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Godfrey Munroe

Local racquet wielders wing out today for CAC Games

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).

In this composite photo, Commissioner of Police Henry Greene (left), pays rapt attention to the finals of the Under-12 category of the National Sports Commission table tennis tournament between  Nigel Bryan, (seen returning the ball) and Joel Alleyne at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. (Orlando Charles photos)

Top Cop in line for GTTA presidency

– 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.

 Mahendra Persaud in action.

Best in Guyana, best in the Caribbean

– 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.

In happier times Colin Wiltshire (left) with his wife, son Garfield, grandchildren and daughter-in-law.

Colin Wiltshire plays his last innings

“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.

Collette Medas-Forbes at her computer preparing the paperwork for Saturday’s launch of the Daisy St Hill Memorial Foundation. (Orlando Charles photo)

Daisy Hill Foundation launch set for Saturday

– 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.

Deryck Murray

`Time for mature decisions’ – says Colin Stuart

– 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).

David Patterson

David Patterson to preside over GABF

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.

Tried and tested! Guyanese athletes Marian Burnett and Aliann Pompey.

Clean as a whistle

– 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.

Paul David

Caribbean Queen

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.

Colin France

Munroe elated with TT teams’ silver medals

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.

George Whyte

George Whyte puts spotlight on the players’ strike and WI cricket

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.

Idi Lewis relaxes at the North American Teams table tennis tournament in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

‘We can win C/bean c/ships’

-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.

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