Sports

The top performers in the just concluded Namilco knockout football Festival will be honoured at a presentation ceremony at National Milling Company (Namilco), head office at Agricola, today.

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club has once again come to the fore front of local horse racing with an organized Boxing Day meet at the club’s track, Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice.

“Preparations are going great despite the weather situation.” Those were the words of Clyde Butts, former West Indies off spinner and now manager of the West Indies Under-19 team who are encamped in Guyana as part of their preparations for the upcoming Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia next year.

The Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) annual awards ceremony will tonight be without its featured speaker.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has joined with the United Nations Children Educational Fund (UNICEF) in the fight against HIV/AIDS, and it is the third local sporting body to do so.

The situation bore the unmistakeable stamp of customary West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) bungling.

Members of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) U-17 football squad are requested to report to the National Park this afternoon for a training session.

The streaky St. John’s College basketball team participating in the Guyana Secondary Schools Basketball Association league (GSSBA) have now earned the respect of all the Georgetown teams after proving they are no pushovers.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) pulled off a dramatic 6-5 win over Georgetown premier league champions Alpha United in sudden death penalty kicks to capture the 2007 Namilco knockout football final on Sunday evening at Tucville Playfield.

An attack by a swarm of bees disrupted play on Sunday in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) U-15 competition at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) ground.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) can now be found online at their new website www.gcacricket.com,

Guyana’s Pan American Games bronze medalist Clive Atwell and Hendrick Pelswijk, who represented Guyana at the World Championships in Chicago USA which ended last month, were among the winners when the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) held its Champion of Champions bouts Friday and Saturday night at the National Gymnasium.

Demerara easily won the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-County Twenty20 competition with a five-wicket victory over defending champions Berbice at the National Stadium, Providence, yesterday.

Attorney-at-Law Anil Nandalall was elected president of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) yesterday and immediately promised to provide a tennis table in every school and resuscitate the national senior championships during his term in office.

One of the most astonishing stories in amateur basketball unfolded last Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when a five-man Disciples team comfortably eliminated a star-studded, complete roster of Ravens division-three players in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association/Next Level Entertainment Super-Eight, knockout tournament.

Buxton needled Pele 1-0 on Saturday at the Camptown Football Club ground in a Group ‘B’ match of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Supligen U-20 round robin competition.

“Cycling is one of the sports that can be used to help unite the country in the fight against the killer disease HIV/AIDS.”

Demerara led by a sterling bowling performance from the tried and trusted left-arm orthodox bowler Neil `The Beast’ Mc Garrell, easily won both of their opening matches to advance to the final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Carib Beer/Pepsi senior Inter County Twenty/20 competition at the Providence National Stadium yesterday.

Bishop’s High School (BHS) successfully came from behind to knock off a very competent St.

There were three intriguing statements from three of the most influential men in West Indies cricket during the week.