– top cyclists expected to be on show Following their exploits on the grass track of the Everest Cricket Club ground, cyclist will return to the inner circuit of the National Park from 0900hrs today.
– Guyana’s Clevon Rock is one bout away from a historic gold medal at the third junior Commonwealth Games Just one more win.
After consecutive days of track events South Ruimveldt Secondary School and East La Penitence Primary lead the secondary and primary school categories of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) organized South District, Champion of Champions meet at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.
-company donates $1 million to Sevens team By Rawle Toney Guyana’s National Sevens Rugby team which will compete at this year’s NAWIRA Sevens World Cup qualifiers was given a much-needed boost from the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) who yesterday donated one million dollars.
– President to soon step down By Rawle Toney In the midst of preparations for the upcoming All Star week-end basketball extravaganza Stabroek Sports understands that the Linden Amateur Basketball Associa-tion (LABA) is in turmoil.
Lots of excitement is expected today when athletes from 11 units of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) compete for honours at the final of the 2008 GDF Inter-Unit Track and Field Championships at the GDF Sports Club ground at Base camp Ayanganna, Thomas Lands.
The Le Meridian Pegasus Open lawn tennis championships is set to serve off this evening at the hotel’s courts where a number of the country’s top players will be on show.
By Eion Jardine The recent death of Courts Pacesetters basketball player Kevin Worrell made me remember the death of another athlete in another sport many years ago.
Vinode Samaroo, playing for John’s Cricket Club of Port Mourant became the fourth centurion and highest individual scorer of the competition when he hit 127* against Letterkenny Young Stars when the latest round of matches in the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC)/ New Building Society (NBS) second division competition continued over the weekend.
– after DCC officials request use of ground In a farcical tournament titled the “President’s Cup” competition and organized by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and held at the Demerara Cricket Club ground in Queenstown it was the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) which played all the shots yesterday.
-LABA, GABA presidents in war of words at Beepat Scorpions All Star press conference By Rawle Toney A war of words erupted on Wednesday between the presidents of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LA BA) and the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Associa-tion (GABA) ahead of the Beepat Scorpions Supligen All Star weekend scheduled for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on October 25-26.
-Guyana assured of a bronze medal at the third junior Commonwealth Youth Games through Clevon Rock Rock solid!
– John falls to Nigerian in last 16 Guyana’s Trenace Lowe, the Caribbean number-two girls player, stayed in the hunt for a medal at the third junior Commonwealth Games in Pune, India yesterday when she advanced to the last eight of the girls’ singles competition.
-team leads by 172 runs going into final day Clive Lloyd Super Cats’ Homchand Pooran (107) and left arm orthodox spinner Veerasammy Permaul (5-76) guided their team to a mammoth 172 runs first innings lead over the Rohan Kanhai Strikers at the end of the second day in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President’s Cup competition.
By Rawle Toney Guyana’s national under-21 hockey team will depart these shores today for Trinidad and Tobago to participate in the 2008 Pan-American Hockey Championship which will be played in the island’s capital, Port-of-Spain from Friday 17 to Sunday, October 26.
Banks DIH cricketers are expected to face their sternest test when they square off with Neal and Massy tomorrow as the feature 20-over a-side tapeball cricket match continues at Thirst Park ground under floodlights.
As time draws near to the commencement of the Fruta Conquerors Football Club (FC) organized 2008 Guyana National Milling Company (Namilco) Football Festival where all games are going to be contested at the now trendy Tucville playfield, the FC is knotting all ends with their sponsors.
The annual national senior and junior rifle shooting championships will take place early in 2009 and will serve as preparation for the local shooters who will be defending the Caribbean crown they won in Jamaica earlier this year.
Tony Ramnanan hit the first century, an entertaining 162, in the West Berbice Cricket Association (WBCA)/ Regency Suites/Buddy’s International Hotel sponsored under-23 cricket competition which got underway last weekend.
The Rising Sun Turf Club came alive last weekend when Sequin turned back the challenge of the other horses in “C” Class to walk away with $300,000 first prize in one of the most successful horse race meets in recent times Speaking to Stabroek Sport, president of the club, Inshan Habibulla, said that the races were run off in orderly fashion without any problems.
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