Imran Khan playing with a six handicap recorded a gross 75 to end with a net 69 on his way to winning the Scotiabank 40th Anniversary Golf tournament played last Monday (Independence Day) at the Lusignan Golf Course.
Carib Masters Football team received the winner’s prize for the just concluded Coca Cola Masters Football League at the Presentation Ceremony yesterday at Thirst Park.
The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) recently held the second of a series of seminars aimed at sports and the environment at Olympic House.
Loris Nathoo emerged as the champion of the 2008 Independence Chess Tournament sponsored by Demerara Distillers Ltd under the Topco brand, which concluded Monday at Keishar’s Sports Club.
The idea of establishing a national football league should be revisited Dear Editor, I refer to an article in SN (24.5.08), captioned ‘Alpha to represent Guyana at Cope de Guiana’s tournament’ by Calvin Roberts, where in paragraph one it is stated, “National Champions Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United by virtue of topping the league in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) 2006/2007 Cellink Plus sponsored Premier League competition has been chosen to represent Guyana at the Cope de Guiana’s football tournament scheduled for French Guiana from June 4-9.”
There has been favouritism in featuring table tennis players in the Sports pages Dear Editor, Having read the Stabroek News article of Wednesday, May, 21 2008 titled ‘Nepotism has no place in sport,’ the old creole adage ‘Pot telling kettle he bottom black’ immediately came to mind.
From Garth Wattley in Kingston Two wickets in successive balls for Stuart MacGill
By Tony Cozier in Kingston Disappointed but not despondent over their defeat at Sabina Park yesterday, the West Indies have immediately substantiated the advance they have made over the past six months.
From Garth Wattley in Kingston Chris Gayle is back in the West Indies squad and so too is Xavier Marshall.
By Kizan Brumell Delroy James avenged his gym-mate’s loss to Gladwin Dorway when he defeated the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym’s (PRBG) competitor on Sunday’s third and final night of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association’s (GABA) National Intermediate Championship, Cadet and Under-15 tournament which was sponsored by Neal and Massy Group of Companies.
-says Bravo From Garth Wattley in Kingston “I have no doubt in my mind that once we play our natural style of play we gonna get the runs,” Dwayne Bravo told TV interviewer Jimmy Adams yesterday afternoon.
By Tony Cozier In KINGSTON The question has occupied cricketing discussion in the Caribbean ever since Lance Gibbs sent down his last over in his 79th Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1976.
By Kizan Brumell Gladwin Dorway of the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym (PRBG) of East Canje, Berbice, used tremendous power to clean up Republican Zackery Montinque on the second night of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Associat-ion’s National Intermediate Championships at the Nation-al Gymnasium on Saturday night.
Wickham, Smith outclass competition Linden Wickham and Noelle Smith outclassed their opponents in the 13-14 age category during yesterday’s final day of competition of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association’s (GASA) Independence swim meet at Colgrain Pool.
By Calvin Roberts He entered. He displayed. He dominated. Those verb phrases best describe Timeon Mendonca’s participation in the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) Banks Malta-sponsored Novices and Intermediate championship at the New Amsterdam Town Hall Saturday night.
Scotiabank’s 40th anniversary medal play golf tournament will be played off today (Independence Day) after rain late last week left the Lusignan Golf Course under water.
By Calvin Roberts In what was probably the dress rehearsal for the `Sweet 16’ knock out final today Sunburst Camptown defeated opponents Guyana Defence Force 2-1 to maintain their lead at the top of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Cellink Plus-sponsored Premier League football competition at the Tucville ground Friday night.
From Garth Wattley in Kingston More fire, they like here in Jamaica, especially at Sabina Park.
– one man’s courage re-energized a team and stimulated a sensational fightback By Tony Cozier in Kingston The new spirit of the West Indies team, so encouragingly confirmed over the first two-and-a-half days of the most daunting challenge in international cricket, was, yet again, squandered by individual rashness.
By Kizan Brumell It was a Republican show at the National Gymnasium Friday evening as the National Intermediate Championship Cadet and Under-15 boxing tournament sponsored by Neal and Massy Group of Companies got underway.
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