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ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Left-arm spinner Gary Mathurin grabbed a career-best seven-wicket haul here yesterday but England Lions were poised to complete an emphatic victory over Windward Islands.

Bandits broke into the dressing rooms at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Friday and made off with cricket items belonging to the Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica cricketers.

Bad weather once again daunted the spirits of Guyana’s future footballers when persistent overnight rainfall submerged the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground and caused the commencement of the Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst OJ U-15 Tournament to be postponed .

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In CHENNAI Once again, they could glimpse the beguiling beauty of victory.

Given the favourable weather which prevailed over the past few days the inaugural Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Orange Juice Under-15 League for City teams is set to kick off today at the Georgetown Football Club Ground with four matches.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company declared its supports to motor racing in Guyana on Thursday  by pledging $20M dollars towards the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) at the club’s headquarters on Albert Street and Thomas Road.

The Netrockers Football Club will tomorrow stage its Annual General Meeting and election of office bearers  at the Wisburg Secondary School’s auditorium, Wisroc, Linden from 6pm.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has decided to re-run the Carifta Games trials tomorrow at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary from 11:00hrs.

The last 16 teams of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 10/10 softball cricket tournament are still making their presence known at various venues around the country as the fourth week of the softball competition ended last weekend.

Trinidad and Tobago will host the upcoming regional Under-15 cricket series. This was revealed by administrative manager of the T&T Cricket Board, Manohar Ramsaran.

Some are forgotten, some have passed on and many are still active on the field of play  and as administrators.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union has been forced to further postpone the opening of the Banks DIH Sevens Rugby Season and the School’s League.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Kyle Corbin narrowly missed his second century of the Regional First Class Championship as he led a spirited fightback for Combined Campuses and Colleges against Guyana here yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – A century stand between Jahmar Hamilton and Sherwin Peters thwarted a rampant Barbados, as they hauled Leeward Islands back into contention on the opening day of their sixth round clash of the Regional First Class Championship yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Veteran left-hander Wavell Hinds stroked a superb, unbeaten century to rescue leaders Jamaica and put them in control against Trinidad and Tobago on the opening day of their sixth round, Regional First Class Championship match here yesterday.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – England Lions secured first innings points over Windward Islands on the second day of their Regional First Class Championship clash here yesterday, but the hosts hit back late to keep themselves in contention in the sixth round fixture.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – England could not overcome  their taste for cliffhangers but at least they survived another  one against West Indies yesterday to give themselves a chance  of making it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

President of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation  Peter Green made another appeal for financial help yesterday while highlighting the outstanding success of local powerlifters  in the Caribbean and further afield.

Following their Wednesday  2 – 1 win against the US Virgin Islands, Guyana’s boys under-14 team of Daniel Lopes and Judah Stephney yesterday lost 3 – 0 to Aruba in the North/Central America & Caribbean Pre-Qualifying (WJT) when the fourth day of  competition continued in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

More teams continue to chalk up wins in the University of Guyana (UG) Inter-Faculty Basketball Tournament, which continued yesterday with a game that saw the Faculty of Technology defeating UG’s staff team 56-53.