A soggy Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Queenstown ground, caused by heavy overnight rains, prevented any play in one of the penultimate round matches between leaders Georgetown and East Bank in the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/ Gizmos and Gadgets/ GT&T sponsored Inter-Association under-17 50 overs competition yesterday.
The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) recently held its seventh cricket academy under the theme ‘Cricket, a healthy way to life’ at the Lusignan Community Centre ground yesterday.
A miserly spell of fast bowling from Seon Daniels (3-16) backed by a workmanlike innings of 40 from Quincy Ovid steered Georgetown Under-17 to their second successive victory over West Demerara Under-17 when action in the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/ Gizmos and Gadgets/ GT&T sponsored Under-17 Inter–Association competition continued at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.
The Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) has called up 38 cricketers to trial for the upcoming senior El Dorado Inter-County 50 overs cricket competition that is set to commence on Saturday, 6th September.
A responsible innings by captain Dexter Solomon (56, 2×4) guided Georgetown under-17 to a crushing 103 runs victory over their East Coast counterparts as action in the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/ Gizmos and Gadgets/GT&T sponsored Inter-Association under-17 limited overs competition commenced yesterday.
Guyana National Industrial Corporation’s (GNIC) wicketkeeper/batsman Dexter Solomon has been chosen to lead Georgetown in the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) under-17 inter- association two-day competition that is set to commence tomorrow.
Barbados’s Combermere Secondary School (CSS) started their tour of Guyana on a winning note when their under-15 team defeated a Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) under-15 side by 99 runs at GNIC, Woolford Avenue yesterday.
When Guyana’s first world champion Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis steps into the ring against Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman on October 5 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, he is out to prove to all and sundry that he is not over the hill.
Bakewell Topp XX won the Linden Invitational football tournament when they scored an easy 3-0 victory over Milerock Football Club at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground Saturday night.
– Harris retains Ms. Guyana Fitness title
Linden’s Mark Perry proved to all and sundry that his win at the inaugural Hugh Ross Classics (HRC) earlier this year was no fluke when he easily won the Mr.
A day filled with excitement and lots of fun is expected when insurance giants Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) runs off its second ‘Day of Races’ at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) on August 24 from 13:30hrs.
Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the man in charge of Guyana’s Golden Jaguars, Trinidadian Jamal Shabazz, has expressed confidence in his charges, stating that they will rise to the occasion in the next round of matches of the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Championships (DCC) billed for his homeland.
Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) and Albion Community Centre Sports Club played to an exciting draw to share the trophy when they clashed at the Area ‘H’ ground at Rose Hall yesterday.
Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) yesterday launched another magazine and their female cricket team at a simple presentation ceremony held in the canteen of one of their sponsors, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), Brickdam.
– Baugh recalled
National left-handed middle order batsman and former West Indies under-19 captain Leon Johnson along with Australian-born Jamaican Brendon Nash are the two new faces in the Christopher Gayle-led West Indies 15-man squad that will contest both the International Cricket Council (ICC) trophy in Pakistan as well as the tri-nation tournament in Canada.
The Baveghens Rainbow Training of Martial Arts, a karate club affiliated to the Caribbean Freestyle Alliance based in Barbados, have begun to hold free martial arts classes at the Joshua Orphanage, Thomas Street.
Guyana’s Golden Jaguars advanced to the next round of the Digicel Caribbean Championships, following a 1-1 draw with Suriname in their crucial group `B’ match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last night in front of a fair amount of home support.
– Today’s must-win encounter against old rivals Suriname will serve as a farewell game for four members of the Golden Jaguars team in Charles Pollard, Collie Hercules, Shawn Bishop and Richard ReynoldsFootball fans can expect a more determined approach exemplifying discipline and fight when Guyana’s Golden Jaguars oppose their nemesis Suriname in the final Group B match of the Digicel Caribbean Championships (DCC) at the Guyana National Stadium Providence tonight.
Suriname came on Wednesday. Dominica arrived yesterday and with host Guyana already in training albeit for a short period, all is set for the commencement of the Digicel Caribbean Championship which had to be rescheduled for a couple of days due to the unavailability of flights for the Dominicans.