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World-rated Nicolette Fernandes will be attempting to win her second Caribbean title when she faces Karen Meakins in the finals of the Caribbean Squash Championships in the Cayman Islands.

Guyanese Travis Dowlin and Royston Crandon both have said that they are overjoyed at their recent selection to the West Indies team for next month’s ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa.

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) President Bharrat Jagdeo is calling for an early conclusion to the dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

Fernandes advances to semi-finals World-rated squash player Nicolette Fernandes remains the  only Guyanese contesting the individual championship at this year’s senior Caribbean squash tournament in the Cayman Islands after  Keisha, Kayla and Kristian Jeffrey along with Victoria Arjoon were booted from the competition in the quarter-finals.

– driver aims “to be very competitive” Kevin Jeffery’s Mitsubishi Evolution was the last car from team Guyana to leave for Barbados where they will take on the rest of the Caribbean in round two of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship at the Bushy Park Circuit on Sunday, August 30.

– concerned over non-participation of region’s stars The Barbados Auto Racing League (BARL) race director Kurt Seabra believes that the second round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship which will be held on Sunday, August 30, would be the biggest event ever on the island.

– Jeffery siblings, Pollard, Arjoon and Fernandes advance to second round It was a bitter sweet day for Guyana at the 2009 Caribbean Senior Squash Championship which served off yesterday in the Cayman Islands as the Jeffery siblings, Keisha, Kayla and Kristian, Nicolette Fernandes, Victoria Arjoon, and Regan Pollard all advanced to the second round of the tournament.

Former junior national Louis James and national centre Jason Alonzo turned in superb performances to lead the East All-Stars over their West side competition in the Alleyene’s Retrieve Raiders inaugural All-Star game over the weekend in Linden.

– 14-member team wings out today for Barbados A well-outfitted Guyana contingent will depart these shores today for Barbados where they will take part in the fourth Pre-Cadet Table Tennis Tournament.

The Rastafari Patriots will resume their rivalry against the Baldheads on August 22 at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground but unlike the two previous occasions, both teams have added overseas-based players to their lineup to help strengthen their chances.

Local speedster Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira says that he is hoping to transfer his winning ways from the South Dakota Circuit in Guyana to the Bushy Park race circuit which will play host to the second round of the Caribbean Race of Champions series.

It was considered  one of the biggest tournaments to grace the Linden community when it was first held last year and this time  the organizers are promising an even bigger Brush’s Basketball Classic which will run from August 21-29 at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) hard court.

Paulette Jhingoree was wrestling with a big problem yesterday. Just one day after the organisers announced that the Guyana Wrestle Mania event which was schedule for the National Park this Saturday had been postponed, Jhingoree, of New Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara was wondering how to get her money back.

“It’s been a fight the Guyanese people wanted to see for a long time and it was in the making for sometime now and we are happy to give a quality fight,” promoter Odinga Lumumba said in an interview with Stabroek Sport yesterday about the upcoming clash between Raul Frank and Andrew ‘Six-Head’ Lewis.

– lack of effective sponsorship,GRA matter,among issues cited The Guyana Wrestle Mania which was set for this Saturday at the National Park has hit yet another snag so the promoters announced yesterday that the event has been postponed until  October 31.

Milerock exact sweet revenge It was sweet revenge for Milerock as they turned the tables on Bakewell Topp XX to emerge winners of the second annual Linden Invitational Football Tournament on Sunday evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

It was the first time that the Government of Guyana through the National Sports Commission (NSC) has ever met with local basketball stakeholders, led by the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), to discus the way forward for the sport and how much they can enhance the game of basketball here.

Alonzo `Zo’ Greaves powered his way to yet another mainstream victory when he took home the feature 25-lap event at the Roraima Bikers Club, Kashif and Shanghai organised cycle meet in Linden yesterday.

Defending champions Bakewell Topp XX and Milerock will meet for the second time in the final of the Linden Invitational football tournament tonight at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground (MSC) after emerging victors from two heated semi-finals Friday evening.

Some of the big names in motor-racing are expected to be on show today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) go-kart track when the club stages a one-day go-kart races and family fun day in aid of the drivers heading to Barbados for round two of the Caribbean Race of Champions on August 30.