Sports

Thirty women cricketers have been selected to attend three one-day trial matches on May 15, 16 and 17 at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground Queenstown, commencing at 10:00hrs.

 -Junior Jaguars hold Suriname to 0-0 draw at football  From Kiev Chesney  in Suriname  Guyanese patriotism was sky high at the Andre Kamperveen (AK) stadium here yesterday as supporters of the national athletics team watched as the athletes running under the banner of the Golden Arrowhead, flourished every time they took to the track.

By Kizan Brumell Superior throttling gave Andrew King and Ryan Rahaman the edge over their opponents at the South Dakota Circuit yesterday as the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) held the second round of its National Race of Champions meet at the South Dakota Circuit.

By Donald Duff President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Noel Adonis said yesterday he expected keen competition from the four teams which will contest the Tropical Rhythm Dem Life Caribbean Women’s Rugby championships which commences from 2.30pm this afternoon at the National Park playing field.

Guyana’s rifle shooting team recaptured the Milex Long Range shooting title beating their closest rivals by eight points on the penultimate day of the West Indies Fullbore championships held at the Twickenham Rifle Range in Jamaica.

Club captain Patrick Prashad won his second title for 2008 when he came out victorious in Saturday’s Vish Trading medal play tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.

– says former WICB CEO Stephen Camacho at GCA awards ceremony By Calvin Roberts Shemroy Barrington of Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) was adjudged best batsman and Georgetown Cricket Club’s (GCC) Ricardo Jadunauth, best bowler, of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink Plus first-division cricket competition when that body held its awards ceremony at the GCC pavilion Friday night.

– A double from Manasseh Primo helped Guyana’s footballers push aside French Guiana as the Inter-Guiana Games football competition continued yesterday From Kiev Chesney in Suriname Manasseh Primo found the back of the net on two spectacular occasions to help Guyana overcome a 0-1 deficit and forge to a 3-1 victory over French Guiana (Cayenne) as the football competition of the 2008 Inter-Guiana Games continued yesterday at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium here.

Strike Again mauls New Amsterdam By Kizan Brumell Encouraging remarks by Clyde de Haart, Purchasing and Customer Service Director of Courts Guyana Incorporated was the first of his two tasks as his speech was immediately followed by the ceremonial kick- off to get the Courts Peewee football competition underway yesterday at the Banks DIH.,

-Klass President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Colin Klass, is of the view that although the GFF was the governing body for local football, the development of the sport requires a national effort.

Cyclists ready for Indian Arrival Day anniversary 50-mile event Cyclists will be back on the road today when the Bico Ice Cream 50-mile road race organized by national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed pedals off from the Wales Police station at 9am, to Bushy Park on the East Bank of Essequibo then to the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) for the finish.

Action in the Banks DIH softball cricket tournament will continue today and tomorrow at five scheduled venues.

By Calvin Roberts The first three-day trial match organized by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) ended in a draw on Friday after Royston Alkins’s XI, needing to score 188 for victory in one-and-a-half hours, reached 86-2 when stumps were drawn.

McRae wraps up golden hat-trick By Keiv Chesney Niall Roberts overcame severe ant bites to anchor the male relay team  to an emphatic victory in the 4x50m freestyle in the last event of the  Inter-Guiana swimming Championships last night at the Parima pool in  Suriname.

Ransford Goodluck ended as the top West Indian shooter at the West Indies Fullbore Individual Shooting Championship after three days of competition that featured shooters from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Guyana, Jamaica, London & Middlesex Rifle Association and Trinidad & Tobago at Twickenham Rifle Ranges in Jamaica.

 The Guyana national under 20 football team is scheduled to clash with  French Guiana 4pm today at the Andre Kamper Veen AK Stadium in their  first encounter of the 2008 Inter-Guiana Games.

Home advantage proved worthless  to Lusignan  Sports Club ( LSC)  as they succumbed to Enterprise Cricket Club (ECC) in the final of the President’s Cup first division, 40-over cricket competition at the Lusignan  Community Centre ground, East Coast Demerara, on Thursday.

– Neal and Massy tapeball tourney The Neal and Massy Inter-Company 15-overs-a-side tapeball tournament continues today with four matches at the Guyana Softball Cricket Association ground, Carifesta Avenue with the first game billed to start at 09:00 hours.

Another exciting day of golf is anticipated in the Vish Trading sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament today at the Lusignan Golf Course.

– bronze for Smith, Sobers From Kiev Chesney in Suriname Earlando McRae registered stunning back-to-back victories at the Parima swimming facility here in Suriname yesterday to secure Guyana’s first two gold medals in stage one of the 2008 Inter-Guiana Games.