Sports

 Cycling action around the inner circuit of the National Park will continue tomorrow with the fifth annual Seven Seas cycling programme organized by national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed from 0900hrs.

The remaining semi-final of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) 2007 Isaac Bissoon three-day competition will commence today and run until Sunday with Port Mourant and Young Warriors opposing each other at the Cumberland ground in Canje.

Manager of the recent unsuccessful Under-19 TCL team to Barbados, Alvin Johnson is not happy with the recent performance of his team.

Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) and Albion Community Centre Sports Club played to an exciting draw to share the trophy when they clashed at the Area ‘H’ ground at Rose Hall yesterday.

Nervousness is believed to have gotten the better of Guyana’s youngest participant Niall Roberts at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games yesterday when he placed seventh in heat six of the Men’s 50m Freestyle at the National Aquatic Center.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) second annual Chubby Under-14 round robin competition was launched yesterday at the Guyana Beverage Company Inc.

The Goodwill Swimming Championships involving Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Barbados and hosts Guyana is set to commence at 12pm today at Castellani Pool.

General Manager of Guyana Beverage Company (GBC) Robert Selman yesterday urged the young members of the Fruta Conquerors Football Club to stay away from drugs and continue on their path of discipline.

-Niall face first test in 50m freestyle heats Guyana’s youngest participant in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games Niall Roberts, will be the first of four Guyanese athletes to compete at the games when he takes the pool for the heats of Men’s 50 metres freestyle at 6:43am today. 

This is the final installment of the interview by Stabroek Sports’ Donald Duff of former president of the Georgetown Football Assoc-iation and president of Alpha United Odinga Lumumba on football related issues.

At a gala dinner ceremony Tuesday evening the Guyana women’s cricket team got their send off from the czars of cricket in Guyana, including President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh, Director of  Sport  Neil Kumar and others.

The Guyana Hockey Board has called up 28 players to resume training in preparation for the Junior Pan-American Hockey Championships to be held in October in Trinidad and Tobago.

Cornelia Ida battled their way to the top at the Leonora Jamaat ground this past Sunday to become the champions of the West Indian Sports Inter-Jamaat Softball Tournament which was organized by the Leonora Muslim Youth Organization (LMYO) in association with the Guyana Softball League (GSL).

Cricket action in Georgetown is set to resume on Saturday with the commencement of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Beharry Champion Products Cup sponsored 40 overs second division limited overs competition, along with the Neal and Massy (NM) first division limited overs competition.

Milerock and Silver Shattas Football Clubs have advanced to the next round of the Linden Invitational Football Tournament after recording victories over Netrockers and Winners Connections respectively at the McKenzie Sports Club ground Monday night.

Rudolph Mitchell, Guyana’s racewalking champion chalked up his 78th consecutive local victory when he won the Clarence D.

Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) yesterday launched another magazine and their female cricket team at a simple presentation ceremony held in the canteen of one of their sponsors, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), Brickdam.

– Baugh recalled National left-handed middle order batsman and former West Indies under-19 captain Leon Johnson along with Australian-born Jamaican Brendon Nash are the two new faces in the Christopher Gayle-led West Indies 15-man squad that will contest both the International Cricket Council (ICC) trophy in Pakistan as well as the tri-nation tournament in Canada.

Fifth Dan Black Belt Karate Master Winston Dunbar has returned home with a desire to generate greater interest in the art of Wado-Ryu after successfully attending the Wado-Ryu Summer Academy in England recently.

Dinanauth “Dave” Sharma was elected President of  Neal and Massy Sports Club at its Annual General Meeting held last Friday at Neal and Massy Sports and Training Complex at Ruimveldt.