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In the second cricket match of the President’s Championship 2008, Leon Johnson’s Clive Lloyd’s Super Cats virtually assured themselves the winners’ cheque of $200,000 at the end of day one.

– Shabazz By Rawle Toney If the Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Jamaal Shabazz is to be believed then Guyana will certainly reach the finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup tournament.

– Teams wing out tomorrow hoping to qualify for finals The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday announced the members of the National Sevens Men’s & Women’s Team for the NAWIRA Regional RWC 2009 Sevens Qualifier Tournament in Nassau, Bahamas, 25th & 26th October.

The combination of Sensei Troy Bobb, Instructor Tyrone Niles and Allende Barker graced the Chauguanas Regional Sporting Complex in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) when they competed in the Pan Caribbean International Martial Arts Championships this past weekend.

– has not procured visa for course which starts tomorrow Cricket coach Michael Hyles,  popularly known as `Franko,’  is ruing his luck after not being able to make it to England in time for the commencement of a coaching course to be conducted by the England Cricket Board (ECB).

It was another disappointing day for Guyana’s Under-21 hockey team which is competing at the Junior Pan American hockey championships in Trinidad and Tobago after they were thrashed 19-0 by Chile in their match against the Spanish-speaking country Monday night.

– WICB sets new standards for team selection Selection to the West Indies team will be based in future primarily on stringent statistical standards presently well beyond the capacity of all but a couple of players.

-elated on winning First leg of IAAF South American 10K in Suriname By Rawle Toney Guyana’s top female distance athlete Alika Morgan is enjoying a wonderful year in athletics.

Medal of Service (MS) awardees William France and Dennis Burns will lead a four-member team to the ING-sponsored New York City marathon to be held on November 2, in the United States of America.

It was a day of action from the opening race to the last at the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club, Number 6 Village, West Coast Berbice, last Sunday.

Karatekas from the Guyana Karate College (GKC) and the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) face a stiff assignment this weekend when Masters Teriyuki Okazaki and Frank Woon-A-Tai grade them for their respective promotions.

Alpha United are still one point ahead of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) organized Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Cellink Plus Premier League competition after the completion of Saturday night’s matches.

-NCN humbled by East Bank XI Rangers XI humiliated Regal XI by nine wickets to claim the Guyana Softball League (GSL)/Banks DIH-sponsored 15-overs-a side competition while the National Communications Network (NCN) team was humbled by an East Bank Select XI in the first game Saturday night at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground.

A soggy outfield caused by heavy rains the previous day prevented any play in the final of the Berbice zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Neal and Massy sponsored 40-overs-aside nationwide first division competition at the Rose Hall Canje ground on Sunday.

The New Amsterdam United Football (NAUF) has teamed up with a number of football enthusiasts in the Berbice area to arrange  fundraising activities to meet heart surgery  expenses for Seon Springer.

Guyana’s National under-21 hockey team competing in this year’s Junior Pan-American Hockey Championships in Trinidad and Tobago is continuing to struggle.

Guyana’s 2008 Junior Cycling Champion Neil Reece put on a terrific display at the Flying Ace Cycle Club’s  Cycling and Athletics Track Attack meet which was held at the Skeldon Community Centre ground on October 12.

Milerock FC still in commanding lead Bakewell Top XX, Amelia’s Ward United, Netrockers and Silver Shattas all drew their matches when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Ministry of Sports, Coca Cola First Division League continued on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports club ground in Linden.

– Club claims Kevin Worrell Memorial five-a-side knock out basketball championship over Worrell’s  former club Courts Pacesetters By Rawle Toney The Nets Basketball club defeated the Courts Pacesetters 34-16 to be crowned the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Kevin Worrell Memorial five-a-side knockout champions when the tournament was contested Saturday evening at the Burnham Basketball Court.

Teenaged players had another field day ahead of the Guyana Open billed for next month when Avinda Kishore won last Saturday’s Ocean View International Hotel sponsored Medal Play golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.