Sports

Courts Pacesetters, Pepsi Sonics secure wins on opening nightBy Rawle Toney The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) third division basketball league sponsored by Lens Craft opened on Saturday evening at the Burnham Basketball Court with Pepsi Sonics and Courts Pacesetter taking first night honours.

By Eion Jardine Today I look back at one of Guyana’s greatest boxing trainers.

The  instant Sir Allen Stanford touched down on the hallowed turf at Lord’s in June in that black helicopter with his name emblazoned on the side, revealed his treasure chest filled with US$20 million in bank notes and condemned Test matches as “boring”, the British media saw it as its patriotic duty to wreck any association  between him and their cricket.

Buxton gives GDF marching orders The Buxton Stars delivered a stunner on Friday evening at the Tucville playfield when they defeated the defending champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in Fruta Conquerors-organized Namilco Football Festival Knockout Tournament.

The Young Warriors proved their mettle last evening as they walked away with both the champions’ trophy and the man-of-the-match award.

Rawle Toney With just two weeks and two days remaining before the start of the 49th National Schools Track, Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships which will be held in Linden, the Mackenzie Sports Club ground (MSC), the host venue, will be closed for rehabilitation work.

Leading veteran lawn tennis champion Rudy Grant came from a set down to win the men’s 35 and over singles title at Le Meridien Pegasus Open Lawn Tennis Championship against Gilbert Barckoy when the event continued last Thursday at the hotel’s courts in Kingston.

– surgery prevents Madhoo from defending title The 2008 National Darts Championship held over the weekend by the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) saw a new men’s singles champion being crowned.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC)/ Pepsi under-19 team defeated the Williamsburg Change Your Life Christian Church (WCYLCC) in a 40-over match to lift RHT/Williamsburg Friendship Trophy on Tuesday at the Area ‘H’ Ground.

Led by the experienced Homchand Pooran, Port Mourant created the first upset in the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC)/ Ansa Mc Al sponsored 10/10 competition when they defeated Young Warriors by five wickets at the Rose Hall Canje Welfare ground.

Maxie De Jonge played an entertaining innings of 53 for those gathered, before the clouds opened up and the rain had the final say, bringing a premature end to the third and final day’s play in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Presidents Cup competition between the Rohan Kanhai Strikers and the Lance Gibbs Tigers.

The Yamaha Caribs Rugby Football Club (YCRFC), one of Guyana’s leading football rugby teams, will be celebrating their 16th anniversary tomorrow with a seven a side one day tournament at the National Park rugby field.

Guyana’s Over-35 Rugby team will be looking to continue their dominance when they square off with their Trinidad and Tobago counterparts today in a feature Rugby match at the National Park.

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has responded to the rebuttal made by acting chairman of the national selection panel and national coach Albert Smith, by asking Smith to explain where and when their chairman of selectors were invited to the selection meeting.

Golfers will tee off today in the Water Chris sponsored Medal Play golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club course starting at 12:30 hours.

Guyana recently acquired both of the top seeded positions in the Caribbean region when they competed in the NAWIRA Regional RWC 2009 Sevens Qualifier Tournament in Nassau, The Bahamas on October 25 and 26.

– 16 participating teams selected By Rawle Toney The 19th annual Kashif and Shanghai football tournament was officially launched yesterday in the Savannah Suite of the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel  where the organisers announced the 16 teams that will  participate in this year’s event.

– Floodlights make clean sweep of matches An unbeaten 86 from opener Deryck Ramoutar helped steer Floodlights A team to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Enmore A in a fundraising double softball encounter for the Enmore Cricket Club (ECC) at the Enmore Community Centre ground last Sunday.

-Barnwell offers support with blistering half centuryShemroy Barrington struck his second successive hundred and, coupled with a blistering innings from national all-rounder Christopher Barnwell, steered the Rohan Kanhai Strikers to first innings points over the Lance Gibbs Tigers in their final round game of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President’s Cup competition at Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground yesterday.

Fast bowlers Travis Perry and Colin Duke continued their impressive bowling performance in the West Berbice Cricket Association (WBCA)/Regency Suites/Buddy’s International Hotel sponsored under-23 limited overs competition last weekend.