Local racquet wielders Idi Lewis, Christopher Franklyn and Natalie Cummings departed Guyana early this morning for Trinidad and Tobago en route to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico to participate in the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC).
– race for post heats up
Commissioner of Police Henry Greene will be challenging for the post of president of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) when that body stages its annual general meeting sometime later this year.
By this week-end players participating in the annual National Sports Commission Independence anniversary table tennis tournament should be playing with the spanking-new Stag tables.
– 2009 was a dream year for rifle shooter Mahendra Persaud as he snatched the national championships from Ransford Goodluck and was the Caribbean’s best shooter at Bisley
If rifle shooter Mahendra Persaud had his way he would have wished that the year 2009 did not have to come to an end.
“He was everything you would want in a person.”
That’s how one of his friends remember the late Colin Wiltshire, 74, who passed away at a hospital in Trinidad Friday night of pneumonia.
– Former national table tennis player Collette Medas-Forbes to give back to Guyana’s youths
In the 1980’s Collette Medas-Forbes was a young table tennis player aspiring to reach the pinnacle of the sport.
The David de Caires/Ivan Mackie Medal Play format tournament, which promises to be one of the most important tournaments on the Lusignan Golf Club calendar, is being held today.
President of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Errol Tiwari is hoping that Guyana will be re-admitted into the family of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) at the upcoming congress.
– Former West Indies speedster disagrees with decision of TTCB to boycott WICB AGM
Former West Indies fast bowler Colin Stuart is not in agreement with the decision by the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) to boycott the annual general meeting (AGM) of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
Former president of the Georgetown Amateur Basket-ball Association (GA-BA) David Patterson will preside over the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) following the recent death of Godwin McPherson.
– Local athletes should have no fear of WADA’s whereabouts clause since they do not use performance enhancing drugs says top sporting officials
Guyana has signed on to the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) and as such this country’s athletes face the likelihood of being tested by the organization in and out of competitions.
Trenace Lowe sweeps to gold in U-21 singles; Idi Lewis, Michelle John place third in men’s, women’s singles
Guyana produced its best showing in recent years as the 51st annual Caribbean Table Tennis Championships ended Saturday in French Guiana.
National men’s singles champion and current general secretary of the Guyana Table Tennis Association Godfrey Munroe said yesterday he was thrilled with the performance of the national men’s and women’s teams to this year’s Caribbean championships where they earned silver medals.
Funds, the usual bugbear facing Guyana’s sportsmen and women and the issuance of visas for England and Italy could affect Guyana’s chances of attending this year’s World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan, Italy.
They have been at it more often than not over the past couple of years and US-based journalist George Whyte wants the relationship between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) to be improved once and for all for the betterment of cricket in the region.
-says Idi Lewis
Former Caribbean junior boys’ table tennis champion Idi Lewis feels that the Guyana men’s team to this year’s Caribbean championships could bring home the bacon.