Sports

Loris Nathoo stunned a strong field to emerge champion of the Carifesta/Topco Juice-sponsored chess tournament which concluded at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club on Sunday with the final four rounds of the eight round Swiss system tournament.

Guyana and West Indies right arm-leg spinner Amir Khan with 3-4 along with fast bowlers Seon Daniels and Andre Stoll each with 2-18, bowled Demerara to a comfortable 10-wicket victory over Essequibo in their first round encounter of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Clico sponsored Under-17 two day Inter-county championship at the Enterprise Community Centre ground yesterday.

After the unedifying distractions of who stumped up the cash to spruce up the president’s office and the latest, inevitably costly row over sponsorship, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) shocked us all last week with a lengthy statement that, for a welcome change, dealt with cricket and nothing but cricket.

A quite enlivening final match was won by Beacon United who retained the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Chubby under-14 championships at the Tucville Playfield yesterday.

Former Barbados and West Indies right arm fast medium bowler Ezra Moseley is due in Guyana later this month to conduct a fast bowling clinic organized by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) in conjunction with the Reds Perreira Sports Foundation (RPSF).

Mike Mangal playing off an eight handicap recorded a gross 75 to end with a net 67 to win last Saturday’s Sunburst Orange Juice Medal Play Golf tournament sponsored by Continental Group of Companies and played at the Lusignan Golf Course.

– Pompey comes in for praise The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has commended the team that went to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and came back medal-less.

– US in transit visas to be secured President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Affeeze Khan yesterday announced the names of the four boxers who will represent Guyana at the Commonwealth Games in India this October.

A defiant 71 from Essequibo’s Herrell Greene followed by the first tournament hat trick from his teammate Anthony Adams (3-16) enabled the Cinderella County team to take control after the first day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Clico sponsored Un-der-17 two-day competition at the Enterprise Community Centre ground yesterday.

The stage has  been set and it is now up to the casting crew, in this case Alpha United, Santos, Pele and Fruta Conquerors Football Clubs to put on the show as semi final action in the G$2.2m Alpha United Carifesta football fiesta kicks off at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground tonight.

The 2008 New Building Society Limited (NBS) sponsored Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) second division limited overs cricket competition was launched at the Berbice branch of the sponsor Friday afternoon.

Wales carted off the 2007 Cecil Persaud Under-15 limited overs cricket competition when they defeated Utivlugt last Sunday at the Canal Number Two Sports Club ground.

Guyana and West Indies opener Sewnarine Chattergoon and Bermine opener Maxie De Jonge slammed consecutive half centuries to steer their respective teams to victories in the Berbice zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Neal and Massy countrywide limited overs tournament.

– takes over from Bakewell One lucky team will walk away with more than $250,000  in prize money and uniforms when the newly-sponsored East Coast Demerara Football Assoc-iation Premiere League competition comes to a close.

After being postponed owing to the inclement weather the two finalists to contest the Upper Corentyne Business Community/Berbice Cricket Board of Control (UPBC/BCBC) First Division 50 overs, Albion Community Centre and Young Warriors will clash at the Crabwood Creek ground tomorrow.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) organized Chubby under-14 championship will conclude today with the final match of the tournament between Beacons and Fruta Conquerors at the Tucville Playfield commencing at 10:30hrs.

Mineral Water-sponsored 50 mile race tomorrow The Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice will run off its annual Diamond Mineral Water-sponsored 50-mile cycle road race tomorrow.

A fiery spell of fast bowling by former Guyana U-19 speedster Kwesi Maltay and a well compiled half century by former national player Homchand Pooran enabled Sewnarine Chattergoon’s XI to score an easy victory over Narsingh Deonarine’s XI when the third trial match was played on Wednesday at the Rose Hall Community Centre Ground in East Canje.

Six matches will kick off the third annual Noble House sponsored Goals Galore Indoor Hockey tournament organised by the Guyana Hockey Board on Monday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The DeSinco Group of Companies which has been associated with sponsoring an annual cycle race since 1999 handed over a $74,000 cheque to National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohammed for the ninth edition of the race which will wheel-off on Saturday, September 13 in the National Park.