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Guyana’s Women cricket team narrowly lost to their Trinidad and Tobago counterparts on Sunday in a match of the West Indies Women’s tournament in St.

– Erva Giddings bags 5-25 CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – St Lucia and West Indies captain Nadine George hit a stroke-filled unbeaten century to guide her team to a 24-run victory and hand defending champions Trinidad and Tobago their first loss of the West Indies Women’s Cham-pionship on Monday.

– need for more coaches, Development Officer says By Ravendra Kishore Territorial Development Offi-cer of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Colin Stuart says that there are many talented youngsters around who are rough diamonds in need of polishing.

-Wickham and Smith capture consulation gold medalsTeam Guyana did not pack enough punch to seriously contend for the overall title in the 2008 Goodwill Swimming Championships but a third place finish overall and two gold medals on the final day from Noelle Smith and Linden Wickham seemed to satisfy the home team yesterday at the Castellani Pool.

A pugnacious, maiden century from Rawle Enmore assisted by a half century from  Orande Douglas and a good all round game from captain Abzal Gafoor  guided Ace Warriors Cricket Club to a resounding 202-run victory over Diplomats as action in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/ Beharry Champion Products limited overs  second-division competition continued  Saturday.

Bakewell Topp XX won the Linden Invitational football tournament when they scored an easy 3-0 victory over Milerock Football Club at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground Saturday night.

Guyana’s Aliann Pompey failed to advance to the finals of the women’s 400m at the Beijing Olympic Games yesterday.

National ladies’ champion Nicollette Fernandes will be looking to successfully defend her individual title at the Southern Caribbean Squash Championship which begin today at Georgetown Club.

– Harris retains Ms. Guyana Fitness title Linden’s Mark Perry proved to all and sundry that his win at the inaugural Hugh Ross Classics (HRC) earlier this year was no fluke when he easily won the Mr.

By Charles Wilkin The most recent evidence of turmoil at the governance level of West Indies Cricket – the controversy over the rental of offices for the President, the threatened resignation of the Captain, the purported suspension of the CEO, and the dismissal of the Corporate Services Manager- should remind us that the region is still awaiting the decision of the Board on its corporate restructuring.

At the conclusion of a terrific second day the top two countries Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago had extended their lead over Barbados and Guyana respectively in the annual quadrangular Goodwill Swimming Championships at the Castellani Swimming Pool.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it is conducting an audit to determine and quantify the outstanding tax liability of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), adding that it was empowered by a recent court decision to re-assess the company regarding Consumption Tax for the years 2001–2006.

A day filled with excitement and lots of fun is expected when insurance giants Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) runs off its second ‘Day of Races’ at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) on  August 24 from 13:30hrs.

Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the man in charge of Guyana’s Golden Jaguars, Trinidadian Jamal Shabazz, has expressed confidence in his charges, stating that they will rise to the occasion in the next round of matches of the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Championships (DCC) billed for his homeland.

– Sport minister promises Aquatic Centre soon Competitors in the Guyana Amateur Swimming Associa-tion (GASA)  Goodwill Swimming Championships at  Castellani Pool, Home-stretch Avenue,  were urged yesterday by Minister of Sport Dr.

Smith, Wickham and Lowe come through for the home-Suriname  takes early lead Team Guyana emerged from the first day of the 2008 Goodwill Championships yesterday at the Castellani Pool with six individual medals compliments of Linden Wickham, Alan Lowe and Noelle Smith.

– Strike Again occupy third spot Better football from Guyana Beverages Inc.

– continued sponsorship promised Manager of Public Relations and Operations at Demerara Bank Limited Shawn Gurcharran yesterday handed over a  $395,000 cheque to  Secretary of the Berbice Cricket Board Angela Haniff as sponsorship for the 40-overs Second Division Cricket Competition in Berbice which should bowl off in another few days.

Visa to Florida a sore point   for Caribbean players   – Chetram Singh Details about the format of the Regional One-Day Tournament scheduled to be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA were ironed out last evening during discussions when  a high level team from the United States Cricket Association (USCA) met with their West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) counterparts in Antigua.

West Berbice snatches first innings points from NA/Canje West Berbice snatched first innings points from New Amsterdam/Canje as action in the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) sponsored 2008 Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 Inter-Zone cricket competition got underway on Thursday.