Calvin Roberts

First round action in the West Berbice Cricket Association (WBCA)/ Regency Suites sponsored Under-23 limited overs competition commences today with six first round matches being played within the two zones.

When the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Gafsons Indus-tries Limited sponsored 20/20 cricket competition gets underway at Queenstown today, defending champions Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) will be looking for revenge against Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), believed to be their toughest opponent in the group.

– Bramble, Chandrika and Ravi Sarwan included Although the host country for this year’s Regional Limited Overs tournament has not been named by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), the six territorial boards have gone ahead and named their squads in preparation for the match.

Former Guyana and West Indies fast bowlers Reon King and Colin Stuart commenced the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ ‘Reds’ Perreira Sports Foundation-sponsored fast bowling clinic for the country’s present crop of fast bowlers at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

Stalemates were the order of the night as Blue Berry Hill United took back the leadership position in the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA)/ Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) sponsored Premier League competition last Sunday night.

The Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC) will be a buzz of activity this Sunday, when the True Friendship Committee runs off its sixth annual horse race meeting at the West Berbice track from 1300hrs.

Jockey Colin Ross guided his steed Sequin to a comfortable victory and the $250,000 first prize over the rest of the field in one of three feature races held at the Anjue and Hamlet Park, Branch Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara as part of their second anniversary celebrations Sunday.

Devon Clements,  Sasenarine Sukhdeo, Assad Fudadin and Richard Ramdeen  hit half centuries in the fund-raising Twenty20 cricket match contested among four teams at the Rose Hall Community Centre (RHCC) ground, Canje Sunday.

A pugnacious innings of 77 from Man-of-the-Match Christopher Barnwell backed up by a 42-ball unbeaten innings of 55 from skipper Leon Johnson enabled Demerara to retain their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/El Dorado-sponsored Inter-County title with a 71-run victory over their nemesis Berbice at the Guyana National Stadium Providence, Friday night in a day/night encounter.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) cricket development committee is at it again.

Kings win; defending champions held to draw Victoria Kings defeated their neighbours Golden Stars 2-1 while defending champions BV/Triumph United had to stave off a strong challenge from Ann’s Grove before securing a 1-1 draw when action in the East Coast Demerara/Mackeson Stout-sponsored premier league football competition continued Thursday night at Plaisance Community Centre ground.

In last year’s Inter-County limited overs tournament, Demerara lost their first round game to Berbice at the Blairmont Community Centre round but they rebounded to defeat the Berbicians in the final of the same tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Eagles United recorded a 1-0  victory over Amelia’s Ward United while Winners Connections and Blue Berry Hill played to a  1-1 stalemate when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA)/ Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) sponsored premier league competition continued at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground on Wednesday night.

– ECDFSA League Bakewell Buxton Stars and Buxton United both recorded victories when action in the East Coast Demerara Football Sub Association (ECDFSA)/Mackeson Stoute-sponsored Premier League competition continued at the Plaisance Community Centre ground Thursday night.

-will meet Demerara in final Not even two rain interruptions which took away 112 minutes play and caused the encounter to be reduced to a 39 overs-a-side affair could prevent Berbice from coming away with a three-wicket victory over Essequibo in their final round clash of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ El Dorado-sponsored Inter-County limited overs match at the Wales Community Centre ground yesterday.

The Guyana Football Federation is offering to repay the Surinaamse Voetbal Bond (SVB) the sum of US$3,500 for expenses incurred during the Suriname national football team’s visit to Guyana for the second leg of the World Cup 2010 qualifiers which was held at the National Stadium at Providence.

– Deonarine in fine all-round performance A solid all-round performance from captain and national middle order batsman Narsingh Deonarine guided Berbice to a convincing seven-wicket victory over defending champions Demerara in their second round clash of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/El Dorado-sponsored senior Inter County limited overs match at the Blairmont Community Centre ground, yesterday.

-Lumumba When former World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis steps into the ring to engage Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman next Saturday at the Guyana National Stadium, Pro-vidence, it will be the ‘Perfect Storm’, promoter Odinga Lumumba has promised.

Embattled president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass met and had a closed door meeting with vice-president of the Suriname Football Federation (SVB) Ronald Koorendijh over the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) order that the GFF must repay to the SVB expenses incurred during the SVB national team’s visit to Guyana in June.

No!!! We are not talking about 20/20 cricket, but rather the battle for supremacy in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) /El Dorado sponsored 50 overs-a-side limited overs cricket competition which will bowl off today with defending champions Dem-erara taking on Essequibo at the Everest Cricket Club ground.