MCY&S eight Inter-Block football tourney kicks off on Saturday
THE eight Inter-Block Football programme organised by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCY&S) will kick-off on Saturday with a double header at the Plaisance Community Centre ground.
The feature match brings together 40 Block and Scheme from 20:00h, while the curtain raiser which is scheduled for 18:00h will see 110 Street tackling Ogle/Industry.
According to […]
FOOD for the Poor (Guyana) Inc. donates cricket gear to sports clubs
FOOD for the Poor (Guyana) Inc. yesterday handed over $1.95M in cricket gear to various clubs from the East Bank of Demerara and Georgetown districts.
The organisation had previously made a donation to other city clubs earlier in the year and yesterday’s gesture was in keeping with its belief that sports is crucial for the […]
TCL UNDER-19 SCOREBOARDS
GUYANA v WINDWARDS
GUYANA 1st innings 118
WINDWARD ISLANDS 1st innings
(o/n 120 for three)
W. Harper c La Fleur b Bishun 27
D. Smith c Foo b Bishun 32
K. Hodge c La Fleur b Bishun 4
J. Jervier c Latcha b Scott 25
D. Polius lbw b Scott 25
R. Paul c wkp. Bramble b Joseph 3
K. Cottoy c wkp. Bramble […]
Kerron Cottoy torments Guyana’s batsmen again
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Kerron Cottoy again tormented Guyana, as Windward Islands held firm in their TCL Group West Indies Under-19 match yesterday.
Cottoy, the Windwards captain, snared four wickets for 47 runs from 27 overs, as Guyana, trailing by 71 runs from the first innings, reached 153 for six in their second innings when […]
President’s College upset Plaisance Community High 49-35
Pepsi National Schools’ Basketball …
THE Pepsi National Schools’ Basketball Festival once more produced some entertaining and thrilling play as the nation’s schoolboys tussled last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
In the first match President’s College (PC), who went into the tournament with an underdog tag, sprung a surprise attack on Plaisance Community High who […]
Caribbean junior squash championships
Guyana start defence of several titles today
LOCAL squash players will be seeking to retain the overall team, girls’ and individual titles from today, when the Caribbean Junior Squash Championships serve off today in Bermuda.
Guyana are the defending overall team champions and well as the girls’ team champions. The locals also won four individual titles […]
Corentyne District through to National semis
Republic Bank Right Start Schools’ Under-15 Cricket
DISTRICT Six, Corentyne, are through to the national semi-finals of the Republic Bank-sponsored Right Start Secondary Schools Under-15 40 Overs Cricket Competition after trouncing New Amsterdam/Canje by 71 runs.
In their quarter-final played last Saturday, at the Port Mourant ground, Corentyne, upon winning the toss and taking first strike, rattled […]
Sookdeo’s second half-century steers Guyana to victory
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Jeetendra Sookdeo stroked another composed half-century and steered Guyana to a five-wicket victory over the Leeward Islands in their TCL Group West Indies Under-19 match yesterday.
The 17-year-old Sookdeo followed up his first innings 53 with 77 as the Guyanese — set 134 to win – completed victory at 134 for five […]
Eastman beats Dalton to claim middleweight title
LONDON-based Guyanese Howard Eastman turned in a top class performance to win the national middleweight title by points decision over a determined `Deadly’ Denny Dalton at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday night, when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control staged its `Judgement Day’ five-fight card.
Judges Andrew Thorne, Bernard De Santos and Lionel Sullivan […]
Windies sink to crushing 5-0 series loss
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Deflated West Indies, stunned by an amazing run-spree from Australia, succumbed to a 5-0 series whitewash after going under to the tourists by 169 runs in the final Digicel One-Day International at Warner Park yesterday.
After Australia pummelled a hapless attack for 341 for eight in 50 overs, West Indies never […]