Ravendra Kishore

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) cricketers benefited from home turf advantage to maul a hapless Guyana Defence Force (GDF) team in the Pepsi Cup, limited overs first division competition yesterday.

Stanford Superstars player Lennox Cush and fast bowler Esaun Crandon are out of this year’s regional limited overs competition which commences in Guyana on November 13.

Former national wicketkeeper Janet John-Dorie is back home and is planning to continue her assistance to local female cricketers.

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club Monday evening honoured a long list of competitors who performed well at the final leg of the 2008 Caribbean Championships and also the local championships.

Chairman of Vision Guyana Peter Ramsaroop has announced that within two months the richest circle tennis (rounders) tournament in Guyana’s history will get underway.

Stuart Maloney with a first and a third-place finish in the first two races comfortably drove away with the 2008 Caribbean Motor Racing championships at the South Dakota Circuit yesterday.

The Young Warriors proved their mettle last evening as they walked away with both the champions’ trophy and the man-of-the-match award.

– surgery prevents Madhoo from defending title The 2008 National Darts Championship held over the weekend by the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) saw a new men’s singles champion being crowned.

Maxie De Jonge played an entertaining innings of 53 for those gathered, before the clouds opened up and the rain had the final say, bringing a premature end to the third and final day’s play in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Presidents Cup competition between the Rohan Kanhai Strikers and the Lance Gibbs Tigers.

All roads will lead to the South Dakota Circuit this Sunday for the final leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing championships.

– play set for Diwali Day The Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) will on Tuesday (Diwali Day)  bowl off the Ansa McAl-sponsored Sixes competition featuring nine first-class teams, including two from Berbice.

It was supposed to be a display of the Clive Lloyd Super Cats taking apart the Lance Gibbs Tigers but it was not to be.

Unbeaten half centuries from Shemroy Barrington and Devon Clements saw Lance Gibbs’ Tigers reaching 167-1 at the close of the second day’s play of the President’s Cup competition  and  made sure that the former West Indies off-spinner would not be disappointed with their display.

In the second cricket match of the President’s Championship 2008, Leon Johnson’s Clive Lloyd’s Super Cats virtually assured themselves the winners’ cheque of $200,000 at the end of day one.

– has not procured visa for course which starts tomorrow Cricket coach Michael Hyles,  popularly known as `Franko,’  is ruing his luck after not being able to make it to England in time for the commencement of a coaching course to be conducted by the England Cricket Board (ECB).

Medal of Service (MS) awardees William France and Dennis Burns will lead a four-member team to the ING-sponsored New York City marathon to be held on November 2, in the United States of America.

Guyana’s bantamweight boxer Clevon Rock Guyana’s hopes of a gold medal went down at the third junior Commonwealth Games in Pune, India were dashed when Clevon Rock lost his bantamweight  encounter with Englishman John Quigley.

– Guyana’s Clevon Rock is one bout away from a historic gold medal at the third  junior Commonwealth Games Just one more win.

– after DCC officials request use of ground In a farcical tournament titled the “President’s Cup” competition and organized by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and held at the Demerara Cricket Club ground in Queenstown it was the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) which played all the shots yesterday.

-Guyana assured of a bronze medal at the third junior Commonwealth Youth Games through Clevon Rock Rock solid!