Treiston Joseph

A new brand will bounce into the basketball fraternity this Wednesday when the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) holds its first official press conference.

The President’s/Jefford Classic is gearing up to be one of Guyana’s grandest stages for showcasing local track and field talent as the event was officially launched yesterday by the organizers at Digicel’s head office in Barrack Street, Kingston.

A steal was a the decisive manoeuvre when Charlestown Secondary defeated Queen’s College 42-41 last Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) School’s tournament.

Guyana’s local track and field big three athletes in Winston George, Rupert Perry and Quinse Clarke have been hit by injury which has robbed Perry and Clarke of the opportunity of qualifying for the upcoming London Olympic Games.

Nicholas Cassius’ 22 points led Plaisance Academy to their second straight win when they defeated the University of Guyana (UG) in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) organized schools competition Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

National junior sprinting sensation Stephan James had the final say in the much heated and anticipated 200 metres race of the Athletic Association of Guyana U-23 championships by winning that race in a stylish fashion at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary, yesterday despite a high tide delay.

The Police Sports Club ground at Eve Leary will come alive today with the staging of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Under-23 track and field championships.

National 400 metres junior champion Stephan James retained his epithet by spoiling any chance newly crowned junior 200 metres champion Elton Bollers had of claiming a sprint double when the National Junior and Senior Championships concluded yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary.

Virtual unknown Elton Bollers created the upset of the year in athletics circles when he defeated sprint `goliaths’ Chavez Ageday and Stephan James in the  boys’ Under-20 200 metres at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary on the first day of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG)  national junior and senior championships.

Intense competition is expected today among both senior and junior athletes in track and field when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) hosts their 2012 National Junior and Senior Championships at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary from 11:00hrs.

Recalling the ancient proverb, ‘Like father, like son’, Guyana sprint queen Alisha Fortune and her daughter Andrea Foster have changed the gender to ‘like mother, like daughter’.

Despite the fact that the process for completion of the Lenora synthetic track is taking longer than expected, the track is expected to be finished this year.

Coach of the six-member CARIFTA Games team Julian Edmonds assessed the team’s efforts at the 41st edition of the event in Bermuda as creditable, although he acknowledged some below par performances.

Running Brave Athletic Club athlete Andrea Foster returned to home soil in the wee hours of yesterday morning as the only athlete on Guyana’s six member CARIFTA Games team with a medal to show for her hard work despite enduring an unfriendly climate in Bermuda.

The Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) launched their Regional Conference Championships in the lead-up to the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

Six members of the 10 listed on the Guyana team are confirmed to leave these  shores today at 06:00hrs to participate in the 41st edition of the Carifta Games in Bermuda from Saturday to Easter Monday.

Five athletes and two officials have so far been  confirmed  for the 41st Carifta Games which runs from April 7-9 in Bermuda.

All 10 members of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Carifta Games team were yesterday granted visas to enable them to participate in the April 7- 9 Games in Bermuda.

The 2012 Carifta team is stuck in a financial crisis and will need approximately $G2.9 if the 10-member contingent selected by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is to participate at the April 7-9 games in Bermuda.

Linden’s Shane Webster had 21 points Saturday evening as Linden came out victorious over Georgetown at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) in the Kelvin Lawrence memorial basketball game.