‘We stuck to the game plan’
- says Wayne Dover “We worked very hard and stuck to the game plan and that’s what brought this victory.” Those were the words from an ecstatic Alpha United football team coach Wayne Dover as his team carted off with the Alpha United Carifesta Football one million dollars first prize at the Providence Nat-ional Stadium [...]
Guyana Track and Field youths to benefit from newly-implemented IAAF programme
Two three-day seminars will be conducted with primary school teachers from numerous schools throughout Guyana by Uwe Menzel who is a sports scientist and coach and a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (GOSC). The ‘Kids Athletics Event’ is a simple programme that the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) has developed to prevent youths [...]
Jonas, Collins, Myles and Morgan dazzle at National Youth/Junior Championships
Alika Morgan, Janella Jonas, Letitia Myles and Carlwyn Collins had nothing short of an excellent day as they were victorious in each event they competed in at the 2008 National Youth/Junior Championships at Enmore Sports Club ground on Sunday. Morgan competed in the girls’ under-20 category and swept the 5000m and 1500m events with times [...]
GDF brushes aside Santos
It was another victory for the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and another defeat for Santos at the Tucville Playfield Friday evening in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Cellink Plus Premier League competition. GDF battled their way to a 2–0 victory over Santos in the feature match of the evening’s double [...]
Moolchan Sankar says he feels cheated
Sixteen-year-old Moolchan Sankar believes that he has been cheated out of a place on the Guyana boxing team to the Junior Commonwealth Games set for Pune, India in October. In an exclusive interview with Stabroek Sports Sankar said he felt cheated and disappointed after not being named on the four-member team to represent Guyana at [...]
Beacon United retains Chubby under-14 title
A quite enlivening final match was won by Beacon United who retained the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Chubby under-14 championships at the Tucville Playfield yesterday. Fruta Conquerors fell to a defeat at the hands of the defending champions (Beacon) by way of a penalty shootout after the teams were deadlocked at two goals each at [...]
Alicia Marques among four girls to represent Guyana at 2008 Pan Am Games
-Young female pugilist named to national team after only two-and-a-half months in the sport The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) has selected Port Kaituma’s new female boxing sensation Alicia Marques to represent Guyana at the upcoming 2008 Pan American Games in Trinidad and Tobago. Marques is one of four female boxers who will represent Guyana. [...]
Chubby Under-14 Championships
GFC dusts aside Santos The Georgetown Football Club (GFC) on Wednesday gained its second victory of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Chubby Under-14 round robin Competition when they defeated Santos Football Club at the Tucville Playfield on Day Two of the tournament. Some six matches were scheduled for Wednesday and the only game not contested [...]
Guyana suffer gold drought on Day Two
At the conclusion of a terrific second day the top two countries Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago had extended their lead over Barbados and Guyana respectively in the annual quadrangular Goodwill Swimming Championships at the Castellani Swimming Pool. Suriname, who ended the day with a score of 1075, led second-place Trinidad and Tobago by 80.5 [...]
Conquerors crush Camptown in “battle of the juices”
- Strike Again occupy third spot Better football from Guyana Beverages Inc. (GBI) sponsored Fruta Conquerors saw them crushing their opponents Sunburst Camptown in the final of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/ Courts sponsored Pee Wee Under-11 competition at Banks DIH, Thirst Park ground Thursday night. In a low-scoring yet heart-stopping encounter Con-querors, buoyed by [...]
Chlorine gas leaked from GWI plant – residents
Utility mum on incident A chlorine leak that occurred on July 27 reportedly at the Guyana Water Incorporated’s (GWI) Vlissengen Road compound has left residents surprised that the incident wasn’t reported to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or adequate follow-up action taken. When contacted, Exe-cutive Director of the EPA Doerga Persaud said that his staff [...]
`We drew it, but we won’- Shabazz
Guyana’s Golden Jaguars managed to pull off a come-from-behind draw in the final match of Group `B’ of the Digicel Caribbean Champ-ionships at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last night to advance as Group `B’ winners for the next round of matches scheduled for Trinidad in September. And, speaking at a press conference after the [...]