MHS aiming to make clean sweep again By Rawle Toney The 5th Annual Victory Valley Royals Basketball Tournament will officially bounce off today in Linden at the MacKenzie Sports Club hard court and the tournament’s defending champions, MacKenzie High School (MHS) is making it clear that they’re serious about winning again.
Seventeen-year-old Vijay Rahim of Hardcore Gym lifted his way to three national records and the best lifter title when the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) held its 2009 National Novices Competition at Club Blue Note last Sunday.
DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Australia will look to take advantage of the absence of experienced South Africa all- rounder Jacques Kallis when the teams begin their five-match one-day series today.
The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) and its Windies Sports Bar first division team bade an emotional and heartfelt farewell last Sunday to long standing sponsor and honorary member David Burgess.
`I’m a old man so I’ll looking to finish things early’- Eastman By Rawle Toney On April 25 national Middleweight champion and world renowned Howard “Battersea Bomber” Eastman will match gloves with Lennox “Too Sharp” Allen at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall for the vacant super middleweight title of Guyana.
Fruta Conquerors and Alpha United both recorded their second wins of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Banks Premium Beer Knockout Tournament at the Tucville Playfield Sunday to enter the semi-final round.
Hemant Narine, on the comeback trail, turned back a strong challenge from his opponents to win the GNRA .22 LR Precision Pistol Shoot last Saturday at Eve Leary ranges.
Following a three-and-a-half-hour practice session at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) ground yesterday, the junior selection panel of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has short-listed a 34- man squad for two 40 overs-a-side trial matches.
A brutal and exciting innings of 111 not out off 55 balls from wicketkeeper Delbert Hicks led his team Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar to victory over Port Mourant in the finals of the Whim Police Station Management team 20/20 tournament.
The Guyana Hockey Board has shortlisted a 41-member men’s hockey team comprising youth and experienced players in preparation for the upcoming Caribbean Hockey Cup billed for June 22 – 29 in Kingston, Jamaica.
– New points system put in place, says Sports Director Director of Sports Neil Kumar says that all arrangements have been put in place for the upcoming Inter-Guiana Games and a new points system will replace the complicated one that was used previously.
– priority to get back into FIDE In a solid show of support incumbent president of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Errol Tiwari was unanimously re-elected to another term when the federation held its AGM and elections Sunday.
Delmur Gold, La Bayomosa and Miss Republic each carted off one of the three feature races when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf and Sports Club held its first horse racing event of the year at their Alness Village, Corentyne track last Sunday.
The semifinals of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Gafoors sponsored nationwide 20/20 first division cricket competition will be contested tomorrow, with both matches commencing simultaneously at 13:00hrs.
By Rawle Toney Alpha ‘The Hammers’ United has been practising at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue, ahead of their away game in the 2009 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup in Haiti against Tempete FC.
Browne, Sarwan and Watkins score centuriesPolice Sports Club’s(PSC) Rawle Browne, Transport Sports Club’s (TSC) Marcus Watkins and Georgetown Cricket Club’s (GCC) Ravi Sarwan struck centuries when second round action of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink Plus first division competition concluded Sunday at several venues in Georgetown.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Narsingh Deonarine grabbed the opportunity to stroke another half-century and push his season aggregate to within sight of 1000 runs, as Guyana’s 12th round WICB Regional match finished in a tame draw against Trinidad & Tobago yesterday.
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – Runako Morton’s appetite for runs led him yesterday to an unprecedented second double century in as many games, the first time in the history of sponsored regional cricket — since 1966 — that a batsman has scored double centuries in consecutive matches.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Spinners Veerasammy Permaul and Davindra Bishoo combined for seven wickets and steered Guyana to first innings points over Trinidad and Tobago on the third day of their 12th round WICB Regional Four-day match yesterday.
-says Director of Sports, Neil Kumar `Her love for sports encouraged many a competitive rivalry in and out the party’ The late president of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Janet Jagan preached keeping fit and was responsible for private swimming pools to be made available to local swimmers according to Director of Sports, Neil Kumar.
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