Sports

Mike Mangal came out victorious in last Saturday’s Neal and Massy 40th anniversary golf tournament.

By Kiev Chesney Mark ‘Max’ Menezes, Christopher Mc Lean, and Kristian Jeffrey emerged as ultimate champions during the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) `Ultimate Race Champions’ yesterday at the South Dakota Circuit.

King reigns as Vieira a no show By Ravendra Kishore It was billed as the `Ultimate Race of Champions’ but while Andrew King lived up to his word Ryan Rahaman, unbeaten earlier this year,  was forced to fight for second and third places in his group at the meet which saw several no shows among them being Mark Vieira.

-Republican Gym comes out tops at Gaskin and Jackson National Open Boxing C/ships By Kizan Brumell The Republican Gym emerged as the most outstanding gym when the curtain came down on the Gaskin and Jackson Jewellers’-sponsored National Open, Cadet, Under-15s and Starter Championships at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue on Saturday evening.

Fruta Conquerors football Club received wake-up call from Georgetown Football Club (GFC) when the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Cellink Plus Premier League Football Competition resumed on Friday at the Tucville Playfield with a double header.

By Troy Peters Not many athletes have had the distinction of representing Guyana at more than one sports discipline.

Neil Reece was the first to cross the finish line to claim victory in the Caricom Day cycle race which was organized by the Flying Ace Cycle Club and sponsored by Church’s Chicken.

Dear Editor, Over the past months, I have been reading, with deep consternation, several stories, letters, readers’ comments, etc, in the newspapers on issues relating to our track and field community.

The Mark Benschop Foundation recently presented a quantity of sports gear to the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym of New Amsterdam, home of Howard `The Battersea Bomber’  Eastman.

Dear Editor, As an overseas based athlete, I read the Stabroek News every day, and whenever an article comes up concerning track and field and the upcoming Olympic Games, I keep wondering who are athletes that would be representing Guyana at the games. 

By Kiev Chesney The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) began its preparation for the 2008 Goodwill Swimming Championships which will be held in Guyana next month when the Time Trials which began Friday, continued yesterday at Castellani Pool.

By Kiev Chesney Father Kevin and son Kristian Jeffrey will be looking to have yet another triumphant weekend for the Jeffrey family when they compete in their respective events today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club Ultimate Race of Champions meet at the South Dakota Circuit. 

By Kiev Chesney Most of the capital city and its outskirts got a chance to the get into the Olympic fever when the Coca Cola Caravan/torch relay passed their way early yesterday morning ushering in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games in Guyana.

By Calvin Roberts At Lester Vaughan Secondary School Ground Cane Garden, St.

The Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Courts Inc. Pee Wee under-11 football competition resumed yesterday with four exhilarating matches at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground.

Gouveia, Allicock and Rock snatch gold on final night of CABA c/ships Guyana’s Cleveland Rock, Stefan Gouveia and Herlando Allicock turned in golden performances to snatch three gold medals on the final night of the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Association (CABA) juniors, cadets and females championships Friday night at the Chaguramas Convention Centre in Trinidad and Tobago.

By Calvin Roberts @ Lester Vaughan Secondary School Cane Garden, St.

-close to $30M needed to complete first stage The architectural design for the Guyana Karate College’s (GKC) G$100M Dojo- building  to be erected at Liliendaal was unveiled at the GKC’s 40th anniversary fund-raising dinner on Thursday evening at the Georgetown Club.

Guyana’s cadet boxer Moonchan Sankar and female boxer Mandessa Moses struck gold when the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Champion -ships continued at the Chaguramas Convention centre in Trinidad and Tobago.

Vishaul and Vinu Sawh are two brothers with one objective in mind tomorrow.