Treiston Joseph

Distance queen Alika Morgan was handed her first 10 kilometres defeat for the year on local soil when she competed at the 2011 Courts revival 10k road race yesterday.

Guyana’s most productive junior athlete this year, Stephan James, will return to the international circuit this weekend when he makes his debut at the South American Junior Championships in Guarne, Colombia.

Luck was definitely a part of the West Indies women team’s Twenty/20 super over victory over Pakistan last Sunday night at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

The Pakistani women cricketers put a blemish in the West Indies women team’s dominance when they secured a win over the host side Saturday  night in the first of two Twenty/20 International match-ups at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

The hottest junior sprint rivals for the year will become teammates when junior sprint champion Chavez Ageday and 400 metres junior champion Stephan James join forces to represent the Golden Arrowhead at the upcoming Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) slated for October in Suriname.

The three athletes who have been selected to represent Guyana at the Commonwealth Youth Games are now counting down to the September 7-13 event in the Isle of Man, an island of Great Britain in the Irish Sea off the northwest coast of England.

National cyclist Geron Williams made the most of his six-month stay in the United States where he was training and also competing in various events.

Two time gold medalist in the 1500 metres at the Carifta Games Jevina Straker suffered a heavy defeat yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary as the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) hosted its annual Inter Guiana Games (IGG) Trials.

Coach of Rising Stars Athletic Club, Leslie Black, is questioning the non-selection of Carifta’s two-time gold medalist Jevina Straker on the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games team  billed   to compete at the September 7-13 Games in the Isle of Man.

Guyana produced a sub par performance finishing third at the recent Caribbean Table Tennis Championships  held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall but national coach Linden Johnson feels the players could have done better.

Christopher Barnwell’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) performance led the Celebrity Athletes to a marginal victory over the Celebrity Entertainers of the annual Celebrity Athletes versus Entertainers Basketball showdown at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall last Sunday.

Drama and tension defined the ladies singles final as Trinidad’s Rheann Chung played a masterful game to win the  title of the Caribbean Table Tennis Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

Guyana’s male and female singles competitors sealed their spots in the final round of the singles competition of the 53rd Caribbean Table Tennis Championships which continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

The under-21 category spelt some success for Guyana as national player Nigel Bryan along with his female counterpart Trenace Lowe picked up a bronze and silver medal respectively when the Caribbean Table Tennis Championships continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) last Tuesday.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will host its  Inter-Guiana Games trials on August 28 at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary from 10:00hrs.

Guyana’s Desiree Lancaster turned it up a notch to win the female veteran title while the Dominican Republic proved their superiority yet again when they claimed both the male and female double titles as the 53rd edition of the Caribbean Table Tennis Championships continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Trinidad and Tobago walked away with an easy mixed doubles title when the 2011 Caribbean Table Tennis Championships continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall (CASH).

One of the most devastating Twenty20 batsmen in the World Chris Gayle of Jamaica and West Indies fame says it is a privilege to be in Guyana to play in the Jamzone Twenty/20 Masters Cup which began last night with the semi-final round.

Table Tennis umpires in Guyana will benefit from a three-day umpire’s clinic which started yesterday and is being conducted by Canada’s International Umpire/Referee, Delano Lai Fatt at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

Guyana had sub-par performances at the recent Caribbean Basketball Championships in The Bahamas, finishing overall in seventh place out of 10 teams that participated in the prestigious event.