Sports

-as Country Side triumphs by 167 runs Former national under-19 opener Krishna Deosarran blasted his way to an entertaining 125 to lead  a Country Side XI to a comfortable 167-run victory over  Silver Belt XI in the Banks DIH-sponsored Guyana Softball League 15-overs-a-side competition last Sunday at the Providence ground.

Over 50 horses will take to the track on Sunday when the Port Mourant Turf Club stages its August month one-day meet.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday called up 29 players to begin preparation for Guyana’s participation in the NAWIRA Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 Qualifying Tournament to take place in the Bahamas October 25 and 26.

– Guyana’s Olympic Ambassador Geron Williams is excited about the Beijing By Ravendra Kishore Happy and excited was how Geron Williams expressed himself after being identified as one of two youngsters who  will be Guyana’s ambassadors at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

-says report Chris Gayle has sent in his letter of resignation to the West Indies board president Donald Peters, according to reports in the Caribbean media.

By Ravendra Kishore The Malteenos Sports Club boys under-15 squad, warming up yesterday ahead of their clash with Trinidad and Tobago Schoolboys under-14 team this Saturday was confident about winning the game.

National Cycle Coach Hassan Mohammed, M.S. is one of the proudest coaches in Guyana, having being a coach for over thirty-three years and churning out champion riders both male and female who have excelled at home and on the international circuit.

Dear Editor, Many will wish to celebrate Guyanese and West Indian batting star Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s achievement for reaching the pinnacle of Test cricket by becoming the first Guyanese batsman to be ranked ICC number one in Test cricket.

Dear Editor, I pay all compliments to you for the excellent photograph of Shivnarine Chanderpaul in a celebrated moment in your sports section.

Veteran sports administrator and public relations practitioner John Emanuel Nestor M.S.

By Calvin Roberts@ Pine Basin, WildeySt. Michael, Barbados Compliments of Smalta, Cummings Electrical, Lifetime Realty, P&P Insurance, Cellular Plus and Hanes (Guyana) Limited Contrasting innings from Jonathan Foo 87 (7×4, 2×6, 65 balls) and Trevon Griffith 81 (3×4; 1×6 95 balls) ably supported by Seon Hetymyer (50) and Royan Fredericks 22,  guided Guyana to a 76-run victory over the Leeward Islands in their first game of the West indies Cricket Board (WICB)/TCL sponsored 2008 limited overs competition at the Pine Basin, Wildey, St.

By Kiev Chesney The Guyana Amateur Swimming Associa-tion (GASA) on Monday named 38 swimmers to represent Guyana at the 2008 Goodwill Champion-ships which will be held at Castellani Pool next month.

By Ravendra Kishore Hassan Mohammed, manager and coach of the Guyana cycling team which participated in the sixth Caribbean Gold Cup meet held from July 23-27, said yesterday he was elated with the team’s performance.

The second annual international U-15 schoolgirls Twenty20 windball Goodwill cricket series between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago bowled off yesterday by Director of Sport Neil Kumar.

GSA president says junior players too young to be competitiveBy Kiev Chesney President of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Ronald Burch-Smith said yesterday that the reason for Guyana not participating in the World Junior Championships in Zurich, Switzerland this week end was because the top junior players were too young to make an impact on the tournament.

The recent rainy season is wreaking havoc with sports in Guyana and one of the disciplines that have been affected tremendously is the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU).

By Ravendra Kishore National coach and manager of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Team which placed second at the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Association (CABA) junior and women’s championships in Trinidad and Tobago Carl Franklyn, was yesterday full of praise for the team.

– Three-time Caribbean squash champion Keisha Jeffrey tells Kiev ChesneyThree seemed to be the theme for the Guyana girls’ team at the 2008 Caribbean Squash Area (CASA) Caribbean Junior Squash Champion-ships.

From Calvin Roberts in Barbados Compliments of Smalta, Cum-mings Electrical, Lifetime Realty, P&P Insurance, Cellular Plus and Hanes (Guyana) Limited For one team Guyana, it will be redemption for the other, the Leeward Islands it may be revenge.

Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Stellon David recorded four of his team’s accumulated 10 goals against Uprising Football Club Sunday evening as the Georgetown Football Association’s Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Cellink Plus Premier League competition continued at the Tucville playfield.