The ‘Perfect Storm’ is brewing
-Lumumba When former World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis steps into the ring to engage Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman next Saturday at the Guyana National Stadium, Pro-vidence, it will be the ‘Perfect Storm’, promoter Odinga Lumumba has promised. “I have always been known as the promoter who gives the boxing public [...]
Klass meets with SVB vice-president behind close doors
Embattled president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass met and had a closed door meeting with vice-president of the Suriname Football Federation (SVB) Ronald Koorendijh over the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) order that the GFF must repay to the SVB expenses incurred during the SVB national team’s visit to Guyana in [...]
Let the Demerara-Essequibo battle begin
No!!! We are not talking about 20/20 cricket, but rather the battle for supremacy in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) /El Dorado sponsored 50 overs-a-side limited overs cricket competition which will bowl off today with defending champions Dem-erara taking on Essequibo at the Everest Cricket Club ground. No doubt, the Cinderella County led by national [...]
GCB El Dorado 50-overs-a-side competition
Demerara coach echoes captain’s sentiments Demerara senior inter-county coach Rabindranauth Seeram yesterday echoed the sentiments of captain Leon Johnson when asked about his expectations of the team in the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) El Dorado-sponsored 50-overs-a-side competition. “We have a well rounded team with Johnson (Leon) back from England, former national under-19 and West [...]
Action packed weekend for cyclists
- Over $250,000 up for grabs in three-stage Macedo Memorial race Cyclists will pedalling away with fury this week-end when the National Sports Commis-sion (NSC) through national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed holds its cycling programme around the inner circuit of the National Park Saturday morning. Director of the NSC, Neil Kumar, is expected to distribute [...]
GCF presents Matthews with new bike
When 2008 Junior Gold Cup gold medalist 17 year old Enzo Matthews takes to the road to compete in the Victor Macedo Three stage memorial race this weekend, he will doing so with a new cycle, thanks to the combined efforts of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) and veteran cyclists Wilbert Benjamin and Joseph Faria. [...]
Heated action expected in ECDFSA Mackeson Stoute League
Football fans on the East Coast and possibly Georgetown can brace themselves for some breath-taking football action tomorrow evening as East Coast Demerara power-houses Victoria Kings and Bakewell Buxton Stars collide from 18:00 hrs while Plaisance United will battle with Buxton United at 20:00hrs at the Plaisance Community Centre ground. The battle for supremacy starts [...]
Junior selectors name 20 Under-17 players for encampment
The junior selection panel of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has shortlisted 20 young players following three trial matches held at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground last week in preparation for the regional Under-17 tournament which is being sponsored and hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board of Control some time later this [...]
Johnson expects team to do well
Captain of the Demerara team to contest the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/El Dorado sponsored limited overs inter county tournament and Guyana’s latest West Indies limited overs player Leon Johnson expects his side to do well. Speaking with Stabroek Sport prior to a training session at his club, Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Johnson stated that [...]
Old Fort are Noble House Seafoods handicap indoor champions
Thanks to the wily efforts of John Abrahams, Old Fort ‘A’ defeated GCC ‘A’ by the golden goal in the final of the Noble House Seafoods handicap indoor hockey tournament which culminated at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) Friday night. And, Everest Hikers taught the national under-21 squad playing under the name of Shatakans [...]
Johnson to lead Demerara in El Dorado Inter-County tourney
-Sarwan, Carmichael and Carew new faces in 14 man squad Guyana’s latest West Indies limited-overs player and former West Indies under-19 captain Leon Johnson has been chosen to lead defending champions Demerara in the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/El-Dorado-sponsored senior inter-county championships which is scheduled to commence on Friday. The 21-year-old Johnson made his [...]
GCA/Pepsi limited overs first division competition commences today
The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Demerara Distilleries Limited (DDL) Pepsi-sponsored first division 40 overs-a-side round robin competition commences today with four first round matches following its launching at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion yesterday. In the three scheduled matches that will commence from 11:00 hrs, GCC will confront the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) at GCC [...]
Guyanese cricketer ends tour with cup victory for Scottish League team
Georgetown Cricket Club’s first division player Wasim Haslim wrapped up his debut season with Scottish Premier League team Ferguslie Cricket Club by contributing to their triumph in the 2008 Scottish Cup. Ferguslie having won the cup on five occasions, completed their second title win in four years, defeating first division side Penicuik Cricket Club by [...]
GCA cricketcontinues this weekend
Action in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) organized competitions will continue this weekend with matches being played in the Beharry Champions Products Second Division competition as well as the Steve Jewellery World Over-40 competition. Three matches are slated for today in the Second Division Limited Overs competition, with Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) playing host [...]
Clements, Deonarine hit half centuries in final trial game
- 21-man squad named Former national under-19 all rounder Devon Clements (66*) along with former West Indies middle order batsman Narsingh Deonarine (51) were the highlight of the fifth and final trial match organized by the Berbice Cricket Board of Control at the Albion Community Centre ground yesterday. At the completion of the match which [...]