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The 2008 West Indies one-day cricket tournament is unlikely to take place in Florida as originally planned.

The final two quarter-final matches in the rain-interrupted Neal and Massy Inter-Company 25-overs-a-side tapeball cricket competition will be played off today at the Guyana Softball Cricket Association ground on Carifesta Avenue.

Action in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) organized first and second division competitions will continue over the weekend.

Travis Dowlin’s XI defeated Krishna Arjune’s XI by 36 runs to win the second trial match organized by the senior selection panel of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB).

The Guyana Motor Racing team led by speed aces, Andrew King, Kevin Jeffrey and Canadian-based Shawn King suffered mixed fortunes in the recently held second leg of the 2008 Caribbean Championships.

An unbeaten half century from former national under-19 opener Rajindra Chandrika (71*, 2×4;1×6) guided Steven Jacobs’ XI to a six-wicket victory over Travis Dowlin’s XI in the first trial match organized by the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club ground.

A Sherwin Grimes double in the 16th and 37th minutes helped steer Beacons to a 2-1 victory over Houston Stars as action in the Banks Beer-sponsored Georgetown Football Association (GFA) First Division competition continued at Independence Park (Parade Ground) on Tuesday.

Untouchables were untouch-ed by Wild Fire’s flames and they also stopped Unstop-pable in the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized  Memorex Enterprise 15-overs countrywide softball tournament at the Crabwood Creek ground last Sunday.

– No place for Ryan Fredericks After watching the recent Busta clash the Essequibo panel of selectors has named a fourteen member squad to face Demerara and Berbice in the El Dorado Inter-county one-day matches.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars and the Soca Warriors, Trinidad and Tobago national team will square off in a friendly football international this evening at the Haseley Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain as both teams prepare for important engagements.

-captures Macorp-sponsored  15th anniversary golf tourney Patrick Prashad continued his winning ways when he secured victory in the Machinery Corporation of Guyana (Macorp) 15th Anniversary Medal Play golf tournament last Saturday on a lush Lusignan Golf Course.

Two quarterfinal matches in the Guyana Softball League (GSL)/ Banks DIH-sponsored 15 overs–a-side softball tournament bowls off under floodlights at the Thirst Park ground from 6:00 pm tonight.

National champ gets scare from Taffim KhanA bold move by young Taffim Khan to play in the senior category of the Carifesta/Topco Juice-sponsored chess tournament nearly paid the ultimate dividend as the youngster came within a whisker of defeating national champion Kriskal Persaud.

-Berbice zone Neal and Massy Guyana and West Indies opener Sewnarine Chattergoon turned in an all-round performance to guide Albion Community Centre to a four-wicket victory over Scottsburg United when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) nation-wide Neal and Massy cricket tournament continued over the week-end in Berbice.

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Reigning Mr. Guyana Mark ‘Uno’ Perry who also has the distinction of being the inaugural winner of the Mr.

The curtains came down on the 15 over softball tournament sponsored by Trophy Stall of Bourda Market, as Rocky XI whipped Trophy Stall XI by 22 runs in an exciting final played under lights at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground last Friday night.

Narsingh Deonarine’s XI defeated Sewnarine Chattergoon’s XI in the second of three trial matches organized by the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) to select a team to represent the county in the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL)-sponsored El Dorado Inter-county  50 overs competition.

-Final round saw close contest In one of the most hotly contested dominoes competitions for the year, led by Most Valuable Player runner-up Paul Lewis, Specialist walked away with $200,000 as  Club 75’s+ fifth annual competition ended Sunday night.

This past Sunday evening Pele Masters thrashed the Santos Masters in a penalty shootout at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda to claim the ‘Breezer, Nedd’ Memorial Title.