Sports

After another successful year where they completely dominated the Junior Caribbean Championships by winning three individual titles as well as the Boys, Girls and Overall Team titles, the Guyana Squash Racquets Association (GSRA)  has selected the national junior squash team which will once again match their skills against the best of the Pan American region.

Banks DIH tapeball cricket team will do battle with Correia Group of Companies All Stars team as the Friday Evening Floodlights 20-overs-a-side tapeball cricket series continue this evening at the Thirst Park ground.

Pay Suriname FA US$8000 The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) the world governing body for football has ordered the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to repay their neighbours the Suriname Football Association (SFA) the sum of US$8,000 (G$1.6m) for expenses incurred during the return fixture of their 2010 World Cup qualifying tournament in June.

Demerara coach echoes captain’s sentiments Demerara senior inter-county coach Rabindranauth Seeram yesterday echoed the sentiments of captain Leon Johnson when asked about his expectations of the team in the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) El Dorado-sponsored 50-overs-a-side competition.

– Over $250,000 up for grabs in  three-stage Macedo Memorial race Cyclists will pedalling away with fury this week-end when the National Sports Commis-sion (NSC) through national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed holds its cycling programme around the inner circuit of the National Park Saturday morning.

– Fitzgerald teams up with Semple to take ‘Blind Draw’ doubles Norman Madhoo warmed up for the upcoming Guyana Open and Bryden’s sponsored South American and Caribbean Championships by winning the Clive Harrison-sponsored Open Singles title last Friday at the Salt Air Sports Club, Le Meridien Pegasus.

– Nine-time champs Covent Garden Secondary aiming for 10th title Some 16 teams have confirmed their participation in the Christmas Term indoor day/night male inter-school Windball cricket tournament with the first game getting underway this afternoon at the National Gymnasium.

When 2008 Junior Gold Cup gold medalist 17 year old Enzo Matthews takes to the road to compete in the Victor Macedo Three stage memorial race this weekend, he will doing so with a new cycle, thanks to the combined efforts of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) and veteran cyclists Wilbert Benjamin and Joseph Faria.

Richards strikes double for Camptown Sunburst Camptown made its way into the semi-final round of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) DeSinco Trading Under-18 football Tournament yesterday at the Camptown ground with a victory over Beacon United.

– Final to be played under floodlights at Providence Stadium The highly-anticipated El Dorado limited-overs Inter-County round-robin competition got off the ground yesterday at a launch held in the boardroom of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Regent Street.

Football fans on the East Coast and possibly Georgetown can brace themselves for some breath-taking football action tomorrow evening as East Coast Demerara power-houses Victoria Kings and Bakewell Buxton Stars collide from 18:00 hrs while Plaisance United will battle with Buxton United at 20:00hrs at the Plaisance Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, For one to know how the Commonwealth Youth Games came about, you must first understand the story of the Commonwealth Games.

Dear Editor, I was mesmerized when I read an interview with Mr Colin Klass, President of the GFF and a sports reporter.

The Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Cellink Plus Premier League continues this Friday, September 26 at the Tucville Playfield with another intriguing double-header which was postponed last weekend.

The best of New York’s young cricketers will match skills in honour of a son of Port Mourant in the annual Harry Sundar Memorial cricket match set for Saturday in Queens.

The planned Fast bowling Clinic organized by the Guyana Cricket Board in collaboration with the `Reds’ Perreira Sports Foundation (RPSF) which was scheduled to commence yesterday and end tomorrow has been postponed.

The Oasis Too Café will be the venue for Saturday’s staging of the Trophy Stall/Oasis Café annual Junior Chess Tournament.

Captain of the Demerara team to contest the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/El Dorado sponsored limited overs inter county tournament and Guyana’s latest West Indies limited overs player Leon Johnson expects his side to do well.

– led by CABA gold medallist Mandessa Moses Guyana’s female Pan-American boxing hopefuls will wing out this Sunday for neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago where they will be involved in fistic battles against Caribbean and other opponents at the women’s Pan American boxing championships.

– New cricket laws to be discussed and implemented Guyana’s lone International Cricket Council (ICC) accredited cricket umpire Clyde Duncan is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of a four-member West Indies team taking part in the ICC annual umpires and match referees’ seminar.