-Linden-Georgetown rivalry resumes By Rawle Toney For the sixth year in succession, the Supligen All-Star Weekend which is scheduled for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on October 25 and 26 was officially launched at a simple ceremony held yesterday at the Beepat building in Georgetown.
Former Guyana and West Indies fast bowlers Reon King and Colin Stuart commenced the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ ‘Reds’ Perreira Sports Foundation-sponsored fast bowling clinic for the country’s present crop of fast bowlers at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
A strong team from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) lost to Mal Skills team by 109 runs in a feature limited overs cricket match at the Guyana National Service Ground, Carifesta Avenue yesterday.
He might be a teenager but on Saturday Avinda Kishore proved himself to be a `Big Man’ on the Lusignan Golf Course when he carted off the European Union’s (EU) Stableford tournament winning from a large field.
Richmond’s hat-trick enable Determinators to drub Stallion A Tremaine Richmond hat-trick enabled Mahaica Determinators to inflict a five-nil defeat on Black Stallion while Bakewell Buxton Stars were held to a draw when action in the East Coast Demerara Football Association (ECDFA)/ Mackeson Stout Premier League fooball compettion continued at the Beterverwagting ground last Sunday.
Stalemates were the order of the night as Blue Berry Hill United took back the leadership position in the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA)/ Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) sponsored Premier League competition last Sunday night.
The Everest Hikers first division men’s hockey team continued its dominance of the Banks DIH Night hockey Tournament by edging Georgetown Cricket Club by a 1-0 margin in the feature encounter of Monday night’s matches at Thirst Park.
The Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC) will be a buzz of activity this Sunday, when the True Friendship Committee runs off its sixth annual horse race meeting at the West Berbice track from 1300hrs.
The gold medal quest by Adrian Spellen and Sven Kenrick Lorrimer at the 16th Annual Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Caguas, Puerto Rico came to a halt after the athletes both lost critical matches.
– Former WICB corporate secretary Tony Deyal gives evidence before London International Court of Arbitration on behalf of DIgicel In an ironic twist to the latest row afflicting West Indies cricket, Tony Deyal has given evidence before the London International Court of Arbitration (LICA) on behalf of Digicel in its case against the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) over the scheduled 20/20 match for US$20 million between the Stanford Superstars and England.
– Season to resume after funeralBy Rawle Toney Following the death of 21-year-old Courts Pacesetters player Kevin Worrell on Sunday, the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) has promised to have affiliated club members properly insured.
– semifinals and finals at Bourda The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Gafsons Industries Limited (Gafoors) national first division 20/20 cricket competition was launched with a simple ceremony at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion yesterday, and the semifinals and finals will be played at the same venue.
All roads lead to Rising Sun for Annual Agriculture Month Rodeo “It will be a day full of fun and vaqueros from throughout the country will be on show,” said Inshan Habibula, president of the Rising Sun Rodeo Committee.
Guyana’s Alika Morgan and Kelvin Johnson placed first and third in their respective categories when they competed in the annual Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer’s birthday 10K run in Antigua on Sunday.
There will be a new junior Chess champion of Guyana when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) stages it national senior and junior championships following the completion of a qualification tournament which begins on Sunday to arrive at the eight competitors in each category.
Heavenly Light B defeated Heavenly Light A in the final of the Network Deliverance Ministry’s Inter-Church Futsal football competition at the National Gymnasium Saturday evening.
Sunburst Camptown conquers Fruta Conquerors in ‘Battle of the Juices’– GDF arrests GFC By Kizan Brumell Football fans witnessed two thrilling victories by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Sunburst Camptown on Sunday in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) GT&T Cellink Plus Premier League competition at the Tucville Playfield.
Jockey Colin Ross guided his steed Sequin to a comfortable victory and the $250,000 first prize over the rest of the field in one of three feature races held at the Anjue and Hamlet Park, Branch Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara as part of their second anniversary celebrations Sunday.
Devon Clements, Sasenarine Sukhdeo, Assad Fudadin and Richard Ramdeen hit half centuries in the fund-raising Twenty20 cricket match contested among four teams at the Rose Hall Community Centre (RHCC) ground, Canje Sunday.
– Dr. Anthony, Keith Booker to meet teams The visiting English cricket team led by former Guyana wicket-keeper Monty Lynch will today take on a Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport cricket team in a friendly limited overs encounter at the Carifesta Sports Complex Ground.
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