Tamica Garnett

Several successful tournaments and other developments have made 2010 a satisfactory year for the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA), the organisation’s President, Christopher Ram says.

Coach of the of the Guyana national cricket team, Ravidranauth Seeram, and team captain Ramnaresh Sarwan are of the opinion that the Guyana national Twenty20 cricket team is in even better shape for the upcoming 2011 Caribbean Twenty20 than they were when the tournament was held this yea.

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce, says he is satisfied “to a point” with how the year has been for the AAG given some of the superior achievements that Guyanese athletes have attained for the year.

 The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has completed its calendar of events for 2011 that starts on January 16 with the annual National Cross Country Championships set for Kuru Kuru on the Linden Highway.  

Athletes Dennis Horatio and Tiffany Carto were named male and female Athlete of the Year respectively when the Police Progressive Youth Club held its award ceremony on Friday at the Police Sports Club, Eve Leary.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) is considering the prospect of hosting a ‘Guyana Open’ regional swim meet next year, when  the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) $455 million Olympic-size swimming pool is completed.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony is not about to rush to get the new $455m swimming pool in operation.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will be collaborating with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) to throw up an official table tennis facility at the Racquet Centre being built at Camp Street and Woolford Avenue.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is scheduled to sign off the contract for the synthetic track and construction work is expected to begin at Leonora on the West Coast of Demerara before yearend.

President of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Philip Walcott has said that 2010 was not one of the better years for swimming in Guyana.

Distance athletes Alika Morgan and Chavez Sital who both ended their  season in the `Run Barbados’ series last weekend said that they are satisfied with their closing performance.

A  fast advancing table tennis duo, 16-year-old twins Brad and Brandon Belle have been making powerful strides in the sport in the United States.

As the end of the year draws near many athletes take time to reflect on their performance; to assess whether it’s been satisfactory or if they ought to have worked much harder and to decide on a plan going forward.

Guyana’s  leading distance athlete Cleveland Forde  left here this morning for Barbados where he will be participating in the annual Run Barbados Series from today.

Photos by Orlando CharlesStabroek Sport took to the streets yesterday to ask the ordinary citizen what they thought about the issues surrounding the upcoming Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament.

-committee being formed to address the situation A committee is to be set up aimed at helping Guyana’s indigenous people, the Amerindians to develop their athletic ability.

More than a month after it was scheduled for completion the $20.35M  squash courts of the Racquet Centre, being built by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS), is still incomplete pending the installation of the floors and back walls.

Executive members of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) have acknowledged that no formal correspondence was given to national chess champion Wendell Meusa notifying him of the commencement of a six-month suspension order against him.

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce yesterday said that Guyana will be considering whether to send athletes to the Panama leg of the annual South American 10K classic following Sunday’s dilemma when  distance athlete Dennis Horatio inadvertently detoured from the unmarked route at the event.

– places second in South American 10k in Panama while Horatio runs wrong route Guyana’s leading distance athlete Cleveland Forde once again missed out on sweep of all three races of the annual South American 10K event when he placed second behind Columbian Jason Gurieneer in the third staging of the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) South American Athletics Confederation 10 km Road Classic, yesterday in Panama.