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GCB Carib Beer/Pepsi 20/20 semi final By Calvin Roberts Leguan  will be facing a Chattergoon attack when they take on Albion Community Centre in the semifinals of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Carib Beer/ Pepsi sponsored national Twenty20 cricket competition at the Albion Sports Complex today from 1400hrs.

Preparations have started for Guyana’s participation in the Under-20 World Cup football qualifying competition against St.

By Kiev Chesney Team Guyana are now relishing  the glory of being champions of the 13th annual Caribbean Junior, Cadet Table Tennis Championships, when they clinched the overall title with two individual victories in front of their home crowd Monday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

By Calvin Roberts A strong Linden contingent led by Mr. Guyana 2007 Clint Duke will invade Georgetown on Sunday for the Hugh Ross Classic Bodybuilding and Fitness competition which will take place at the National Cultural Centre.

By Calvin Roberts “It is a very good feeling. It tells all and sundry that Santos is back with a young team and we are going places.”

Guyana’s Rifle shooters held their own against the London Middlesex Rifle Association (LMRA) counterparts in their rain-affected two-day tournament last weekend at the Timehri Rifle ranges.

By Eion Jardine Not since the Lennox Beckles’s era had a Guyanese boxer held the spotlight as did former boxer Mark Harris.

The 4th annual Universal Auto and General Supplies cycle programme organized by national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed will pedal off this Saturday around the inner circuit of the National Park from 09:00hrs.

By Kiev Chesney Guyanese national female players Michelle John and Trenace Lowe breezed through the preliminary rounds of the 13th annual Caribbean Junior, Cadet Championships to book their semifinal spots in the girls’ under-18 singles Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Ten (10) successful karatekas out of 11 passed the grade that made them first Dan black belt karatekas when the Guyana Japan Karate Association (GJKA) held its grading exercise at the National Gymnasium on Sunday last.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Robert Hyatt, the manager/coach of Jamaica’s team at the Caribbean Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championship, has praised the quality of the tournament.

T/dad, Guyana locked in race for top spotBy Kiev Chesney Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago were locked in the race for top spot with four title wins each going into today’s final round of the 13th annual Caribbean Junior and Cadet championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

By Calvin Roberts True to their word after assuming office, the executives of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) recently presented over $400,000.00 worth of cricket balls to its clubs at a simple ceremony held at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) continued to receive assistance for the 13th annual Caribbean Junior and cadet championships with contributions from Food For The Poor and Xxtreme Support Services.

The participants of the 13th annual Caribbean Junior and Cadet table tennis championships currently in progress at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will not be short of water or juice.

The Georgetown Football Association/Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Ltd.,-sponsored Cellink Plus, Premier League first-division football tournament scheduled to kick off yesterday at the Tucville ground has been postponed due to persistent rainfall.

– Millington scores helmet trick while Arthur scores hat-trick A helmet-trick from Devon Millington, led a star-studded East La Penitence line-up to a 5-0 drubbing over Ann’s Grove while national goalkeeper Shemroy Arthur, abandoned his traditional role between the uprights to register a hat-trick for Sophia which defeated Mahaica 4-0 as the Mayor’s Birthday Inter-Ward seven-a-side football tournament continued Friday night at the Banks DIH ground at Thirst Park.

Garth Wattley In Port of Spain A sellout crowd of 20,000 left the Queen’s Park Oval happy and satisfied as their West Indies team surged to a seven wicket victory over Sri Lanka to clinch the three-match Digicel One-day International series with a game to spare.

By Kiev Chesney It was a piece of cake for the Guyana girls’Under-18 female team yesterday even though the 3-2 score line does not reflect it.

By Calvin Roberts The Guyana Karate College will hold its first ever karate examinations on Tuesday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue from 1700hrs (5:00pm).