USA-based Guyanese Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry aptly exemplified his alias by dishing out a sound beating on Barbados’ Selwyn Lett to successfully defend his World Boxing Council’s (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) Bantamweight title at the WBC CABOFE Caribbean Cup Eliminators last Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown. The classy young fighter wasted little time in disposing of his opponent, who was literally converted into a human punching bag during the one minute, 58 seconds the bout lasted. Dharry used the opening seconds to get his…
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Persaud cops 35-lap race
By Rajiv Bisnauth The experienced Robin Persaud emerged champion of the 21st annual R&R International-sponsored post-Mashramani 11-race cycling programme at the inner circuit of the National Park on Saturday. Competing in the feature 35-lap School Boys and Invitational race, Persaud finished with a winning time of one hour, 17 minutes, 34 seconds (01h:17m:34s). The talented Marlon Williams finished in second position, while Raymond Newton ended in third spot, followed by Orville Hinds, Paul De Nobrega and Walter Grant-Stuart in that order to round off the top six finishers. Raynauth…
Read MoreBCB names Elite Under-15 and Under-19 training squads
The Berbice Cricket Board has named two elite junior squads as it forges ahead with its preparation for the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-county under-15 and 19 tournaments. The BCB, over the last four weeks, has organised four clinics for fast bowlers, wicket keepers, batsmen and spinners, along with coaching sessions around the entire county. A one-day cricket academy was also organised in the West Berbice area. Chairman of the Junior Selection Committee Leslie Solomon and the coaches involved in the coaching programme selected the squad which would start…
Read MorePromote sport as an economic vehicle – Caricom youth ambassador
Dean of Caricom Youth Ambassador Corps, Kerry Frank said that the time has come for the Caribbean region to benefit in economic terms from the promotion of sport. Frank stated that many youth have excelled in various athletics including track and field and cricket, naming Veronica Campbell-Brown and Usain Bolt as forces to be reckoned with, providing much-needed recognition for the Caribbean region. “It is time we move to benefit more in economic terms from these successes and develop the human capital to face the modern challenges of our world.”…
Read MoreGuyana’s ‘Ruggers’ to train at U.S. Olympic center ahead of Hong Kong tourney
Following the recently-concluded Las Vegas Invitational Sevens tournament where the national rugby team was declared joint champions, the local ruggers will now shift their attention to the HSBC Sevens World Series in Hong Kong to be staged in March. The team was declared joint champions of the Bowl round with the Denver Barbarians. Director of the sevens team, Mike McCormack at a press conference at the Olympic House, High Street, Kingston on Monday told the media that the team will be heading to the US Olympic center for a one…
Read MoreGreat show expected
By Avenash Ramzan With four days to go before the historic staging of the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) Caribbean Cup Eliminators, the participating overseas boxers have began to arrive in Guyana for the five-fight title card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown. A source close to the Guyana Boxing Board of Control told this publication that Guyana’s former world champion, Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite, and the Barbados trio of Revlon Lake, Shawn Cox and Miguel Antoine are scheduled to touch down today (Wednesday). United…
Read MoreSarwan is back!
-Will play in remaining Regional preliminary matches Ramnaresh Sarwan will be back in Guyana’s team for the last three preliminary matches of the ongoing West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-Day tournament according to information coming out of the Guyana Cricket Board yesterday (Tuesday). According to a release from the GCB Sarwan met with members of the GCB on Friday 17. After that meeting, he wrote the Board indicating his availability to represent Guyana. Sarwan has had a chaotic past few months with the GCB that saw him being dropped…
Read MoreYoung Ramdhani wins award, creates history
By Avenash Ramzan At the tender age of 10, the versatile Priyanna Ramdhani has not only won the Junior Sportswoman-of-the-Year award for 2011, but also stamped her name in history as the youngest person to ever win a National Sports Commission accolade ever since it became an annual feature in the 1950s. Born January 2, 2002 to Mr. and Mrs. Gokarn Ramdhani, the badminton champion, table-tennis star, chess fanatic, and lover of cricket and football has managed to maintain a good grade at Marian Academy, while still practicing the disciplines…
Read MoreGovernment preparing dossier to send to ICC
– Financial improprieties core concern By Rajiv Bisnauth The Government of Guyana is presently preparing a dossier on Guyana’s recent troubled administrative past by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to send to the International Cricket Council (ICC) so that it may inform future discussions, according to a government source. The source also indicated that this document will be finished by this weekend and it will outline, according to the source, all the allegations of financial improprieties, executive lawlessness, among other things, prior to the formation of the government’s Interim Management…
Read MoreSteering Committee formed to resuscitate table tennis along ECD
The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), on Sunday, February 12, established a Steering Committee to breathe new life into the administration of the sport along the East Coast of Demerara at the Plaisance Community Centre. This move is a fulfillment of part of the GTTA’s mandate to resuscitate the sport throughout the country. The executive of the GTTA agreed that a new direction needs to be taken to elevate the current level of the sport along the East Coast, which had been dormant for some years. Dr. Pradeep Balram was…
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