Sports

De Sinco U-17 league climaxes…

Renaissance Under-17 footballers saved their best for last when they hammered Santos 4-0 at the Tucville ground as the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) De Sinco tournament ended with four matches at two venues on Saturday.

Samaroo first centurion B’ce Carib Beer/Pepsi Twenty20

Former Berbice opening batsman Balram Samaroo highlighted the third round of the Berbice zone matches of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Carib Beer/Pepsi sponsored Twenty20 first division cricket competition continued on Friday when five of the six scheduled matches were played.

Goodluck marches on

Defending champion Ransford Goodluck took an assailable lead at the end of day two of the National Rifle Shooting championships shooting two possibles in the process yesterday at the Timehri Rifle ranges.

Mayor’s B/day tourney kicks off today

Eight pulsating games will bring the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground alive this evening when the seven-a-side football competition in honour of Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green’s 73rd birthday kicks off.

Defending champ Sukhram leads ladies’ category

Bad light intervened forcing an adjournment to the men’s 0-9 flight but defending champion Christine Sukhram leads in the ladies category at the end of day one of the Smirnoff Guyana Open Golf championships at the Lusig-nan Golf Course yesterday.

Fudadin 237 no, Crandon 109 as B/ce pile up mammoth 523-3

Assad Fudadin (237*) and Royston Crandon (110) posted 209 for the first-wicket as Berbice, in reply to Essequibo’s first innings score of 160, ended on 523-3 at the close of the second day’s play of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter County four day match at the Demerara Cricket Club ground, Queenstown yesterday.

GFA Premier league…

Camptown defeated Wes-tern Tigers 1-0 while Police failed to show up for their match against Santos on Friday evening as the Georgetown Foot-ball Association (GFA) Premier League competition continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

North G/town crowned overall champs

North Georgetown claimed the 2007 National School’s Champion of Champions trophy last night when the curtain closed on the 47th annual Cycling, Swimming and Athletic championships at the National Stadium at Providence to conclude very eventful championships.

Gordon and Crandon put B’ce in charge

Fiery fast bowling from Jeremy Gordon (6-35) and a blistering unbeaten 48 from Royston Crandon helped Berbice take control of their Inter-County four-day cricket match against Essequibo at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, yesterday.

Carib Beer/Pepsi Twenty20 competition.

A helmet trick from Guyana’s Stanford Tw-enty/ 20 star Lennox Cush and a belligerent 98 from Chris Barnwell were the highlights of the third round of matches of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Carib Beer/Pepsi-sponsored Twenty20 first-division competition played yesterday.

Persaud, Tiwari maintain lead

The National Closed chess championships will resume today at the Ocean Spray Hotel with two rounds of play each in the senior and junior divisions.

Goodluck looking to extend lead

Following a sterling performance on the opening day, defending champion Ransford Goodluck will be looking to extend his lead when action resumes on day two of the National Rifle Shooting Championships today at the Timehri Rifle ranges.

Govt. mulling more support for K & S tourney

Fresh off the announcement that President Bharrat Jagdeo would be picking the 750,000 dollar first prize and the incurred Valued Added Tax for the Kashif and Shanghai tournament, the Ministry of Sport has said that it is considering requests from the organizers regarding the ministry’s involvement this year.

Neal and Massy Day of Sports today

The Neal and Massy Sports Club has organised a Day of Sports today at Thirst Park the highlight of which, will be a feature 15-over softball cricket match between a Management team and a Rest side.

Halley stuns Horatio!

Carlon Halley of Corentyne/ District Six, stunned crowd favourite Dennis Horatio in the final of the male U-20 1500m metres yesterday at the National Schools Track and Field championships in what was the most exhilarating day of competition in this year’s event.

CLICO donates jerseys to U-17 cricketers

With the continued promise of sponsorship for the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Under-17 Inter-County competitions for 2008 and beyond, insurance giants CLICO (Guyana) Limited handed over jerseys to the Guyana/CLICO under -17 team at the GCB office on Tuesday afternoon.

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