Sports

By Calvin Roberts As they did some 36 years ago, the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) through its El Dorado brand rum, has once again stepped forward to partner the Kennard memorial Turf Club for its upcoming event on Sunday.

Multi-talented athlete Kiev Chesney is all set to compete in next week-end’s Hampton games in Trinidad after receiving sponsorship from the Hand-In-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Company.

Contrasting half centuries from Royan Fredericks and Seon Hetimyer saw Fredericks’s  side to 350 – 8 from 86.4 overs on the second day of the second U-19  three day trial match at the Police Sports Club ground.

The youthful Everest Hikers second-division men’s team registered two victories to join compatriots Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) who also chalked up their second win in as many matches when the John Fernandes Insurance Services Ltd (JFIS) second division hockey league continued over the weekend.

A  warm-up race hosted by the Continental Cycling Club in preparation for the annual ‘Three Stage Road Race’ scheduled for May 17 – 19 rolls of  tomorrow at 07:30 hrs.

-Jamaica wins against  dogged Cayman Islands By Calvin Roberts Host Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago played to an exciting 5-5 draw whilst the defending champions Jamaica wrote their names in the scorers column with a 12-7 victory over debutantes Cayman Islands as action in the Demlife/Tropical Rhythm-sponsored North America West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) Women’s 15-a-side rugby competition hosted by the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) continued at the National Park yesterday.

By Kiev Chesney Guyana’s sprint king Rawle Greene will make a last-minute push to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games when he competes next weekend at the Hampton International Games in Trinidad.

By Kizan Brumell Good, positive stroke play from Trevon Griffith may have dazzled the selectors who were all present at the commencement of the second U-19 cricket trial match at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, yesterday Inclement weather caused the scheduled first day’s play on Tuesday to be washed out and the weather continued yesterday morning and play finally commenced at 12:30 hrs.

By Kizan Brumell Six junior boxers training for the Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in India in October were yesterday aided by relatives of the late Farouk Kalamadeen.

The Banks DIH Limited based Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association held its annual junior karate championships at the Banks DIH Sports Club, Thirst Park last Saturday.

Achievers defeated Bush Lot in the final of the Bush Lot Sports Club Twenty20 cricket competition sponsored by P.

By Kizan Brumell Lots of action, an upset win and draws highlighted the past two rounds of matches when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) 2008 Cellink Plus first division competition continued at the Tucville ground over the holiday weekend.

Exodus, Pressure Point, Rage and Frankies have all advanced to the Banks DIH sponsored Kazak Countrywide dominoes playoffs following victories in their respective zone finals played recently.

By Calvin Roberts Corentyne Comprehensive and Canje Secondary Schools will clash in the final of the inaugural Inter- Secondary School Under-19 Twenty20 competition tomorrow after contrasting victories in their semifinal matches.

– Guyana’s rifle shooters added the short range trophy to the long range one won earlier, to be crowned the undisputed champions of  Caribbean rifle-shooting The Guyana national rifle shooting team defeated all and sundry at the recently concluded Full Bore Championships held at the Twickenham Park Ranges in Jamaica.

By Calvin Roberts A youthful Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Rugby squad, buoyed by their upset victory over defending champions Jamaica in the first round, is set to engage host Guyana today in their second round clash in the Demlife/Tropical Rhythm-sponsored North American West Indies Rugby Association   (NAWIRA) /Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Women’s 15-a-side tournament at  the National Park today from 16:00hrs.

By Calvin Roberts Transport Sports Club (TSC) resisted an attempted arrest by Police Sports Club while Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) and Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) all had convincing victories when the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Neal and Massy 40-overs-a-side first division competition continued last weekend in Georgetown.

Rain had the final say on the first day of the second three-day trial match organized by the junior selectors of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, yesterday.

By Calvin Roberts Host Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago scored contrasting victories in first round matches when the Demlife/ Tropical Rhythm sponsored Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) in collaboration with the North America West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) Women’s 15-a-side competition commenced at the National Park yesterday.

– prove last week’s win was no fluke By Calvin Roberts Former national Twenty20 champions Young Warriors Cricket Club proved their superiority and that their victory in last week’s Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Noble House Seafoods sponsored Twenty20 competition was no fluke when they defeated host Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) by three wickets to win the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club/Banks DIH Sprite sponsored Twenty20 competition at the Area ‘H’ ground on Sunday.