Sports

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Compliments of GT&T, Caribbean Airlines, Bissan’s Trading Limited and Trophy Stall It was second time lucky for Trinidad and Tobago when they defeated Jamaica by nine wickets in the final of the 2008 Stanford Twenty20 cricket competition at the Stanford Cricket Ground, Coolidge, Antigua, Sunday night.

A team representing the Sweet Point Snackette on Orange Walk will this afternoon throw down the gauntlet to a team comprising former national players in a one-off match for the Ken Gibbs trophy.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars held Cuba, the Caribbean’s top football team to a respectable 0-0 draw yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, following a 2-1 win over the Cubans in Linden last Friday which proved that the victory was no fluke.

Colin France and Vida Moore captured the mixed doubles title when they defeated Godfrey Munroe/Jody Ann Blake in the final as the national table tennis championships continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports hall on Friday.

Several local football coaches are benefiting from a four-day Futsal workshop being conducted by FIFA Futsal Instructor Constantine Konstin at the Carifesta Sports Complex.

Nicholas Ali defeated Avian Rodrigues in straight sets to claim the under-15 title as the Guyana Badminton Assoc-iation’s (GBA) Mash-ramani singles tournament climaxed on Friday at the Queen’s College courts.

Anthony `Awo’ Abrams and Konata Manning netted one goal each to lead the Golden Jaguars to a brilliant come-from-behind victory against Cuba, the Caribbean’s number-one ranked football team on Friday night in the first of the five international friendly matches sponsored by Digicel at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.

Local long distance campaigner Lionel D’Andrade will be competing in the world-renowned CLICO Trinidad and Tobago international marathon tomorrow in Chaguanas, Trinidad.

Marketing manager of Digicel Donovan White told media representatives yesterday that the match against Cuba this weekend was the first of five friendly international games to be played by the Guyana national team as part of its preparation for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) yesterday teamed up with coporate giants Banks DIH Ltd.,

That’s how the technical director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Jamaal Shabbazz quipped yesterday when asked about the Guyana national team’s preparation for their encounter with the Cuba national team this weekend.

Farm Masjid’s Younis Mohammed was the lone batsman to pass the half century mark while Hyde Park from Parika won both their games when action in the Trophy Stall sponsored 15 overs softball tournament continued last Sunday at the Providence and National Insurance Scheme (NIS) grounds respectively.

Two of the country’s top junior badminton players, Nicholas Ali and Avian Rodrigues, will oppose each other tomorrow evening in the under-15 final of the Guyana Badminton Association’s (GBA) Mashramani junior singles tournament at the Queen’s College badminton courts.

Digicel, the fastest-growing telecommunications Company in Guyana, and the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will continue their partnership today with the start of the Digicel International Friendly Series.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will be convening for its Annual General Meeting (AGM) this Sunday at the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) from 11am.

Yesterday it was Michelle John’s turn. Beaten in the final of the girls’ 18-years-and-under singles event, John came roaring back to snatch the 21-years-and-under title from her nemesis in a nail-biting encounter that went the full five games, as the national table tennis championships sponsored by the National Sports Commission continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

As is always the case in regional limited overs cricket, the four power house teams namely Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and Guyana always make it to the final four whenever there is such a stage.

Rising star Nigel Bryan won two titles while Trenace Lowe drew first blood against rival Michelle John as play in the National Sports Commission-sponsored national table tennis championships continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday launched its 8th Annual Castrol Under-15 Inter County cricket competition at the GCB board office and the competition is being sponsored to the tune of G$1.4m.