Bowlers stole the spotlight in the latest round of matches in the Georgetown Cricket Association P&P/ Cummings Electrical Raymond Panday Memorial two-day Second Division competition with three ten-wicket hauls being recorded against seven fifties.
It was a splendid finale. A large, well-behaved crowd was in attendance; the participating teams were well turned out, particularly the New Opportunity Corps [NOC] and the ladies of the Blazers’ Sports Club of Kabakaburi.
When the preliminary round of the KFC Cup regional limited overs cricket competition commences next Tuesday in Guyana, the Ramnaresh Sarwan-led Guyana side will try to continue the proud tradition set by their predecessors.
Jamie Spencer hasn’t given up hopes of regaining the jockeys’ championship and has several excellent chances of reducing the deficit of six at Pontefract this afternoon; Geordieland should be a ‘penalty-kick’ in the Phil Bull Stakes over two-and-a-quarter miles.
The chorus was unanimous. From manager Michael Pratt and trainer Brian Barker to the man who matters most, new World Boxing Empire (WBE) welterweight champion, `Deadly’ Denny Dalton, the same tune was being sung, “We want Zab Judah.”
It was supposed to be a keenly contested affair but the final of the boys’ Under-18 division of the Le Meridian Pegasus Hotel tournament turned into a one sided rout as Anthony Downes defeated Jeremy Miller 6-1, 6-1 on Friday evening at the hotel’s courts.
For a young fighter without a ten-round fight to his credit, Lennox Allen could come across as very brash, maybe even arrogant.
Guyana’s weightlifters are expected to give a good account of themselves against top regional opposition when they take part in this year’s Criollo Cup weightlifting championships in Puerto Rico later this month, a top official of the local weightlifting body disclosed.
For those who worry that cricket as we know it is under threat from the game’s newest manifestation, the matches that have immediately followed on the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup have brought no joy.
Everest Cricket Club defeated Sunrise Cricket Club (SCC) from New York by 117 runs to easily retain their America’s Cup for the sixth consecutive time at the Everest ground yesterday.
Unbeaten Pele Football Club are the new leaders of the Georgetown Football Association Cell Link Plus Premier League competition after the edged out rivals Santos 1-0 in the feature match of a double header on Friday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.
West Indies senior team’s captain Ramnaresh Sarwan and captain of the Under-19 team Steven Jacobs rattled up centuries in the latest round of the Demerara Cricket Board’s Neal and Massy limited overs competition yesterday.
The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has shortlisted 24 players to prepare for the upcoming visit of a Trinidad Over-35 rugby team.
Approximately 30 golfers are expected to take part in today’s Ansa Mcal sponsored Golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course starting at 12:30 hours.
Guyanese cyclist Marlon `Fishy’ Williams finished 18th place in the 14 kilometres first-division Time Trials on the opening day of the Tobago International Cycling Classic on Thursday, according to reports from the twin island republic.
The Guyana Cricket Board/Republic Bank (Guy) Limited-sponsored Right Start under-15 Inter Secondary school cricket competition continued on Wednesday and Thursday at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation ground.
Eight teams from the East Coast of Demerara will take it to each other in the third edition of the Freedom Cup hosted by the East Coast Football Association.
President of the Guyana Cricket Board Chetram Singh said yesterday he was upset at the disappearance of the GCB’s equipment from the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) ground on Woolford Avenue.
Despite the change of venue, the Queen’s College Inter-House athletics championships was a huge success as their star athletes illuminated the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda yesterday with shining performances.
They held a media briefing to ask for privacy leading up to discussions with President Bharrat Jagdeo and Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Colin Klass in the wake of media reports on the possibility that the year-end tournament might not be held, but in the end conceded that it was indeed possible that the Kashif and Shanghai year-end football fiesta would not be held this year.