LABA Under-19 tournament…Royals and Raiders advance to semis
Victory Valley Royals and Retrieve Raiders continued their superb run in the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) U-19 competition in matches over the weekend at the Mackenzie Sports Club hardcourt. Of the eight participating clubs, the two are yet to taste defeat. They are also the only teams to have advanced to the semi-finals which [...]
Boxing mourns passing of WBC Vice-President Roy Van Putten
- It’s a heavy loss to boxing – Peter Abdool Vice-President of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Roy Van Putten passed away Wednesday at his Aruba home and the entire boxing world has hailed his death as a major blow for the sport. Van Putten was the founder of the Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) and [...]
Khalil, Fung-A-Fat and Arjoon continue to shine
Action in the Toucan Industry Squash Tournament will heat up as the event climaxes tomorrow evening at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts. When the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) organised competition continued on Thursday evening, Jason Ray Khalil, fresh from his outstanding squash against Oliver Kear-Downes the previous night, returned to teach his sister Ashley a [...]
GABA secures funding for Burnham Basketball Court enhancement
The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) has taken one step closer to realizing the Burnham Basketball Court enhancement project with its President Trevor Rose disclosing yesterday that they have secured the necessary funds. According to Rose, they have received in excess of $7M from sponsors who wish to be unnamed until the official launching and [...]
ICC begins Twenty20 promotional campaign
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 World Cup yesterday unveiled a massive 20×4 bat with the logo ‘Bring it Guyana’ as part of its countrywide promotional campaign for the event which bowls off at the Guyana National Stadium on April 30. It was a quiet but rather significant ceremony [...]
Toucan Industries Mash Junior Skill Level Tournament…Caribbean U15 champ, Khalil, Dias all impressive on second night
National racquet wielders Jason Ray Khalil, Victoria Arjoon and Deje Dias all turned in impressive performances on the second night of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Toucan Industries sponsored junior skill level Mashramani tournament at the Georgetown Courts. Playing in the final match of the evening, Khalil upstaged the skillful Oliver Kear-Downes with a brilliant [...]
First phase of the FIFA Goal Project to be completed in 3–5 months
The realisation of a 10-year dream of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is just around the corner as its president Colin Klass disclosed yesterday that phase one of the FIFA Goal Project is expected to be completed within a three-to-five-month span. The goal project will include a national technical centre with a playing field, stands, [...]
Patterson: The game is not dead
- GABF boss sits one-on-one with Stabroek Sport The story of David and Goliath is unquestionably one of the more popular chronicles in the Holy Bible and now newly-elected president of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Fed-eration David Patterson will reenact the event having the herculean task of reviving the game of basketball in Guyana. Patterson, [...]
‘We gave our all’ – Butts
Captain of Guyana’s Sevens rugby team Claudius Butts says that his team did its best at the just concluded International Rugby Board (IRB) USA Sevens World Series tournament that was held in Las Vegas, USA. Butts and his troops were grouped with New Zealand, Australia and France in the 16-nation tournament which was won by [...]
Raiders and Royals take command of LABA Under-19 tournament
- Pollydore drops 45 points in two games The Retrieve Raiders and Victory Valley Royals dominated play over the weekend in the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) under-19 championships which got underway last Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court. Both sides convincingly won their two matches played so far in the tournament, while [...]
Philander wins fourth George Cumberbatch Memorial feature race
Albert Philander clocked a time of one hour, 11 minutes and 18 seconds as he sped to an impressive win in this year’s George `Boy Blue’ Cumberbatch Memorial 30-lap feature race inside the National Park Circuit yesterday as the cream of the country’s cyclists all returned to the saddle. The Roriama Bikers Club member at [...]
GABF AGM on today
- Patterson seems set to run uncontested for presidency The highly-anticipated and long-awaited Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held today at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) headquarters in Kingston from 2pm. Up to press time last evening, the two most active sub-associations Linden and Georgetown, could not confirm who [...]
Arjoon wins Bounty Farm handicap tournament
Andrew Arjoon won the Open category and Jason Van Dyk the category `A’ final Saturday night as the Bounty Farm handicap squash tournament wrapped up at the Georgetown Club’s Squash Courts. In the Open final, Arjoon and Allan Downes rolled back the years and produced a riveting display of pure skill and accurate ball placement [...]
Guyana fully committed to regional basketball –Patterson
Acting President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) David Patterson says that Guyana has fully recommitted itself to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) after attending the Annual General Assembly which was held last weekend in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Patterson and President of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Abdullah Hamid were Guyana’s [...]
Motor Racing season to start March 28
sident of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Aaron Bethune has announced that the 2010 racing season will rev off on March 28. Initially, the season was set to commence on February 21 with the first leg of the GT&T National Race of Champions but according to Bethune, some of the core participants, [...]