‘All he ever wanted was the best for me’
-Christina Sukhram An emotional Christina Sukhram, the national ladies golf champion, told Stabroek Sports yesterday that her late father Basil Sukhram was somebody who wanted the best for her, whilst being more than a father to her. “He was a very quiet man who wanted the best for me, especially in golf. He would never [...]
GCB boss sees unique achievement in Guyana’s cricket
- national male and female youth teams to play overseas President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh on Friday night told those gathered at the Waterchris Hotel and Bar for the farewell dinner held in honour of the national female under-19 and male under-15 teams that a unique achievement will be recorded on [...]
Who’s who in Guyana’s Under-15 team
With the Guyana under-15 team set to depart these shores shortly for neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago where they will compete in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/Clico-sponsored Regional under-15 tournament, Stabroek Sport brings you a Who’s who of the team. Shaquille Williams (captain) Age: 15-years-old Date of birth: 20th March, 1994 Club: Malteenoes Sports Club [...]
Rahim lifts his way to three records and best lifter title
Seventeen-year-old Vijay Rahim of Hardcore Gym lifted his way to three national records and the best lifter title when the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) held its 2009 National Novices Competition at Club Blue Note last Sunday. Competing in the Junior male 56kg class, Rahim first had a best snatch of 65kg followed by a [...]
34 selected for GCA trials
Following a three-and-a-half-hour practice session at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) ground yesterday, the junior selection panel of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has short-listed a 34- man squad for two 40 overs-a-side trial matches. The games will be played today at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) ground and tomorrow at the ECC ground, commencing [...]
Miss Republic, La Bayomosa and Delmur Gold take feature races
Delmur Gold, La Bayomosa and Miss Republic each carted off one of the three feature races when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf and Sports Club held its first horse racing event of the year at their Alness Village, Corentyne track last Sunday. After seeing Laura Lee in Flight take the first event of the day [...]
Guyana U15s win against SLBS of Barbados
In their first match after being selected for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/Clico sponsored Under-15 limited overs tournament the national Under-15 team defeated St. Leonard’s Boys School (SLBS) of Barbados by six wickets at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday. SLBS in their third match of their tour to Guyana, won the toss and [...]
Large field for today’s horse race meet
Over 70 horses are down to compete in today’s horse racing meet at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club at the Alness Village, Corentyne, Berbice track. Over $2M in prize money and trophies will be up for the taking in the eight-race card. With five feature races and a track that is in excellent condition [...]
GCB head says Stuart is still the TDO
“As far as I am concerned he is still the Territorial Development Officer (TDO) of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB),” says president of the GCB Chetram Singh. In an invited comment Singh told Stabroek Sport that former Guyana and West Indies fast bowler Colin Stuart had never resigned from his position of TDO with the [...]
GCB vice-president asks Stuart to rescind resignation as TDO
Former Guyana and West Indies fast bowler Colin Stuart resigned as the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Technical Development Officer (TDO) with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) last month but was asked to rescind his decision by GCB’s vice-president Bissoondial Singh. The 35-year-old Stuart who played six test matches for the West Indies and took [...]
Singh re-elected head of ECCB
Vice-president and president of the Guyana and Demerara Cricket Boards respectively Bissoondial Singh was re-elected to the stewardship of the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) following its Annual General Meeting (AGM) late last month. Former assistant secretary, Raymond Barton, replaces Daverteeth Anandjit as vice-president and, along with Samaroo Jailall who is the other vice-president, Judister [...]
Horses raring to go for Sunday’s meet
According to race organizer Colin Elcock, all systems are in place for Sunday’s Banks DIH Limited sponsored race meet at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club where over $2M in prizes will be up for grabs. “For me to say that I am not pleased with the way preparations and entries are going for this [...]
Series squared with three matches to go
An unbeaten century from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and yet another half century from the consistent Ramnaresh Sarwan helped the West Indies square the five-match Digicel limited overs series 1-1 with a 21-run win in the second ODI at the National Stadium at Providence yesterday. Man of the match Chanderpaul made his first ODI century on home [...]
Chanderpaul receives plaque and house lot
Guyana and West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was yesterday the recipient of a plaque and a house lot from the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and Fazil Ramzan of Umana Developments Limited respectively. Following his man of the match, unbeaten innings of 112 which steered the West Indies to 264-8 and a subsequent 21-run [...]
Big Blunder!
Mistake gifts England first one-dayer England chalked up its first victory in the Digicel 2009 series against West Indies when they won yesterday’s opening encounter by one run on the Duckworth/Lewis system at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. Replying to their opponents 270-7 from their 50 overs, of which Man-of-the-Match Paul Collingwood (69) and Owais [...]