Sports

Caribbean Airlines yesterday made a donation of four airline tickets to the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) to help its players participate in an upcoming training camp in Trinidad and Tobago.

Berbice Police defeated Rose Hall Community Centre by 100 runs in their rescheduled first round game in the Berbice Cricket Board zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Carib Beer/Pepsi sponsored national Twenty20 first-division cricket competition played at the Rose Hall Canje ground yesterday.

The Kashif and Shanghai organization yesterday began receiving sponsorship for their year-end football extravaganza with F&T Design and Cell Phone Shack being two of the first sponsors to come on board.

Two matches will kick off the Namilco knockout football festival organised by the Fruta Conquerors Football Club this evening at the Tucville playfield.

Controversy erupted at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday night in the final bout of the Guyana Karate Federation’s (GKF) national championsips with two of the corner judges walking out in protest over the officiating of the chief referee in the bout between Lennox Brummell and David Hardy.

President of the West Indies and Guyana rugby unions Kit Nascimento and Noel Adonis yesterday lauded the Guyana national rugby team on its unique achievement of winning back-to-back North American and West Indian Rugby Association (NAWIRA) Sevens titles.

Defending champions Ber-bice will take on Demerara from today in the final game of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter-County four-day cricket competition at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

Teamwork was the hallmark of the Guyana men’s team’s success at the NAWIRA (North American, West Indies Rugby Association) Sevens championships which was played last weekend in The Bahamas, coach Sherlock Sam told Stabroek Sport yesterday.

Rose Hall Town Pepsi U-19 team, led by a man-of-the-match performance from Troy Matheison, easily defeated Lower Corentyne Secondary School U-19s by 102 runs in the third annual George Trim Memorial Twenty20 match at the Area H ground, Rose Hall yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Hunched in a chair several sizes too small for his giant frame, Clive Lloyd sucks on a red lollipop.

The eighth annual Diamond Mineral Water-50 mile cycle road race sponsored by Diamond Distillers Ltd.

National junior squash player Deje Dias warmed up for the upcoming Canadian and US Open championships by winning the U-17 category and placing fourth in the U-19 division at the Vita Malta Junior Open squash championship in Trinidad and Tobago last week-end.

South Georgetown easily defeated North Georgetown by 29 runs in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Republic Bank Right Start cricket competition at the Demerara Cricket Club ground yesterday.

Tricky winds and overcast conditions forced the shooters on the back foot but defending champion Ransford Goodluck, who had a sizeable lead going into the final day Sunday, held on to win the National Rifle Shooting championships at the Timehri rifle ranges.

Guyana’s men’s rugby Sevens side retained their North American West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) Sevens crown after a 7-5 final win over Jamaica on Sunday at the Winton Rugby Pitch, Nassau, The Bahamas NAWIRA website reported.

Essequibo, also known as the Cinderella County could not summon her fairy godmother for help yesterday going down to Berbice by an innings and 151 runs in their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior four-day Inter-County cricket match at the Demerara Cricket Club ground, (DCC) Queenstown.

History will record that Canadian-based Guyanese Jaipaul Suknanan won the men’s category and Christine Sukhram the ladies title in a very exciting showdown when the Smirnoff Open Golf championships climaxed at the Lusignan Golf Course last weekend.

Ronald Roberts and Taffim Khan tied for first place when the national junior Chess championship ended on Saturday at the Ocean Spray Hotel.

Minister responsible for Sport Dr. Frank Anthony has promised that a comprehensive football programme is soon to be launched in the schools.

Khemraj Chanderpaul, father of Guyana, West Indies and Durham middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, struck a whirlwind 55 ball 100 on Sunday to guide his team Ghandi Youth Organization (GYO) to a mammoth 210 runs victory in their Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Over-40 cricket match against Everest Cricket Club at the GYO ground.