Daily Archive: Saturday, May 3, 2014

Articles published on Saturday, May 3, 2014

Colin Barlow all-round performance guided TSC to GCA/ Brainstreet Cup.

TSC upsets GNIC to win Brainstreet U15 title

By Delvon Mc Ewan   Transport Sports Club (TSC) upset favourites Guyana National Industrial Corporation yesterday at the Malteenoes Sports Club Ground to win their first title of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Brainstreet Under-15 tournament.

Shimron Hetmyer fluent century set Berbice on course to an innings victory over the President’s XI.

Demerara, B/ce win inside two days

GCB Inter County U19 cricket By Delvon Mc Ewan   A fluent century by Shimron Hetmyer combined with quality bowling from their spinners led Berbice to an innings and 88-run win over the President’s XI on the second day of the first round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 three day Inter-County competition.

Pauline Sukhai

Sukhai defends PS over threats to Amerindian leaders

-says statements misconstruedA week after a recording of Permanent Secretary (PS) Nigel Dharamlall surfaced in which he threatened to bar access to his office and withhold stipends from Amerindian leaders, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai stood by his claim that his comments had been “misconstrued.”

David West

Pacers clip Hawks to force game seven

(The Sports Xchange) ——-Just when it looked as if their demise was complete, the Indiana Pacers found some life and fought off the Atlanta Hawks and an electric crowd at Philips Arena to win Game 6 95-88 and keep their Eastern Conference playoffs matchup alive.

GNIC, TSC to meet in Brainstreet U15 final

League champions Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) will face Transport Sports Club (TSC) in today’s final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/ Brainstreet Under-15 Tournament at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Ground, Thomas Lands.

 Director of Sport, Neil Kumar makes a point at yesterday’s launch.
 

RBC to get underway May 10

The ninth edition of the Regional Basketball Conference will tip off in the conferences of Georgetown and East Coast of Demerara on May 10 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

 Christopher Barnwell

Country’s top players for GCB double wicket competition

Christopher Barnwell, Leon Johnson, Robin Bacchus and Devendra Bishoo are just a few of the country’s’ most talented and exciting cricketers who are expected to be on show tomorrow when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) double wicket cricket festival bowls off at the Albion Sports Complex, ground in Berbice.

Minister’s remarks on NOC girls alleging sexual abuse are disturbing, an independent probe needed

Dear Editor, We are extremely disturbed by both the tone and content of the statements the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr Frank Anthony is reported as having made in response to the recent allegations by several girls who are students at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), of being sexually assaulted and raped by both male students and adult NOC staff members.

Chan, Cameron receive gear from PMCC

The Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) through fund raising and assistance from a few kind hearted persons has purchased gear for Arif Chan and Demetri Cameron who have been selected to represent Berbice in the ongoing Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) three-day U19 inter-county competition.

Dozens die in Odessa, rebels down Ukraine helicopters

SLAVIANSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Dozens of people were killed in a fire and others were shot dead when fighting between pro- and anti-Russian groups broke out on the streets of Odessa on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast on Friday, opening a new front in a conflict that has split the country.

DBL support for BCB Independence T20 Cup

DBL support for BCB Independence T20 Cup

Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) for the third year has thrown its weight behind the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) ahead of the 2014 Independence T20 Cup 2014 set for May 25 at the Albion Sports Complex Ground, which will be played under floodlights for the first time.

Shocked kite flyer still hospitalised

Clinton Charles, 20, the Sophia resident who was shocked while attempting to retrieve a kite stuck on a utility pole last week, remains an admitted patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) nursing severe burns about his body.

 CONCACAF president Jeff Webb (left) poses with South American counterpart Eugenio Figueredo, and the Copa America trophy.

Caribbean teams get shot at Copa America

MIAMI, United States, CMC – The winners of this year’s CFU Caribbean Cup have been guaranteed a spot in the 2016 Centennial Edition of the highly regarded Copa America, as part of a historic collaboration announced by CONCACAF here Thursday.