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Fast bowler Kawal Mangal grabbed 7-35 as newcomers Canefield Cricket Club of East Canje  defeated Young and Restless of Reliance, Canje by nine wickets in the first round of the fifth annual Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC)/ New Building Society (NBS) sponsored second division limited overs competition recently.

Sunburst Camptown and Beacon United Football Club will do battle tomorrow at the Camptown ground to decide which team advances to the semi-final stage of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) DeSinco Trading under-18 football tournament.

Stanford 20/20 says it will not be bullied by Digicel – offered valuable sponsorship rights to which Digicel was not entitled Coolidge, Antigua –  Stanford 20/20 is disappointed, though not surprised by Digicel’s latest press release of September 21 2008 relating to its dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) arising from the Stanford Super Series.

Digicel continues to seek compromise solution Digicel, proud sponsor of West Indies cricket since 2004, has recently been involved in discussions and correspondence with Stanford in an effort to find a mutually acceptable resolution to the current impasse over the proposed Stanford 20/20 Series.

By Calvin Roberts A Ron Collins double (7th and 79th) guided East Coast Demerara Victoria Kings to a 4-2 victory over Corentyne All Stars in a match which brought down the curtains on the Rose Hall Town week of activities Sunday afternoon.

Led by an unbroken 71-run, unbeaten seventh-wicket partnership St. Winifred’s Secondary School recovered from 37/6 to reach 108/6 in reply to Monar Educational Institute 107 all out yesterday.

– Chantelle Fernandes is Nicolette Fernandes’ kid sister who is hoping to emulate, if not surpass her sister’s squash accomplishments in the sport of field hockey Ever wondered how it feels to have a famous sportsman or woman in your family.

Robert Hanoman came out victorious in last Saturday’s Muneshwers Ltd. sponsored Stableford Golf tournament played at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Young Warriors defeated Colombia Sports Club by 10 wickets in the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Memorex Enterprise 15-overs-a-side softball tournament held at the Cullen Sports Club Ground last Sunday.

Defending champion Alonzo Greaves, as expected, retained his title when he defeated a strong field to capture 35-lap event for Schoolboys and novices at the sixth annual Laparkan Holdings Limited (LHL) sponsored cycle programme organized by national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed on Saturday around the  inner circuit of the National Park.

A swashbuckling century by Marc Singh piloted AINLIM /NMSL to a blowout victory over N&M Security Solutions (NMSS) winning by 127 runs in the Neal and Massy Inter-Company 20-overs-a-side tapeball cricket final played Saturday at Thirst Park ground.

Thanks to the wily efforts of John Abrahams, Old Fort ‘A’ defeated GCC ‘A’ by the golden goal in the final of the Noble House Seafoods handicap indoor hockey tournament which culminated at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) Friday night.

Former national under-15 batsman and newly elected Demerara senior player Ravi Sarwan celebrated his selection to the Demerara Inter-County side with a fluent, unbeaten century whilst West Indies ODI left-hander Leon Johnson, scored a half century as Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) beat the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by 155 runs at Bourda yesterday in the opening round of the Georgetown Cricket Association /Pepsi-sponsored first division 40-overs-a-side competition.

– GFC and Alpha United also advance Manessa Primo produced another good performance for Fruta Conquerors who made their way into the semi-final stage of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) DeSinco Under-18 football tournament when they defeated Thomas United 8-1 at the Tucville Playfield yesterday.

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chief executive Donald Peters got himself into something of a twist over the widely reported secret last week that Xavier Marshall and Tonito Willett had failed a drugs test at a Stanford 20/20 camp.

  -Sarwan, Carmichael and Carew new faces in 14 man squad Guyana’s latest West Indies limited-overs player and former West Indies under-19 captain Leon Johnson has been chosen to lead defending champions Demerara in the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/El-Dorado-sponsored senior inter-county championships which is scheduled to commence on Friday.

A four-wicket haul from Wasim Haslim enabled Regal XI to record a four-wicket victory over Savage XI in the District of Columbia Metro Cultural Organization (DCMCO) sponsored 15-overs-a-side softball competition recently.

-defeats `Powerhouse’ Courts in second match of tapeball series Banks DIH cricketers pulled off an exciting victory over their counterparts from furniture giants Courts by five wickets in a clash of the giants in their feature 20-over tapeball cricket match Friday evening at Thirst Park ground.

Rocky XI and Country Side XI booked their places in the semi-finals of the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Banks DIH-15-overs-a-side softball tournament after they defeated La Jalousie Estate XI and Boom Blast XI respectively in the remaining quarter-finals at the Thirst Park ground recently.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Demerara Distilleries Limited (DDL) Pepsi-sponsored first division 40 overs-a-side round robin competition commences today with four first round matches following its launching at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion yesterday.