Sports

East Coast inflicted a crushing defeat on the University of Guyana when they clashed at the Enmore Community Centre ground last Friday.

Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) premier league champions, Alpha United, will be looking to capture their second title in a month when they battle with the Guyana Defence Force in theNamilco knockout Football Festival final this evening at the Tucville Playfield.

Defending champions Berbice will be hard-pressed to retain their Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County Twenty20 title when the competition commences today at the National Stadium at Providence ground.

The Disciples Basketball Club disposed of Eagles in a 68-28 blow-out Wednesday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to secure the final Division-Three semi-final spot of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Associa-tion/Next Level Entertain-ment Super Eight Knockout tournament.

The Georgetown zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Carib Beer/Pepsi Twenty20 first division competition will continue today and tomorrow with eight matches over the two days.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Pouderoyen Football Club have advanced to this evening’s semi-finals following tough quarter-final assignments in the NAMILCO knockout football Festival Wednesday evening at the Tucville ground.

Alonzo Greaves and the other top finishers will finally get the opportunity to lay their hands on their coveted prizes won in the recently-concluded ‘Tour de Guyana’ five-stage cycle road race.

Alpha United and BV/ Triumph United are the first teams through to the semi-finals of the NAMILCO knockout football Festival following tough quarter-final matches Tuesday evening at the Tucville Playfield.

The Berbice Cricket Board TELENEC 50-over first division cricket competition continued last week-end with five matches in the sixth round.

The Essequibo Cricket Board has selected a 14-man squad that will contest the upcoming Senior Inter-County 20/20 competition scheduled to begin on Saturday at the National Stadium, Providence.

The Kashif and Shanghai organization on Tuesday received the sum of $500,000 from Bosai Mineral Group Guyana Inc.,

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Supligen U-20 competition will continue today with two Group `B’ matches at different venues.

This year’s national championships might have been affected by a lack of cooperation between the government, the Guyana Teachers Union and the regional representatives but it did not lack talent.

Guyana, led by a flambouyant innings from opener Sewnarine Chattergoon defeated Team USA/Guyana by three wickets at the Albion Community Development Centre ground yesterday.

West Indian Rugby Union’s two development teams dominated the Carib International Rugby Sevens over the weekend in Trinidad and Tobago.

Berbice spoilers Monedder-lust will be looking to continue their fairy tale run when they oppose the Guyana Defence Force in the second set of quarter-final matches in the NAMILCO knockout Football festival this evening at the Tucville Playfield.

Fearless Flyers, a female netball team from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) made their debut in the national netball championships last week-end at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Georgetown Super Eight divisions one and two knockout basketball tournament will resume this evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with the remaining first round matches.

Alika Morgan ended her international running season for this year on an immensely successful note with two victories at the 25th Annual Run Barbados event held last week-end in the Flying Fish island.

In one of the most lop-sided finals, Guyana’s Everest Hikers hammered Malvern Hockey Club of Trinidad and Tobago 11-2 to win the men’s final, while Georgetown Cricket Club made it a Guyanese double when they dethroned Raiders in the ladies’ final of the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.