Category: Sports

By Treiston Joseph   Four of Guyana’s top track prospects: Stephan James, Jevina Straker, Alita Moore and Chavez Ageday have attained scholarships to attend and train at the ASA College in New York, U. S. A. The four athletes have received student visas for the scholarship that will last two years at the college. However, three of the athletes Straker, Ageday and James will be winging out this morning (Wednesday) at 06: 15 hours to start their scholarship, while Moore will have to travel hopefully in a week’s time. Moore’s…

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A single V-bull separated defending champion Ransford Goodluck from his closest challenger national Vice-captain Dylan Fields after the first day of competition at the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) 2013-2014 national championship, which opened Sunday at the Timehri Rifle ranges. Goodluck shot two possibles at 300 and 500 yards and was declared winner of the prestigious Valladares Trophy, which was up for grabs for the top shooter at 500 yards in an intense battle in ‘X’ Class on a hot and bright day with subtle changing winds. The reigning champion…

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– Trophy Stall Angels cop women’s exhibition contest By Avenash Ramzan   Local side Trophy Stall and the visiting New York Better Hope softball team emerged champions of the Open and Masters categories respectively on Sunday evening when the curtains came down on the Guyana Softball Cup III at the world famous Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda. In the Open 20/ 20 final, which was contested by two GT& T 10/ 10 champions, Trophy Stall romped to a commanding nine-wicket win over West Demerara side Wolf’s Warriors, while in…

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-Overseas teams ready for competition By Avenash Ramzan   Over 20 local and overseas teams will begin the battle for supremacy on Friday when the Guyana Softball Cup III bowls off at VARIOUS venues in Georgetown. Organised by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA), the third annual tournament has attracted participation from teams Florida, New York, Canada and Guyana. Chief coordinator and Vice-president of the GFSCA, Ricky Deonarian, said all the necessary logistics are falling into place, and the organisers are confident of a successful tournament. “As we speak…

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By Ravendra Madholall   Several former Guyanese cricketers copped awards at the 18th annual Ontario Softball Cricket League (OSCL) award and presentation ceremony which was held on Saturday evening at the East Town Banquet Hall, Scarborough, Ontario. Leading the way was Ejaz Mohamed, who was adjudged Most Valuable Player (MVP), after his outstanding batting performance for the victorious Cricketer’s Cove in the grand final played recently against East Coast Cricket Club. He also took home a trophy for his unbeaten 79, while his teammate Troy Gobin was given a prize…

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– Shivnarine Chanderpaul is among the last of the cricketers around from the 1990s By Scott Oliver   As one of cricket’s iconic players takes his final cricketing curtain call in Mumbai later this month, another of its great survivors, another enduringly boyish member of Test cricket’s exclusive 10,000-run club, will be watching from the opposing ranks, doubtless demonstrating the stickability that has been the hallmark of his crabbily productive batting down the years. Shiv Chanderpaul’s career is a model of the adaptability and durability required to survive in the…

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– Jiwanram, Persaud and Ramchand share spoils Winners of last week Sunday’s Banks DIH/Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club ‘Drag Warz’ received their prizes during a presentation ceremony at the club’s facility, Albert Street and Thomas Lands, on Friday evening. Among the recipients who collected trophies and cash incentives were:  Richard Hamid (Toyota Corolla AE110), who claimed the top spot in the 15-Second Class, and Davendra Ramroop (Nissan Sunny) in the 14s Class. The 13-Second event was won by Kevin Bachan (Toyota Corolla AE100) while Paul Jiwanram held his nerve…

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– Sukhram remains queen of the fairway By Avenash Ramzan   Eighteen-year-old Avinda Kishore made a stunning comeback on the final day to clinch top honours in the Championship Flight (0-9 handicap) on Sunday when the Digicel Guyana Open golf tournament concluded at the Lusignan Golf Course, East Coast Demerara. The indomitable Christine Sukhram maintained her stranglehold on the Ladies Flight (0-36), landing her eighth consecutive Guyana Open title, while Roy Cummings and Esau Shamshudin won the B Flight (10-18) and C Flight (19-28) respectively. At the end of the…

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Standing 36 centimetres tall and weighing six kilogrammes, the original 18-carat gold FIFA World Cup trophy arrived in Guyana on Wednesday, creating a frenzy among those privileged to get up close and personal with the iconic sculpture of football. Onboard a specially chartered aircraft, the sparkling trophy, football’s most coveted prize, landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport precisely at 09:00h after a 20-minute flight from Suriname, one of its 22 stops on the Caribbean tour. As CJIA staffers, local journalists and curious on-lookers waited patiently to get a glimpse…

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– embraced as a Sports and Tourism Ambassador for Guyana Guyana will be proudly represented by America-born Benjamin Mekdeci at the upcoming U.S. Squash Open tournament. The disclosure was made on Friday when Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister, Irfaan Ali, met with members of the Mekdeci family in his ministry’s South Road office. According to a release from the Tourism Ministry, the minister has fully endorsed Mekdeci as a sports and tourism ambassador for Guyana. “We are happy to say that Ben, whose mother is an American and whose dad…

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