Sports

Replay set for today at DCC By Calvin Roberts  Rain had the final say in the first round game of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Geddes Grant Jergens senior women Inter County limited overs competition between Demerara and Essequibo at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary, yesterday.

Upper Demerara retained the Pepsi Under-17 football Cup when they edged out Georgetown 1-0 in an exciting final played last Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

The speedy Bounty Colts point guard Kayode Murray drained a three-point dagger, with two seconds remaining, to give his team a miraculous 54-52 victory against the Junior Elites last Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) Bryden’s second division league.

Left arm spinner Shan Jairaj took 5-0 for Cornelia Ida (CI) when they opposed Zeelugt in the first round of the Barakat Brothers Twenty20 knockout competition that was organized for teams in the West Demerara area last Saturday.

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) is scheduled to serve-off its first tournament of the year today with a grand open doubles tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall beginning at 6pm.

Rain prevented any play in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Carib Beer/Pepsi sponsored first division semi final between Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar and Malteenoes Sports Club at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground yesterday.

By Calvin Roberts Following a rain-ruined final that saw not one ball bowled, the executives of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) declared Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) and Guyana Defence Force (GDF) joint winners of the Cummings Electrical/ P&P Insurance-sponsored Raymond Panday Memorial second division competition.

How come? It came as somewhat of a surprise to learn that the Guyana Defence Force was participating in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph-sponsored Cellink Plus Premier League competition run off by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA).

Malteenoes faces Rose Hall in second semifinal By Calvin Roberts Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) and Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar will square off in the second semifinal of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Carib Beer/Pepsi-sponsored Twenty20 first division cricket competition at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, today.

he Pepsi Sonics Basketball Club will be staging its annual 7-a-side knockout invitational basketball tournament on May 3rd and 4th at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall beginning at 1pm each day.

By Kiev Chesney Last Sunday at the launching of the East Demerara Football Association’s (EDFA) 2008 football season at the Plaisance Community Centre ground, EDFA’s president Aubrey Hutson said that one of the major hindrances to the development of football on the East Coast was the lack of access to playing surfaces by affiliated clubs.

The Persaud brothers Shiv and Kriskal took the top two places in the senior category of the Guyana Chess Federation-sponsored blitz tournament held recently in Berbice.

Sunburst Camptown, GDF record winsSunburst Camptown defeated Santos 2-0 while the Guyana Defence Force thrashed Fruta Conquerors 3-0 as the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier League football competition continued on Sunday night at the Tucville Playfield.

– Stabroek News to sponsor Saturday’s event Newcomer Gavin Todd recorded a plus six to triumph in last Saturday’s Citizen Bank Guyana Inc.

By Kizan Brumell Hard work and dedication were the reasons  Mark Anthony Perry of Linden was adjudged the overall winner at the inaugural Hugh Ross Classic Bodybuilding and Fitness competitions Sunday evening at the National Cultural Centre.

by special invitees, including Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. 

Donates $800,000.00 in cricket gear to six schools By Calvin Roberts The executives of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) were at it again with their distribution of $800,000.00 worth in cricket gear to the six schools at a simple ceremony held at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion Tuesday afternoon.

The Guyana men’s rugby team  reached the semi-finals of the North American West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) Rugby World Cup qualifiers in the Cayman Islands with a 10-3 victory over Jamaica on Sunday.

By Calvin Roberts Keon Joseph carted off the bulk of the prizes, including the Cricketer of the Year award when the Achievers Youth and Sports Club (AYSC) held their fifth annual awards ceremony at the Fort Wellington Secondary School last Saturday.

By Calvin Roberts Scotsburg United proved why they are the softball champions of Berbice when they turned back the challenge of Floodlights XI in their Bier Singh Memorial 25 overs clash  on Sunday at the Crabwood Creek ground.