Sports

The Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) beat Third Class by 76 runs in the Georgetown Cricket Association under-19 40-over cricket competition at the GNIC ground on Saturday.

A century from Vishal Singh led Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) to a 262-run win over the Gandhi Youth Organi-zation (GYO) in the George-town Cricket Association (GCA) under-19 40-over cric-ket competition at the GYO ground on Saturday.

Enterprise yesterday scored a narrow six run victory over Malteenoes in the rain-affected final of the Hand-In-Hand second division cricket competition.

Everest defeated the Flood-lights XI by 48 runs in a softball showdown at the Everest ground on Camp Street on Friday night.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) selective committee is to select a team to represent Guyana in the upcoming PAN-American boxing matches.

THE rationale for Brian Lara’s decision to bowl first on winning the toss in warm, sultry weather on a flat, hard pitch in the Pepsi Cup match against India here yesterday was not immediately evident.

A fine all-round performance by Stephen Jacobs led St Stanislaus College to a resounding 100-run victory over Police Sport Club in the Georgetown Cricket Association under-10 cricket competition at the Eve Leary ground yesterday.

The West Demerara Zone of the Sheriff Jewellery Twenty/20 cricket tournament has reached the knockout stage with three matches scheduled for this weekend.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has short listed 22 players to continue training with a view to making the final 14-man squad to represent the association at the upcoming Under-15 Inter-Association tournament.

With the countdown underway to the opening ceremony of the mega cricket event, Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007, National Communications Network (NCN) will be broadcasting a series of programmes entitled “Cricket Countdown”.

Cleveland Forde and Nicolette Fernandes landed the prestigious Sportsman and Sportswoman-of-the-Year titles respectively when the National Sports Commission (NSC) panel met yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Technical Director of the national football team, Jamaal Shabazz said yesterday he wished he had the power of Jesus, to turn the misfortune of the ‘Golden Jaguars’ into fortune.

THE West Indies and India have taken contrasting courses in the final rehearsal for the World Cup that is the primary purpose of the Pepsi Cup series.

Eleven corporate Communications Specialists are convening in Guyana this weekend to fine tune their efforts and synchronise their strategies for the last lap of Cricket World Cup (CWC) promotional schedule.

A tough task awaits the National Sports Commission panel which will deliberate today to select the winners for the 2006 National Sports Awards.

A tough battle is expected tonight when Everest Sports Club takes on Floodlights XI in exciting Twenty20 action at the Camp Road ground.

A splendid all-round performance by Shameer Fazal propelled Diamond to a seven-wicket victory over defending champions Tucber Park in the second national semi-final of the Republic Bank under-15 national semi-final at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda, yesterday.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) will be holding their Annual General Meeting and elections this Saturday from 14:00 hrs at the White Castle Fish Shop at Hadfield and John Streets.

The Annual Mayor’s Cup Football tournament which was scheduled to kick-off today at the GFC ground has been rescheduled for a February 2 start.

Eight matches are scheduled to be contested this week-end in the Georgetown Cricket Association under-19 40-over competition to be played today, tomorrow and Sunday.