Ravens prey on Jets to fly into semis
- Linden/Georgetown finals in the making City side Dyna’s Ravens blew by the Amelia’s Ward Jets 64-58 on Sunday evening in Linden to book their spot in the semi-finals of this year’s Brusche’s Basketball Classic. Playing at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court in front of a soldout crowd, the Ravens playing without star point [...]
Gayadin expects victory in Barbados
Local Group Three champion driver Gavin Gayadin believes that he will transfer his winning ways from South Dakota to the Bushy Park race track in Barbados which will host the second round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship this weekend. Gayadin raced to championship honours at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) National [...]
‘King’ Andrew aiming to win first Caribbean Motor Racing Championship
“I think my best chances of winning my first championship series is in Barbados,” says Guyana’s champion driver Andrew King as he prepares for the second round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship which gets revving next weekend in Barbados. At the last Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) National Race of Champions, King [...]
2009 Brusche’s Basketball Classic
Kings/Bulls and Royals/Pistons to open tournament The Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) hardcourt will be the action station from this evening when the second annual Brusche’s Basketball Classic gets underway in the mining town with a double header. Over $200,000 in cash and prizes will be up for grabs and tonight Linden’s number one club, Victory [...]
Sports Ministry pushes to set up draughts association
- To host national championships September 13 at National Stadium Once again the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is pushing to move another game from its habitual bottom house and street corner status to a more organized level. For years the game of draughts, popularly known as checkers, has been a past-time sport in [...]
Fernandes going for second Caribbean title
World-rated Nicolette Fernandes will be attempting to win her second Caribbean title when she faces Karen Meakins in the finals of the Caribbean Squash Championships in the Cayman Islands. Meanwhile on the opening day of the team championships, Guyana’s male and female teams were beaten by Barbados. It would be a rematch of the 2005 [...]
Crandon, Dowlin elated at selection
Guyanese Travis Dowlin and Royston Crandon both have said that they are overjoyed at their recent selection to the West Indies team for next month’s ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa. But it was the 26-year-old Crandon who was more excited since it is his first West Indies team selection, something he says is the [...]
Jagdeo wants speedy end to Windies dispute
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) President Bharrat Jagdeo is calling for an early conclusion to the dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA). On July 21 the Guyanese head of state met with WICB President Julian Hunte and President of WIPA Dinanath Ramnarine along with other [...]
2009 Caribbean Squash Championship
Fernandes advances to semi-finals World-rated squash player Nicolette Fernandes remains the only Guyanese contesting the individual championship at this year’s senior Caribbean squash tournament in the Cayman Islands after Keisha, Kayla and Kristian Jeffrey along with Victoria Arjoon were booted from the competition in the quarter-finals. Fernandes, ranked 103 by the Women’s International Squash Players [...]
Kevin Jeffery’s Mitsubishi Evolution leaves for Barbados
- driver aims “to be very competitive” Kevin Jeffery’s Mitsubishi Evolution was the last car from team Guyana to leave for Barbados where they will take on the rest of the Caribbean in round two of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship at the Bushy Park Circuit on Sunday, August 30. Speaking with Stabroek Sport yesterday [...]
Barbados gearing for largest international motor-racing meet
- concerned over non-participation of region’s stars The Barbados Auto Racing League (BARL) race director Kurt Seabra believes that the second round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship which will be held on Sunday, August 30, would be the biggest event ever on the island. Speaking with Stabroek Sport via telephone yesterday, Seabra said some [...]
Mixed fortunes for Guyana at 2009 Senior Caribbean Squash Championship
- Jeffery siblings, Pollard, Arjoon and Fernandes advance to second round It was a bitter sweet day for Guyana at the 2009 Caribbean Senior Squash Championship which served off yesterday in the Cayman Islands as the Jeffery siblings, Keisha, Kayla and Kristian, Nicolette Fernandes, Victoria Arjoon, and Regan Pollard all advanced to the second round [...]
Alonzo, James lead East All-Stars over West
Former junior national Louis James and national centre Jason Alonzo turned in superb performances to lead the East All-Stars over their West side competition in the Alleyene’s Retrieve Raiders inaugural All-Star game over the weekend in Linden. Playing in front of a sizable crowd at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) hard court, the East, which [...]
Brain Street Learning outfits Junior Table Tennis squad
- 14-member team wings out today for Barbados A well-outfitted Guyana contingent will depart these shores today for Barbados where they will take part in the fourth Pre-Cadet Table Tennis Tournament. Brain Street Learning equipped the 14-member team with new track suits and according to the CEO of the company, Lance Hinds, they felt compelled [...]
Rastafari and Baldheads to resume rivalry on August 22
The Rastafari Patriots will resume their rivalry against the Baldheads on August 22 at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground but unlike the two previous occasions, both teams have added overseas-based players to their lineup to help strengthen their chances. After winning the last meeting, the Rastafari Patriots will be adding former senior national stalwart [...]