Cellink Berbice snatched victory from the jaws of defeat after a hat-trick by off spinner Narsingh Deonarine sank the Demerarians by seven runs in Pepsi/Carib T20 tournament last night at the Guyana National Stadium.
The Essequibians did not disappoint and were not mere onlookers when they battled the Rest Team who eventually won by four wickets in the first match of the Carib/Pepsi T20 competition at the Guyana National Stadium yesterday.
After confirmation on Wednesday that Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United will appear after all in the 21st Kashif & Shanghai tournament, the players in the proposed replacement team, Ann’s Grove Football Club are feeling disheartened, according to Club President Trevor Waterman.
-six other clubs also lend support
The pre-Kashif & Shanghai tournament drama took another twist yesterday when president of Alpha United Football Club Odinga Lumumba said that his club will not be participating unless there are better monetary rewards for the teams and players.
President of Alpha United Football Club Odinga Lumumba believes that while the Kashif and Shanghai tournament is a positive for the development of football in the country the organisers are exploiting the players’ talents and not properly compensating them.
A five-year dream of representing Guyana came through for Paul Adams yesterday when it was found out that he was selected by the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) for the fifth IPF/NAPF Caribbean Islands Bench Press and Powerlifting Championships in Cayman Islands from March 15-19 next year.
A system whereby players are rotated when it comes to international engagements is responsible for the non selection of Golden Jaguars striker Devon Millington for the friendly international between the Guyana senior football team and a Guatemala national side.
The mother of Golden Jaguars striker Devon Millington is questioning the exclusion of her son from the national football team to play against Guatemala in an international friendly match today in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Rain after the luncheon period, a relentless fight from the Rest Team players and a ‘graveyard’ Blairmont Community Centre ground pitch, contributed towards a drawn encounter between the Rest Team and Berbice in the first round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Four-day tournament yesterday.
From Marlon Munroe in Blairmont
The Rest Team swung the pendulum back their way after a brilliant unbeaten century from opening batsman Shemroy Barrington on the third day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Four-Day tournament at the Blairmont Community Centre ground yesterday.
Berbice continued their dominance over the Rest Team on day two of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Four-Day tournament at the Blairmont Community Centre ground by securing a 190-run first innings lead yesterday.
Raymond Barton, manager of the Rest Team that will contest this year’s Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior four-day tournament yesterday admitted that his team was inadequately prepared but said the team will strive to make the best of conditions in the tournament.
Group 4 driver Kevin Jeffrey saved his best for the final stage of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship Series at the South Dakota Circuit yesterday but still ended two points shy of defending champion David Summerbell Jr.
-authority wants 50 per cent of purse for overseas-boxers as tax
The Caribbean Fury2 boxing card was up to press time last evening hanging in the balance with overseas-based Guyanese boxer Raul Frank threatening to pull out of the fight if taxation issues by the Guyana Revenue Authority were not rectified before the fight tonight.
Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Bryan Mackintosh has assured that all systems are in place for the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championships at the South Dakota Circuit on Sunday.
Venezuelan Breilor ‘Zulianito de Oro’ Teran and Colombian Olga ‘La Mona’ Julio arrived in Guyana yesterday to keep their ring date with their Guyanese counterparts on Saturday on the Caribbean Fury2 boxing card at the Princess Hotel.