Sports

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has reportedly decided to give up the two spaces that were awarded to them by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) for two of its athletes to attend the Commonwealth Youth Games which is planned for October 12th-18th in Pune, India.

By Kiev Chesney “I want to state very clearly that Joe Ryan has been appointed and accredited as the coach for the track and field team for the Beijing Olympics,” President of Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K.A

By Calvin Roberts Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) continued its Good Samaritan work ethic when they donated over $200,000.00 worth in sports gear and educational kits to several secondary schools and cricket clubs in the county of Berbice recently.

By Calvin Roberts It will be twelve Rounds of Twenty20 action when the West Berbice Cricket Association (WBCA) Rising Sun Farms sponsored Inter-club Twenty20 Cricket Competition 2008 gets underway next Wednesday with three first round matches.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) yesterday donated a quantity of sports gears to the Mocha Arcadia Community Centre with the aim of establishing a boxing gym in the East Bank community.

The Rising Sun Judo Club will be hosting an open tournament today at 9am at the Marian Academy for novice competitors of all ages.

Niall Roberts is going to the Olympics -along with Aliann Pompey and Marian Burnett Chef de Mission Noel Adonis announced yesterday that Guyana Amateur Swimming Association’s (GASA) most outstanding junior swimmer Niall Roberts will be heading to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, along with overseas-based track athletes Aliann Pompey and Marian Burnett.

By Calvin Roberts Former national under-19 player, Essequibo’s Deonauth Baksh guided his team Calcutta Sports Club to the runner up position and an automatic spot in the first division competition in the just concluded Trinidad and Tobago Super league cricket competition.

– GSA coach Certified level-four national squash Coach Carl Ince of the Guyana Squash Association is confident of team Guyana’s chances of capturing their 16th overall title at the CASA Caribbean Squash Championships next month.

Flynn Reid registered an unbeaten century to lead Tutorial Academy to a dominant win over School of the Nations New Amsterdam (NA) in the Republic Bank Right-Start Secondary School under 15 40 overs cricket competition which occurred recently in regions 5 and 6.

Organisers of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) yesterday named 15 players to represent the East Bank Basketball Association (EBBA) in the Under 23 Inter Sub-Association championships scheduled to begin next weekend.

Topp XX and Milerock Football Clubs recorded victories over their opponents when action in the Banks DIH Coca Cola-sponsored Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) first-division competition continued at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground Wednesday.

-Shabbazz wants World Cup venue identified as quickly as possible By Calvin Roberts Having lost their friendly encounter to one of Europe’s giants England last Sunday, Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors rebounded to defeat Guyana’s Golden Jaguars by an identical score in a friendly encounter at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva Trinidad yesterday afternoon.

By Kiev Chesney Chef-de-Mission of the Guyana contingent for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Noel Adonis, said yesterday he would be involved in a conference call to the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (OCOG) today.

Carifta gold medalist Jessica Stephenson set a new record at the Barbados Aquatic Centre on Sunday when she won the 100m breaststroke whilst competing in the Barbados Invitational swim meet.

Battling DrawGarth Wattley in St John’s For the first time in 25 games, there was no winner when West Indies met Australia in a Test match.

By Tony Cozier In St John’s Coming, as he does, from Guyana, Ramnaresh Sarwan might have wondered many times last year whether he had somehow angered a bacoo or some inexplicable obeah spell had been cast over him.

Orin Davidson Two years ago a bet between a coach and his athlete had resulted in arguably the most miraculous feat in the world of athletics sprinting.

By Calvin Roberts A team of three athletes, two from Enmore Sports Club (ESC) and one from Rupununi Athletic and Sports Academy, under the guidance of manager/coach John Martins, returned from a series of overseas tours, including participation in the just-concluded Hampton Games in Trinidad and Tobago.

The National Communications Network (NCN) Channel 11 TV, will broadcast the three games that Guyana played to secure second place in the NAWIRA Women’s Championship starting tomorrow.