Sports

-as National Open boxing c/ships commence By Kizan Brumell Derwin Boatswain’s immaculate punching strength and precise body and head hunting attacks blasted apart Republican Gym’s Zackerman Montique in their welterweight clash on the opening night of the National Open amateur boxing championships on Sunday at the National Gymnasium.

– squad still facing training ground problems Several national discards have been included in the Golden Jaguars squad preparing for the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Football Championship even as the coaching staff grapples with finding appropriate venues for the squad to train.

By Kizan Brumell Six members of the 10-member Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) team for the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Association (CABA) Games to be held in Trinidad left Guyana this morning for the twin-island republic.

– at launch of Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Lawn Tennis tournament With over 30 youths in attendance and some 68 expected to participate, the Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Lawn Tennis tournament was launched yesterday afternoon at the Le Meriden Pegasus Hotel courts under the auspices of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA).

Despite there being only one month of good weather for 2008 so far as compared to  four months in 2007, Chairman of the Berbice Competitions Committee and Public Relations Officer of the Berbice Cricket Board, Carl Moore, is optimistic that the major Berbice competitions will be completed in the stipulated time.

By Calvin Roberts at Yorkshire Cricket Ground, Barbados Compliments of: Smalta, Cummings Electrical, Life-time Realty, P&P In-surance, Cellular Plus and Hanes (Guyana) Limited Jamaica were large and in charge at the end of the second day of their fourth round match against defending champions Guyana in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) TCL-sponsored 2008 regional under-19 cricket tournament at the Yorkshire Cricket Club ground, Barbados yesterday.

Canadian-based Guyanese student George Bulkan won last Saturday’s Demerara Mutual sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament played at the Lusignan Golf course.

Probably one of the most anticipated tournaments run by the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) the 2008 Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Tennis tournament will serve off this morning at the Le Meridien Hotel courts.

By Donald Duff Manager/coach of Guyana’s nine-member team to the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Association(CABA) junior, cadet and female championships in Trinidad Carl Franklyn said yesterday he expected his small but strong team to be competitive.

Webster untouchable after first roundLearie Webster jumped out ahead of the competition and into the lead in the Oasis Café Mega Chess Tournament which was held at the Oasis Too Café on South Road.

By Kizan Brumell The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) yesterday successfully concluded its two-week Tennis Summer Camp which was sponsored by P&P Insurance Brokers at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel Tennis Courts with the group matches and presentation of awards to the participants.

By Kizan Brumell A flurry of punches is set to be launched today when the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association’s (GABA) Open national championships get underway at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The National Legacy Run, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and PAHO/WHO will take place this morning.

By Calvin Roberts @ Yorkshire Cricket Ground, Barbados Compliments of: Smalta, Cummings Electrical, Lifetime Realty, P&P Insurance, Cellular Plus and Hanes (Guyana) Limited A belligerent century from captain Andre Creary (118) coupled with superb assistance from wicket keeper Maverick Perry (80) enabled Jamaica to hold the trump against Guyana at the end of the first day of their fourth round match of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/TCL-sponsored 2008 regional under-19 tournament at the Yorkshire Cricket ground yesterday.

By Kiev Chesney President of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) Claude Blackmore said yesterday he had been reliably informed that Guyana was the only country in the Caribbean where associations had to stand the cost for officials to attend the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games which will take place  in Pune, India in October.

Team Guyana looking for clean sweep Team Guyana will be looking to complete a clean sweep of the 2008 CASA Caribbean Junior Squash Championships after the girls and boys’ teams advanced to today’s finals where they are scheduled to meet Bermuda teams.

-Blackmore By Kiev Chesney President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) said yesterday that Alika Morgan, the country’s premier middle and long distance athlete was their number one choice for the World Junior Championships which was held last week in Poland.

By Calvin Roberts in Barbados Compliments of Ansa McAl Limited, Cummings Electrical, Lifetime Realty, P&P Insurance, Cellular Plus and Hanes (Guyana) Limited With the weather looking to threaten the outcome of the West Indies Cricket board (WICB)/TCL-sponsored 2008 Regional Under-19 tournament, defending champions Guyana will be looking to stay on top of  their points standing when they face Jamaica in their fourth round match beginning from today at the Yorkshire Cricket Ground, St.

-Adonis Coach of the Guyana national under-19 rugby team which placed third at the recent North America and West Indies Rugby Association junior World Trophy qualifying tournament Laurie Adonis feels the team did not have an adequate amount of time to prepare for the tournament.

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