National Schools 2008 Chess Championship
47 players, 13 schools and one competition Action got underway yesterday at the Queen’s College auditorium when the 2008 National School Chess Championship moved off. According to Tournament Director, Irshad Mohammed, 47 children have registered for the first tournament of its kind to take place in Guyana in over a ddecade. The tournament, which saw [...]
Guyana earn Women’s 7’s title through discipline and coordination
A Guyana team comprising members of the Hornets and the Yamaha Caribs Rugby Football Club recently copped the Caribbean International Rugby 7’s Overall Women’s 2008 Championship title. In the tournament played on December 6 and 7 at St. Mary’s ground in Trinidad and Tobago, (T&T) the Guyanese lost only one of their six matches and [...]
Out of town invasion expected for National Schools Chess Championship
The first pawn will be moved at 10:00 hours tomorrow morning when the nine round Swiss System National Schools Championship gets underway at the Queen’s College Auditorium. According to tournament coordinator Irshad Mohamed, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports sponsored tournament will be played over two days with the first four rounds tomorrow and [...]
Career landmarks beckon for Chanderpaul, Sarwan
Guyanese Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan are close to achieving career landmarks in the first test against New Zealand which got underway yesterday (last night Caribbean time). The dogged left-hander Chanderpaul needs only 32 more runs to leapfrog Sir Garry Sobers on the all-time list for the most test runs by a West Indian batsman. [...]
Rains postpone Inter-Secondary Schools U-15 competition to 2009
The recent downpour in Georgetown has caused the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Ministry of Education (MoE) Inter Secondary Schools Under-15 limited overs competition to be postponed until next year. Secretary of the GCB Competitions Committee, Colin Europe told this newspaper yesterday that play was only possible in one of six first round matches scheduled for [...]
Five million dollars horse race meet set for December 14 in Berbice
All roads will lead to the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club, Bel Air Number Six Village, West Coast, Berbice on December 14 when the crème de le crème of the horse racing fraternity meets. According to organizing secretary Compton Sancho, over five million dollars will be up for grabs in the nine-race event which commences [...]
Fitzgerald heads for the big time
With his win in the men’s Open singles at the 2008 Carib Beer Caribbean and South American Masters championships firmly under his belt 23-year-old Sudesh Fitzgerald next assignment is to participate at the lucrative landrokes.com World darts Championships in London. Fitzgerald is probably pinching himself to see if this dream run is real for just [...]
Collymore, Best bowl B/dos into semis
Barbados became the first team to officially occupy one of four semi-final spots on offer as the penultimate round of the Regional One Day Tournament (the President’s Cup) ended last evening. Barbados, who opposed the Windward Islands at the Enmore Community development centre ground, were indebted to Man of the Match Corey Collymore and Tino [...]
Trinidad records six wicket win over USA
- USA’s Wright named Man of the Match Half centuries from opener Adrian Barath and Daren Ganga led Trinidad and Tobago to a six wicket victory over the United States of America (USA) team in a match of the West Indies Cricket Board President’s Cup competition at the Enmore Community Development Centre ground yesterday. Batting [...]
Rain has final say in Trinidad and Canada encounter
Persistent rainfall in Georgetown yesterday forced match officials of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup match between Trinidad and Tobago and Canada to call off the match. So persistent was the downpour that Umpires Clyde Duncan and Clancy Mack, along with third umpire Daveteerth Anandjit and match referee Grantley Culbard waited for just [...]
Hinds leads Barbados to second victory
A composed batting display by Barbados saw them beating the United States of America (USA) by 111 runs in a rain–interrupted game of the West Indies Cricket Board, President’s Cup limited overs competition at the Providence National Stadium yesterday. The game was delayed for 15 minutes following overnight and early morning rain and Barbados, after [...]
Richards jnr., plunders ton as Canadians surrender to Leewards
In sweltering heat at the Everest Cricket Club the Canadians surrendered meekly to a better-prepared Leeward Islands team in their opening President’s Cup limited overs encounter. Canada, who won the toss and elected to field, were probably kicking themselves after the Islanders piled on the pressure thanks to Austin Richards Jr. who stroked a masterful [...]
Fitzgerald, Madhoo off to B/dos for Bryden’s invitational tourney
- Madhoo looking to win tournament after success in 2003 Newly crowned 2008 Darts Champion Sudesh Fitzgerald and former champion Norman Madhoo yesterday departed for Barbados to participate in the Bryden’s Invitational Darts tournament and the Caribbean/South American Masters. Speaking to Stabroek Sport before his departure Madhoo declared: “It is time to take back the [...]
Two here to win, one for the experience
Three teams have arrived for the commencement of the 2008 regional one-day President’s Cup tournament some 24 hours before its scheduled start two with the stated intention of winning the tournament and the other team here for the experience. The Windward Islands, Canada and the United States of America teams arrived in Guyana yesterday morning [...]
Rambhajan half century fails to save soldiers
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) cricketers benefited from home turf advantage to maul a hapless Guyana Defence Force (GDF) team in the Pepsi Cup, limited overs first division competition yesterday. The match, reduced to 35 overs-a-side because of the late arrival of the GDF team saw the home team winning the toss and taking first [...]