Madhoo wins Clive Harrison Open Singles event
- Fitzgerald teams up with Semple to take ‘Blind Draw’ doubles Norman Madhoo warmed up for the upcoming Guyana Open and Bryden’s sponsored South American and Caribbean Championships by winning the Clive Harrison-sponsored Open Singles title last Friday at the Salt Air Sports Club, Le Meridien Pegasus. Madhoo took on some of the top players [...]
El Dorado Inter-County competition launched
- Final to be played under floodlights at Providence Stadium The highly-anticipated El Dorado limited-overs Inter-County round-robin competition got off the ground yesterday at a launch held in the boardroom of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Regent Street. Speaking to the media at the launching, GCB vice-president Alvin Johnson said he was happy with the [...]
Guyana’s Pan Am women boxers ready for battle
- led by CABA gold medallist Mandessa Moses Guyana’s female Pan-American boxing hopefuls will wing out this Sunday for neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago where they will be involved in fistic battles against Caribbean and other opponents at the women’s Pan American boxing championships. The four females will be led by lightweight Mandessa Moses who brought [...]
St. Winifred’s Secondary destroys Monar Educational Institute
Led by an unbroken 71-run, unbeaten seventh-wicket partnership St. Winifred’s Secondary School recovered from 37/6 to reach 108/6 in reply to Monar Educational Institute 107 all out yesterday. The game is a match of the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) 2008 national inter-secondary schools under-15 competition. The competition, which bowled off [...]
Xavier Marshall axed from Stanford Twenty20 Superstar Squad
- training to start today According to a report, the Stanford Twenty20 Superstar Squad ofWest Indies opener Xavier Marshall has been released from the squad for no apparent reason. Stabroek Sport was informed Sunday last that Guyanese Travis Dowlin had been drafted into the squad as a replacement for injured West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo. [...]
Eyes on the World’s
-National darts champion Norman Madhoo is gearing up for a shot at this year’s World c/ships National darts champion Norman Madhoo is leaving no stone unturned in his preparation for two upcoming important engagements. The former Caribbean darts men’s singles champion recently began training for the National Darts Championship as well as the Annual Bryden-sponsored [...]
Team Guyana gets green light from US Embassy
- Boxers say expect gold fest in India President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Affeze Khan was all smiles yesterday afternoon after he was successful in securing in-transit United States visas for his four boxers. The boxers who have undergone over six months of intense training say that they are ready to take [...]
Guyanese duo outrun Caribbean champion Ballantyne in feature Trinidad 5km
Local athletics coach Leslie Black, who coaches Alika Morgan yesterday reported that two Guyanese athletes outshone Caribbean long distance champion Pamenos Ballentyne over the week-end in Trinidad and Tobago. Black, who has a number of athletes competing in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago told Stabroek Sport that at a over 5Km feature event held Sunday last [...]
Travis Dowlin replaces Bravo in Stanford Twenty20 squad
Guyana’s middle-order batsman Travis Dowlin was belatedly rewarded for his form in the Twenty20 form of the game when he was called up as a replacement for the injured Dwayne Bravo in the Stanford Twenty20 squad. The Stanford Twenty20 Superstars are preparing for a lucrative US$20 million clash against an England Twenty20 team on November [...]
Rose Hall Town Week to start with cycle race
- basketball and football matches same day Seven days of activities have been organized for the celebration of the Rose Hall Town 38th anniversary with a 30-mile cycle race tomorrow, riding off in two bunches, from Adventure to Rose Hall and simultaneously from New Amsterdam to Rose Hall. Additionally the Rose Hall Town Area H [...]
Guyana will be sending an eight-member squad to take part in the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India from October 12-18. And speaking exclusively to Stabroek Sport President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) KA Juman Yassin said on their part everything is in order. Juman Yassin said that the GOA along with the [...]
Bounty Farm to sponsor Central Rupununi 10K race this week
The Central Rupununi Heritage Sports Committee (CRHSC) will this week run off their 10KM race as part of the Amerindian Heritage Month celebrations. Speaking to Stabroek Sport, committee member Mark Rodrigues said sponsorship was not readily obtained but Bounty Farm through their Chief Executive Officer Peter DeGroot came through. The company, he added, provided prizes [...]
GOA defends Beijing 2008 Olympic team
- Pompey comes in for praise The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has commended the team that went to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and came back medal-less. Chef-de-mission Noel Adonis said that while Guyana failed to win any medals the team performed creditably. According to Adonis 12 athletes were identified to take part in track and [...]
Allicock, Rocke, Alexander and Gouveia to represent Guyana at Commonwealth Games boxing
- US in transit visas to be secured President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Affeeze Khan yesterday announced the names of the four boxers who will represent Guyana at the Commonwealth Games in India this October. Speaking to the media Khan said that the successful boxers, who took part in the Caribbean Amateur [...]
Founder member of the Guyana Karate College Ian Fung passes on
The local karate fraternity has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of Sensei Ian Fung. Fung, a founder member of the Guyana Karate College, one of his incomplete dreams, passed away following complications due to diabetes. Fung who recently celebrated his 50th birthday when the Guyana Karate Association celebrated their 40th died at [...]