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  • Cougars plan to hammer Alpha

    By Calvin Roberts | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 | 0 Comments


    Cougars plan to hammer Alpha

    Georgetown football champions Alpha `The Hammer’ United will open their defence of the 2007/08 Kashif and Shanghai football tournament tonight when they oppose Cougars Football Club of Berbice at the Plaisance Community Centre ground.
    The question …

  • Grudge match fails to bounce off

    By Calvin Roberts | Tuesday, December 16, 2008 | 0 Comments


    Grudge match fails to bounce off

    - “promoter went past contracted time”  -  Sports Hall Manager
    ‘To be the best, you have to beat the best’
    But that maxim could not become a reality for either Dyna Ravens or Courts Pacesetters basketball clubs …

  • Dowlin elated at appointment

    By Calvin Roberts | Sunday, December 14, 2008 | 0 Comments


    Dowlin elated at appointment

    National middle order batsman Travis Dowlin has expressed his elation at being appointed captain of the Guyana national cricket team for next year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Carib Beer cricket competition.
    Travis Dowlin
    In an invited …

  • Mitchell braves rain to chalk up 84th win

    By Calvin Roberts | Saturday, December 13, 2008 | 0 Comments


    Not even the heavy downpours could prevent national race walk champion Rudolph Mitchell from chalking up his 84th consecutive victory, and subsequently capture the Office of the President (OP) trophy, in the Cavaliers Sports and …

  • Western Tigers

    By Calvin Roberts | Friday, December 12, 2008 | 3 Comments


    Western Tigers

    “Our chances are as good as any other team” - Gilhuys

    President of B.K. Intern-ational Western Tigers Gordon Gilhuys says his team’s chances in this year’s 19th Annual Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) tournament are as good …

  • ‘I never lobbied for players’ exclusion’

    By Calvin Roberts | Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | 1 Comment


    ‘I never lobbied for players’ exclusion’

    - says Roderick Lovell
    Georgetown Cricket Association’s representative on the Demerara Cricket Board selection panel Roderick Lovell yesterday denied lobbying for players to be excluded from the Demerara team for the recent Twenty20 Inter-county competition.
    Roderick Lovell
    “Contrary …

  • Berbice All Time XI launched

    By Calvin Roberts | Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | 6 Comments


    Berbice All Time XI launched

    The Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) through its Special Events Committee (SEC) on Thursday last launched its All Time XI at an impressive ceremony held at its New Amsterdam office with regional record holder …