The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) in collaboration with the AL Sports and Tour promotions has put on a two day encampment at the GTU dormitory this weekend as preparation for the Girls’ Windball 20/20 home and away series later this month.
One week after being crowned `King’ and `Queen’ at the Guyana Squash Association’s National Senior Championships, Kristian Jeffrey and Nicolette Fernandes dethroned the defending champions at the 2008 Subaru St Lucia Open Squash championships to cart off the male and female titles.
Misfortune and a series of errors were the contributing factors to the downfall of an inexperienced Guyana Rugby Under-19 team as the Cayman Island ran out 21-13 winners at the Garrison Rugby Playfield in Barbados in the North America West Indies Rugby Association National (NAWIRA) Rugby World Cup 2008 Qualifier yesterday.
When former world contender Howard Eastman and current national middleweight champion “Deadly” Denny Dalton clash this evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall there will be more at stake than the national middleweight crown.
Banks DIH Ltd., one of the main sponsors of today’s Judgment Day Professional Boxing card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday presented the sponsorship cheque to the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) at Thirst Park.
By Calvin Roberts Kensington Oval Compliments of Ansa McAl Limited, Hanes Guyana Limited, Cellular Planet, P&P Insurance and Cummings Electrical.
– Plummer says Morgan’s club can demand answers from AAG General Secretary of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Ivor O’Brien said yesterday that the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) committed a major blunder in its choice of Guyana’s representative to the World Junior Championships in Poland.
– says Alika Morgan By Kiev Chesney Just as Alika Morgan had begun to bask in the glory of her unprecedented accomplishment of four straight Caricom 10k titles, her return home was blemished by the disappointing news of not being selected to attend the 15th Annual IAAF 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcs, Poland from 8-13th July.
Although he had not been able to achieve the qualifying standards in either of his events, national 5000m record holder Cleveland Forde will be participating in the 2008 Summer Olympics Games in Beijing, China, in August.
From Calvin Roberts in Barbados Compliments of: Ansa McAl, P&P Insurance, Hanes (Guyana) Limited and Cellular Planet (Official dealers in Digicel phones) Guyana begins its defence of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/TCL sponsored Regional Under-19 cricket tournament against the Leeward Islands at the Kensington Oval ground today and coach Hubern Evans yesterday stated that he was looking for a winning start.
The second of two practice matches by the national women’s squad will take place today and tomorrow at the National Stadium at Providence.
– GCB president Chetram Singh exhorts TCL youth team President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh on Tuesday night urged the Guyana TCL Under-19 team to return to these shores in one month’s time with the trophy symbol of regional youth cricket supremacy.
-says Eastman, as war of words erupts at press conference By Calvin Roberts “I am like old wine, getting better with age.”
By Calvin Roberts The national road race champions on Tuesday night received their awards from the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) at a simple presentation ceremony at the office of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA).
Guyana will be represented by a four-member team at this week-end’s Central American and Caribbean championships which began yesterday and will end on Sunday in Colombia, the Amateur Athletic Association of Guyana said yesterday.
Smallbore captain Dale Hing came out on top in last weekend’s Safeway Security sponsored .22 pistol shoot competition organized by the Handgun Section of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) at the TSU range, Eve Leary.
Bank of Guyana (BOG) managers took a comfortable lead after the first round of the three-way aggregate dominoes series against their counterparts from Neal and Massy and Republic Bank Ltd.
– little known Oslyn Collins selected instead of four-time Caricom 10k winner By Kiev Chesney Even before the dust had settled on the apparent `blunder’ on the part of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) of not taking up the two free tickets offered to its athletes to participate at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India, later this year, the AAG’s poor administration has once again been revealed.
The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has selected a team of 21 players to represent Guyana in the upcoming North American West Indian Rugby Association’s (NAWIRA) 2009 Under-20 Junior World Trophy Qualifier in Barbados from July 5-13.
‘Mc Rae could kiss the canvas’ – says veteran trainer Lennox Daniels By Calvin Roberts When Michael De Mattos takes on Trinidad-based Joel McRae over six rounds in his second professional bout Saturday in the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) card titled ‘Judgement Day’ at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH), his coach Lennox Daniels is predicting nothing but a victory.
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