Sports

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Courts-sponsored Peewee football competition will resume today with third round action at the Banks DIH ground Thirst Park from 1300hrs.

By Tony Cozier in ST.JOHN’S Sabina provided just enough evidence to confirm what the preceding few months had hinted.

From Garth Wattley in St John’s – The West Indies trailing 0-1 in the three test series will hope for a fresh start on the Sir Vivian Richards stadium ground which will today become the latest test venue in the Caribbean The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium will become the latest West Indian Test venue today.

By Calvin Roberts Youth footballers under 18 years of age will showcase their skills in a Georgetown Football Association (GFA) organized competition sp-onsored by De Sinco Trading Limited.

Winner of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Independence Queen domino competition Karen Adams will be presented with her trophy at 3.45pm today in the Ministry’s compound.

Softball action will switch to the famous Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground under lights tonight where three teams will compete for trophies sponsored by Derick Auto Spares on Regent Street.

Twenty senior female cricketers have been shortlisted to continue training with a view to represent Guyana in the upcoming regional cricket tournament.

Shorties raced to their second straight victory of the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA) Farfan and Mendes senior team tournament on Wednesday night at the Georgetown Club when they completed a stunning 3-2 against Spartans.

The National Sport Commission (NSC) has planned a series of sporting events countrywide as well as the opening of a new gym in observance of International Challenge Day.

By Calvin Roberts Winners Connections Foot-ball Club continued their winning ways whilst Netrockers suffered an upset when action in the Upper Demerara Football Association UDFA) Coca Cola-sponsored, first-division competition continued at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground Wednesday night.

Dear Editor, The capitulation on the final day of the First Test at Sabina seemed almost like a surreal reminder of past batting collapses, as if there was an inevitable ring to the events that unfolded on that fateful day, culminating in yet another defeat.

First it was the May/June rains. Then the annual CSEC examinations prevented any play in the two limited overs trial matches organised by the junior selection panel of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to select Guyana’s squad  for the regional TCL Under-19 cricket tournament in Barbados in the next two months.

By Calvin Roberts “To develop any sport you must have a programme.

Defending champions Alpha ‘The Hammer” United, led by double strikes from Quincy Madramootoo and Andrew Murray Jnr.,

Tariq Immamdeen rode away with Open category of the 2008 Mayor’s Independence cycle road race held on Sunday from Crabwood Creek road end to the Corriverton Arch then back to the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry building at number 78 Village, Corentyne for the finish.

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and West Demerara powerhouse Canal Number Two Cricket Club will face each other in a Twenty20 cricket match under the lights at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground tomorrow night from 6pm.

‘Cook-up’ ignites in overtime to lead N&M past Barama By Kiev Chesney Travis ‘Cook-up’ Foster re-heated at crunch time to score five of the six points in overtime (OT) as the players from the Neal and Massy Group of Companies stunned Barama Industries’ players 34-28 in the Inter-Organisation final last Monday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Junior table tennis sensation Trenace Lowe is hoping to participate in the International Table Tennis Federation’s Junior World and Latin American Junior and Cadet Championships in Colombia from June 13-25. 

Top squash players of yesteryear brought out the Bengay and skimpy shorts to compete in the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA) Farfan and Mendes senior team tournament which began on Tuesday evening at the Georgetown Club. 

– Sunburst Camptown scorches Army in Sweet 16 final By Calvin Roberts The action was intense, the pace was hot and the goals were sweet.