Sports

By Ravendra Kishore Action continued last  weekend in the Busta Cup 2nd Division 20/20 tournament as the local police failed again in their bid to arrest the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) boys.

Three teams have arrived for the commencement of the 2008 regional one-day  President’s Cup tournament some 24 hours before its scheduled start two with the stated intention of winning the tournament and the other team here for the experience.

Ramdeen, Thakurdeen and Mc Almont highlight last round of matches in Berbice zone Richard Ramdeen’s century, coupled with Davendra Thakurdeen’s half century and James Mc Almont’s five-wicket haul were the highlights of the latest round of matches in the Berbice zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Gafoors Group of Companies sponsored national first division 20/20 competition which was played last weekend.

The popular cricket quiz show hosted by Edwin Seeraj returns to the airwaves today following the start of the West Indies/Pakistan three-match, limited overs series in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

By Calvin Roberts When the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup limited overs competition commences tomorrow with three matches across Guyana, cricket lovers in the Caribbean would get the opportunity to follow their teams’ performance on radio.

– entire Golden Jaguars retire amidst calls for Guyana Football Federation president Colin Klass to resignBy Rawle Toney Guyana’s national football team known as the Golden Jaguars yesterday moved their battle from the field to the office of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) with the members of the team which participated in the Group H matches of the Digicel Caribbean Cup tournament in Trinidad retiring from the sport until president of the GFF Colin Klass steps down.

Captain and coach of the Guyana limited overs team Travis Dowlin and Albert Smith expect the team to do well when the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup competition commences here from Thurs-day.

Georgetown Cricket Club men’s first division team dethroned last year’s winners Old Fort while GCC women won the ladies’ title and Western Dragons the second division title when the curtain came down on the GT&T sponsored National Indoor Hockey championships Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The fight to be crowned this year’s national chess champion is on and the experienced Errol Tiwari is the front-runner.

– Six Guyanese on the list The West Indies Rugby Union (WIRU) has shortlisted 24 players to begin training ahead of the International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens World Series which will take place in Hong Kong from March 27-29 next year.

By Rawle Toney The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) senior club championships which feature eight first division teams has started on a sour note.

Rawle Toney Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Jamaal Shabazz has finally called it quits.

Junior Niles gets birthday victory -Williams takes final stage as Holder regains junior title Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams out sprinted Gavin Nero to take the final stage but  Junior Niles won the senior and Christopher Holder the junior title when the curtain came down on the Ministry of Health (MOH)/ Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS)/Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) organized ‘Riding for Life 2’ event yesterday.

The final of the Namilco Football tournament scheduled for the National Stadium at Providence failed to come off yesterday following a decision by the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) not to show up.

Patrick Prashad, the most consistent golf player this season, won Saturday’s Dask Enterprise-sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament and looks set to be among the pre-tournament favourites for this weekend’s Guyana Open two-day championships.

Says Eion Jardine The recent defeat by Gwendolyn O’Neil to Carlette Ewell which resulted in O’Neil losing her WIBA and WIBC light heavyweight titles should be placed  squarely at the feet of O’Neil’s manager Eon Peters.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars were eliminated yesterday from the Digicel Caribbean Cup football competition after a spirited fight which ended in a 1-1 draw with Trinidad’s Soca Warriors in their final Group H match.

Kuru Kuru Training centre with 85 games won the first leg of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport inter-department dominoes competition which was held recently.

The annual Mayor’s Cup seven-a-side football competition for Inter-Ward/Street/Village teams is scheduled to commence shortly in honour of Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green who celebrated his 74th birthday yesterday.

Trinidadian Colin Wilson captures fourth stage -Niles takes over leadership position from Greaves Trinidad and Tobago’s Colin Wilson crowned himself in glory right here in Guyana yesterday when he won the fourth stage of the Ministry of Health (MOH)/Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) HIV/AIDS Awareness ‘Riding  for Life 2’ from Supenaam to Charity and back to Suddie.