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Junior Caribbean TT Championship team encamped in Cuba

April 10, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Melinda Bishundyal The Junior national table tennis team is currently encamped in Cuba preparing for the Junior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships scheduled from April 4- 9 in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean country. The team consists of David Duncan, Stefan Corlette, Sachin Panday, and Sunil Logan in the 18 and under Boys category; Shemar Britton, Joshua Lalbachan, Joseph Johnson, Elishaba Johnson, and Briton Murray in the 15 and under Boys; Chelsea Edghill in the 15 and Under Girls; Akecia Nedd in the 18 and under Girls. The team’s management includes Deirdre…

Chanderpaul belts unbeaten 212 from 65 balls in Florida

March 30, 2012March 30, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Avenash Ramzan The Region’s most experienced batsman, Shivarine Chanderpaul, clobbered a brutal double hundred at the weekend to spur Sarasota International Cricket Club (SICC) to an emphatic 159-run win over Middlesex Cricket Club (MCC) in a feature 35-over game at Sarasota, Florida. The left-handed former West Indies captain cracked a belligerent 212 not out from only 65 balls as SICC piled up 332-3 from the allotted overs. MCC folded for 173 in their turn at the crease. Chanderpaul, a veteran of 137 Tests and 268 ODIs, was very severe…

Guyana govt will move to court if WICB fails to fulfil request

March 30, 2012 TIMES INT'L

The Guyana government will move to the court if the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) fails to comply with its request to have all records relating to the failed Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) rectified to reflect the interest of Guyana, according to Attorney General Anil Nandlall. Nandlall, through lawyers for the government, on March 21 wrote a letter to the WICB, requesting that all records relating to the dissolved GCB be rectified to reflect the interest of Guyana. The WICB has until April 12 to make available all the necessary…

Boxing, swimming to benefit from expertise of Cuban coaches

March 30, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Avenash Ramzan The Sport Ministry has secured the services of two highly qualified coaches from the Spanish-speaking country of Cuba to assist the respective local athletes and associations in the areas of boxing and swimming to realise their full potentials. The two experts, boxing coach Francisco Hernandez Roldan and swimming coach Isabel Maria Couso Fals, were introduced to local media operatives yesterday at a press conference hosted by the ministry in its boardroom at Main Street, Georgetown. The 46-year-old Roldan holds a Bachelors Degree in Physical Culture and Recreation…

Darren Bravo dropped from T20 squad

March 30, 2012 TIMES INT'L

West Indies have released the out-of-form Darren Bravo from the squad for Friday’s second Twenty20 in Barbados and called in the Jamaica batsman Danza Hyatt. Bravo has been sent back to domestic cricket in the hope that he can find some form ahead of the three-Test series, and he will play for Trinidad & Tobago this weekend in the Regional Four-Day semi-final. Bravo has struggled against Australia, with scores of 4, 16, 0, 25 and three in the ODIs, followed by a scratchy 12 in the T20 loss in St…

Guyana open Hong Kong Sevens campaign against Portugal

March 23, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Guyana’s national Sevens rugby team will open their Hong Kong campaign against Portugal on Friday, March 23. The team arrived in Hong Kong on Monday after they concluded a five-day training camp in Los Angeles and at the USA Olympic Centre in Chula Vista where the team scrimmaged with Rugby USA. Reports from Team Manager, Mike Mc Cormack, indicated that the team is fully fit, except for Christopher Singh who is recovering from a groin injury. Mc Cormack in a release from the association stated that the team is in…

‘I am more mentally focused’- Fudadin

March 23, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Avenash Ramzan Ever since arriving on the scene as an effervescent all-rounder at the Under-15 level in the late 90s, Assad Badyr Fudadin, has been earmarked as one for the future. And so the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) interest in his development was exemplified when he was drafted in for the Cross Cutter Under-15 World Cup team in 2000, and four years later, in the West Indies Under-19 World Cup squad. That same year he would graduate to the Regional First-Class level, making his debut for the West…

Hikers win to surge to pole position

March 23, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Hikers surged to the top of the points table of the John Fernandes Insurance Services Limited Second Division Hockey League with a compelling 4-0 victory over the Airbenders on Tuesday. In typical fashion, the Airbenders started the game on even keel with the league leaders, stringing together constructive build-ups, but failed to execute in the final quarter of the field. The Hikers’ typical style of fast-paced counter-attack excited the crowd with several near-misses before young Aroydy Branford put his team ahead with a clinical finish in the 26th minute. The…

Gov’t will seek ways to retrieve GCB assets – Attorney General

March 15, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Ariana Gordon The Guyana government will be looking at avenues to retrieve all assets that were once owned by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and were transferred to a private company, according to Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall. He made this comment at the 23rd Intercessional meeting of the Caricom Heads of Government, in Parimaribo, Suriname, held on March 8-9. The GCB assets have been transferred to a private company. “We have to find a way of getting back these assets, we also have to…

‘I’m fighting for a legacy’

March 15, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry: from humble beginnings to the pinnacle of the WBC CABOFE Bantamweight division By Avenash Ramzan “At the sound of the bell… Round Number One!” As announcer Basil Bradshaw retreats to ring side and the bell tolls, Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry charges out of the blue corner, and dances his way into Selwyn Lett’s quarter. His eyes focused on his opponent; gloves waiting, brain ticking. He follows his opponent’s every move like a hungry lion waiting to pounce on its prey. Suddenly, he finds an opening. Out…