Year: 2012

By Avenash Ramzan After a meeting involving the relevant stakeholders on Wednesday afternoon, it was decided that the sixth edition of ‘Ride for Life’ Five-Stage cycling event will be staged on October 10-14, covering a distance of 226 miles of the country’s roadways. Guyana’s Sport Minister Dr. Frank Anthony, Permanent Secretary of the Sport Ministry Alfred King, Guyana Cycling Federation president Cheryl Thompson, Director of Sport Neil Kumar, national cycling coach Hassan Mohamed and National Aids Programme Secretariat (NAPS) representative Nazim Hussein were present at the meeting. Speaking to this…

Guyana has been confirmed for the 54th Senior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships in the Dominican Republic from August 22- 27. The other countries that are already confirmed are Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia and French Guiana. Guyana’s male team consists of Brad Belle, Nigel Bryan, Paul David, Paul Meusa and Joel Allen while on the distaff side there are Trenace Lowe, Chelsea Edghill and Natalie Cummings. In the veterans’ category, Desire Lancaster is the lone female while the male team comprises…

By Rajiv Bisnauth The Jamzone Masters’ Cup T20 competition was called off on Tuesday after unsuccessful negotiations with the Hits and Jams Group, West Indies Cricket Board, Guyana Cricket Board and other stakeholders. The Hits and Jams Group had to enter into talks with the regional and local governing bodies after the WICB Manager of Operations, Roland Holder, had written to territorial board warning that if their players participated in this weekend’s tournament they would have faced likely sanctions since the tournament was not approved. In a statement issued last…

Guyana’s Under-20 Jaguars saved the best for last by defeating old rivals Suriname 2-1 in their final Group game of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) FIFA Under-20 World Cup Qualifying competition at Victoria Park, Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines on Sunday afternoon. After suffering defeats to Trinidad and Tobago (2-1) and the host nation (3-1), the young Guyanese turned up the heat on the Surinamese who had won their previous matches, needling SVG, then hammering T& T 3-0. In a fierce game that saw a total of five yellow…

The Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) will host the West Indies Fullbore championships during the second week in October. The tournament is expected to attract shooters from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and host Guyana. The Jamaicans are the defending champions following their narrow two-point win over Guyana in the short range team match in Antigua last year. The Guyanese however, hold the long range title which they won in Barbados in 2010. National fullbore captain Mahendra Persaud said recorded shoots will start from next week,…

By Avenash Ramzan In an effort to ensure the holistic development of football from Pee Wee right up to the senior level, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will commence work on an eight-year development plan, with recommendations from key stakeholders within the fraternity. The ambitious plan, which is geared at charting the way forward for local football, should be finalised by the end of the year. The disclosure was made recently by Deputy General Secretary of the GFF, George Rutherford, who said the whole thrust behind the idea is to…