Sports

The J.C. Chandisingh Secondary School on the basis of some brilliant teamwork and the loud vocal support of their coaching staff and students came from behind and defeated Lower Corentyne Secondary School in the final of the Berbice Cellink sponsored Inter-Secondary School Volleyball tournament at the Area ‘H’ ground.

Pollard emerges from testing deGroot encounter Former national champion Regan Pollard booked his place in the semifinals of the Guyana Squash Association/GT&T Senior National Squash Championships after closing out Raphael deGroot in four games, in their highly contested and entertaining match on Thursday evening at the Georgetown Club.

-Jeffrey stops Nicolette’s man-slaughtering crusade After brushing aside two male opponents, international squash star Nicolette Fernandes was stopped by reigning under 19 champion Kristian Jeffrey who represented his gender to the fullest by sending Fernandes packing in three straight games in last night’s semifinal of the Guyana Squash Association/ GT&T Senior National Championships. 

Following the success of the first National Legacy run which was held last year before the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the National Sports Commission has decided the second annual Legacy Run tomorrow morning at 6am, which will usher in Carifesta X.

Sheik Mohammed, Thakur slam half centuries Half centuries from former national wicket keeper/batsman Sheik Mohammed and Ramesh Thakur highlighted the latest round of matches of the Guyana Softball Association (GSA) Banks DIH-sponsored 15-overs-a side competition which continued last Sunday.

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) men’s `A’ team surged ahead in the points standing with their ‘B’ side in hot pursuit after the third night of action in the Guyana Hockey Board’s warm up six-a-side indoor tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

– coach Evans By Calvin Roberts “I need to see the batsmen stand up and be counted.”

The managers of Neal and Massy Guyana Group, Banks of Guyana and Republic Bank Ltd.

By Kiev Chesney With 13 years of rugby already under his belt, the newest addition to the Guyana under-19 rugby squad, Rupert Giles, will certainly be an asset to Guyana’s team at next month’s North American and West Indian Rugby Association (NAWIRA) International Rugby Board (IRB) Junior World Trophy qualifiers in Barbados.

-Fernandes disposes of first male opponent Joe Mekdeci became the first male to exit the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Guyana Telephone & Telegraph-sponsored  senior national championships by the delicate but deadly hands of the lone female in this year’s men’s category, Nicolette Fernandes  on Wednesday night at the Georgetown Club.

‘I am mentally and physically prepared for the defence of my middleweight title against whoever it is, whether it is Eastman or Raul Frank or whoever they put in front of me’By Calvin Roberts The Guyana Boxing Board of Control’s (GBBC) Judgement Day card is fast approaching and `Deadly’ Denny Dalton is mentally and physically prepared for the defence of his national middleweight title against Howard Eastman,  the boxer told this newspaper yesterday.

By Calvin Roberts There will definitely be some new faces on the Guyana senior team that will be contesting the upcoming Digicel Caribbean Cup which is slated to commence in August, according to president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass.

By Donald Duff Guyana’s top female table tennis racquet wielders Trenace Lowe and Michelle John have qualified for the Pan American junior championships set for Halifax, Canada from July 7-11.

Juan Carlos Lazo upsetted Nicholas Naraine when action in the much anticipated, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (G T & T) sponsored National Senior Squash Championships served off on Tuesday evening at the Georgetown Club courts.

Cyclists in the country will be back in their saddles this weekend when the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) stages its Annual Cycling Championships for junior, senior and veteran riders.

Georgetown Cricket Club `A’ will look to increase their lead when they square off with Everest Hikers `B’ in a men’s fixture when six more matches in the Guyana Hockey Board warm-up six-a-side hockey tournament will be played this evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

By Kizan Brumell Bakewell, manufacturer of the best breads in Guyana officially became a sponsor of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) in 2000.

–Greene By Kiev Chesney Guyana’s top sprinter (locally-based) Rawle Greene moved a step closer to qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games when he clocked his personal best time in the 200m at the Trinidad National Senior Championships last weekend at the Hasley Crawford Stadium.

By Kiev Chesney Linden’s Nicola Jacobs’ performance helped her team blowout the New Amsterdam ladies 75-39 when the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation Inter Sub-Association Championships continued on Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

By Kizan Brumell John ‘Big John’ Edwards and Mervyn ‘Spongy’ Moses returned from  the recently concluded North American Powerlifting Federation and International Powerlifting Federation powerlifting tournaments held in Aruba with a combined total of nine medals.