Category: Sports

By Rajiv Bisnauth Watched by a capacity crowd at the Albion Community Center ground, Eon Hooper played a mature innings to help guide Universal DVD Berbice Titans to a four-wicket win over the Hits and Jams Superstars in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Playing in the feature 15/15 exhibition game in third annual Berbice Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inter-Agency cricket tournament, Hooper hit an unbeaten 15- ball 30 as his team reached 135 for 6 with three overs to spare, chasing 129 for victory. This was much to…

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The bedrock of West Indies batting, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, was honoured last Friday evening with an ‘Honourary Membership for Life’ by the Everest Cricket Club (ECC). This is the first time that the left-hander has been given such an honour, one which he, quite bizarrely, never received at the club which he honed his skills as a youngster- the Georgetown Cricket Club. President of the ECC, Rajesh Singh, conferred the membership on Chanderpaul during a simple ceremony on the pavillion of the club. The former world number one ranked Test batsman…

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– Three CABOFE title fights on October 27 card By Avenash Ramzan Two new Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) champions will be crowned, while another will put his title on the line on October 27 when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control stages ‘The Redemption’- a five-fight card- at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. While USA-based Guyanese Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry will look to defend his WBC CABOFE bantamweight title against Jamaican Rudolph Hedge in the main supporting clash, Guyana’s former world champion, Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite will trade punches with…

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By Avenash Ramzan Guyana’s chances of reaping maximum rewards at the World Open Championship from October 29 to November 4 has been dealt a massive blow, as the phenomenal Dawn Barker has picked up an injury that will keep her out of action for another three weeks. Barker, the reigning Sports-woman-of- the-Year and Commonwealth record holder in the 84+ kg Class, along with Caribbean record-holder in the 83kg Class, Randolph Morgan, was set to represent Guyana at the event, which is billed for Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. However, Morgan will be…

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– Junior champion DeNobrega wins final stage By Avenash RAmzan Team Coco’s Jaime Ramirez emerged as the overall winner of the sixth annual ‘Ride for Life’ Five-Stage cycling meet that concluded on Sunday in Georgetown, but it was Guyanese Paul DeNobrega, who stole the spotlight in the final stage of the gruelling 266-mile event. Ramirez took the title in the senior category in record time while DeNobrega, also riding with Team Coco, copped the junior title. Ramirez, who won the first stage from Corriverton to New Amsterdam on Thursday morning,…

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By Avenash Ramzan It was billed as ‘youth versus experience.’ Many expected youth to prevail over experience. On judges’ card it did, but in actuality, the young undefeated Simeon ‘Candyman’ Hardy produced a lacklustre performance and was given a boxing lesson by the accomplished and resurgent Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman in the main event of the ‘Invasion of the Park’ boxing card on Saturday evening. A sparse, but vocal crowd, left the Thirst Park ground in the wee hours of Sunday morning with a bitter taste in their mouth, after…

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– Golden Jaguars to contest Group Two from October 21-25 Guyana’s Golden Jaguars will begin their quest for supremacy in the Caribbean Cup football tournament in less than two weeks, and Head Coach, Jamaal Shabazz, said a “slightly different squad” will compete in the event from the one that is currently part of the Brazil 2014 World Cup Qualifiers. Speaking at a Guyana Football Federation (GFF) press conference recently, Shabazz said that the management of the team will be looking to expose as many local players as possible during the…

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Guyana’s marksman, Lennox Braithwaite turned in creditable performance to accumulate 200 points with 16 V Bulls to lead the points table when action on the second day of the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Championships concluded at the Timehri Rifle Ranges on Wednesday afternoon. Braithwaite assumed the lead from Jamaica’s John Nelson who was leading at the conclusion of the opening day on Tuesday with 116 points with 10 V Bulls. It was a remarkable overall performance for the local shooters as Captain Mahendar Persaud recorded 199 points with 20 V…

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St. Joseph’s High School cruised to a big win in the field events of the East Georgetown Zone Inter-Schools competition at the Guyana Teachers’ Union ground on Wednesday. SJH finished on 292 points with Tutorial High School being the closest finisher on 202 points. North Georgetown came third with 169 points. St Winifred Secondary totaled 98, followed by New Campbeville Secondary (90), Mae’s Secondary (89), Queenstown Secondary (83), Mercy Wing Vocational (71), Sophia Special (7), and Royal Academy Educational Institute (4). Meanwhile, students, teachers and onlookers were locked on the…

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