricketers from vastly different backgrounds, were finally fulfilled at the University Oval here today.
Semi-finals decided as four teams exitWith the conclusion of the quarter-final round comes the semi–final round of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Guinness Greatest of De Street round robin/knockout football competition.
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