Sponsors, cricket boards must be wary of surfeit of Twenty20 cricket
- says ‘Reds’ Perreira Despite its obvious benefits which includes generating revenue for cricket development, veteran cricket commentator Joseph `Reds’ Perreira is warning regional authorities of the dangers of too much Twenty20 cricket. “The Twenty20 is easily accepted by the cricket boards because it is seen as best for a development tool,” Perreira told Stabroek [...]
FINA World c/ships selectees hampered by lack of pool time
The four local swimmers selected to represent Guyana at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Rome, Italy, next month are severely hampered by lack of adequate pool time at the only short course pool, Castellani Pool. So says Nicholas Fraser, vice-president (Technical) of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA). The Castellani Pool is the only [...]
Windies set for encampment in Canada
Members of the West Indies rugby team was due to arrive in Vancouver, Canada last evening to begin a four-day camp today with the Canadian national team before heading to Hong Kong on March 22 for the IRB World Rugby Sevens. In Canada, where they are the guests of Rugby Canada Sevens, they will train [...]
Dr Anthony wants Sports Policy approved in parliament by September
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Dr Frank Anthony wants the National Sports Policy to be approved in parliament by September. The National Sports Policy is yet to be completed and, at the moment, the draft document is with national sports associations, sporting organizations and other interested parties. In a telephone interview with Stabroek Sport, [...]
Three Guyanese on Windies Sevens Rugby Squad
Three national rugby players have been named to the West Indies Rugby 12-member squad which will participate in the International Rugby Board (iRB) Hong Kong Sevens tournament which begins later this month. The players are Albert La Rose, Claudius Butts and England-based Kevin McKenzie. Trinidad and Tobago-based Guyanese Richard Staglon has been named as a [...]
‘Training alone is tough’
-says Kevin Mc Kenzie United Kingdom-based Guy-anese rugby player Kevin McKenzie will join two of his countrymen and West Indian counterparts in Canada en route to the prestigious International Rugby Board (IRB) sponsored Hong Kong series starting March 27. The two are Claudius Butts and Albert La Rose who were part of a group of [...]
Clarke wants coaching stint to boost Guyana’s rugby
Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) coach Clinton Clarke expects that his three-week stint with the University of Loughborough 2009 BOOST Coach Exchange Programme will result in a boost for Guyana’s rugby team. Clarke, who is attached to the Guyana Defence Force and who has served as the army’s rugby coach for the past seven years, [...]
Butts wants “stunning results” from Sevens team
West Indies Sevens rugby selectee Claudius Butts has stopped short of predicting upset wins for the team at the International Rugby Board’s (iRB) Sevens tournament in Hong Kong next month but wants the team to play decent rugby and produce some “stunning results.” “I am not saying that we are going to upset anyone but [...]
Scott adjudged overall champion swimmer
The Mini-Swim Meet between Dorado Speed Swim Club and Silver Sharks Aquatic Club held on Friday at Colgrain Pool was dominated by the youngest competitors of the two clubs. The event was organised after the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) called off its January 25 event because of non-participation by the Orca Speed Swim and [...]
Stalled pool stalling swimmers progress
Generally there have been a marked improvement in the performances of national swimmers over the past year. Most of the swimmers recorded personal bests in a number of events but the goals of winning team and individual medals at major regional and international swim meets are still to be achieved. However, while local swimmers continued [...]
Rugby West Indies trio wing out today for Uruguay
Three local ruggers, currently on their way to the Punta Del Este International Invitational tournament in Uruguay, are confident that they could now transform good performances to wins at the highest level. The three players – Claudius Butts, who captains the West Indies Developmental Team for the fourth time, Albert La Rose and Kevin McKenzie, have all played [...]
Skeldon sugar factory commissioning
Chinese contractors now aiming for handing over by month-end The Chinese contractors currently in the commissioning stages for the Skeldon sugar factory are hoping that the production of sugar could begin by this weekend and stabilized so that the turnkey project could be handed over to the Guyana Sugar Corporation by the end of this [...]
Down and out in New York City: Guyanese immigrants facing hard times
Many Guyanese in New York have been hit hard by the US economic meltdown, losing homes, jobs and pensions due to bad mortgages and risky investments that did not pay off. Faced with soaring food and gas prices, they are cutting back, making adjustments to their lifestyle, while trying to protect their dreams of a [...]
Boat was right next to Skeldon wharf when seized by Suriname
-captain tells SN The MV Lady Chandra I was virtually at the Skeldon wharf on Tuesday when it was intercepted by a Surinamese gunboat with eight soldiers which then called for back-up boats and forced the sugar transport vessel to Nickerie. Captain of the MV Lady Chandra 1, Arnold Garraway made this disclosure in a [...]
Vessel seized by Suriname to be released
Guyana insisting on rights to Corentyne River The captain of the MV Chandra 1, seized on Tuesday by the Suriname navy on the Corentyne River, was released from jail yesterday and the seven- member crew and the vessel are due to leave Nickerie to return to Guyana this morning. Meanwhile, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday emphasised [...]