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New GPC Inc. marketing manager Trevor Bassoo (2nd right) handing over one of the footballs to Crane Football Club captain Shemry Cox as president Vince Griffith (3rd left) looks on long with other club members with secretary Jevon Rodrigues at Extreme right.(Photo by Lawrence Fanfair)
New GPC Inc. marketing manager Trevor Bassoo (2nd right) handing over one of the footballs to Crane Football Club captain Shemry Cox as president Vince Griffith (3rd left) looks on long with other club members with secretary Jevon Rodrigues at Extreme right.(Photo by Lawrence Fanfair)

Crane Football Club gets donation from New GPC Inc.

The New Guyana Pharm-aceutical Company (GPC) Inc. yesterday made a timely donation of twenty-five field markers, twenty-two practice T-shirts and three Spalding footballs, valued together over  $65,000, to the Crane Football Club of  West Demerara.

The Guyana women’s team (flanked by coach Michael Hayes and manager Maylene Ramdhular with captain Zaheeda Samdally, third from left stooping) which placed fifth in the eight-team regional competition. (Lawrence Fanfair photo)
The Guyana women’s team (flanked by coach Michael Hayes and manager Maylene Ramdhular with captain Zaheeda Samdally, third from left stooping) which placed fifth in the eight-team regional competition. (Lawrence Fanfair photo)

Women’s cricket team performs creditably

– after four years in wilderness President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh says  that the Guyana senior women’s cricket team put in a creditable performance in St.

Members of the victorious Georgetown Under-17 team strike a pose with Nayatanand Manbodh (left) and Brian Nanan (right) manager and supervisor respectively of Gizmos and Gadgets. Second from left is coach and former national off spinner Garvin Nedd. (An Aubrey Crawford photo)

DCB U-17 Inter-Association Competition

Devers, Stoll and Roopnarine carry Georgetown to victory A superb bowling display from right arm off spinner Ricardo Devers (4-14) along with fast bowler Andre Stoll (3-9) backed by a responsible unbeaten innings of 35 from Dayanand Roopnarine guided Georgetown to a comfortable six-wicket victory over East Bank yesterday.

Mouth-watering quarter-finals on today in Carifesta football

Tournament host Alpha “The Hammer” United and Rosignol United will meet in one quarter-final while Pele Football Club and Linden’s Topp XX will clash in the other as action in the Alpha United Carifesta football fiesta continues at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground tonight.

Digicel issues statement on injunction against WICB

Regional communications giant Digicel yesterday issued a statement with respect to the injunction it filed before the High Court in London against the staging of a  Stanford Superstars Twenty20 clash with England for a winner-take-all prize of US$20m.

Chubby Under-14 C/ships

Thomas United hammers Flamingo as four teams exit tourney Thomas United Football Club produced a terrific display of football in thrashing Flamingo 5-0 in the George-town Football Association’s (GFA) Chubby Under-14 Football Competition yesterday at the Tucville Playfield.

Lindeners hit by play fiasco

By Nicosia Smith and Mark McGowan The staging of Guyana’s Carifesta X signature play in Linden was postponed on Sunday but many patrons only learned of it when they turned up for the performance at the Lichas Hall on Monday evening.

 Ricardo Devers and Dexter Solomon

Georgetown/East Bank clash in rescheduled final

The rescheduled final of the Gizmos and Gadgets/GT&T-sponsored Demerara Cricket Board Under-17 Inter-Association finals between Georgetown and East Bank Demerara will be played today at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Camp Road from 09:30hrs.

Back from Beijing!

Local long distance star Alika Morgan returned last Tuesday with many memorable moments to share with her peers, having witnessed the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China.

Jockey Colin Ross guides his charge Coconut Boy (#6) across the finish line in the third race of the Clico Day of Races at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club on Sunday. Star Streak (2nd left) and Pleasure Star (right) finished second and third respectively. At centre is Prince Warrior who finished fourth. (A Lawrence Fanfair photograph)

‘Jumbo Joy’ by 10

‘Showing Up’ did show up for the Clico Day of Races at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club on Sunday, but ‘Jumbo Joy’ as he always did, displayed his strong sprinting prowess to win by 10 lengths in the three years open race that went a distance of one mile, the first of two feature races of the day from Showing Up.

President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Bish Panday presents one of the shirts to  Grantley Culbard of the Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCUSA) as other executives of both organizations look on.

GCA donates shirts to GCUSA

At a simple presentation ceremony held recently at the Georgetown Cricket Club pavilion, the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) handed over three  dozen shirts to the Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCUSA).

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