By Avenash Ramzan Hundreds of students, athletes, teachers and officials were on Wednesday morning reminded of the importance of fitness and exercise as Guyana joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Challenge Day. Participants of 19 schools, drawn from Houston to Timehri on the East Bank of Demerara participated in the activity, which is an annual undertaking by the National Sports Commission at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. The activity, which was celebrated across the world, was aimed at adopting a new attitude towards active living by stimulating…
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Five Berbician strongmen on national team for July 1-7 Florida c/ships
Lifters from the Ancient County, Berbice, are set to create history at the 14th annual International Powerlifting Federation (IPF)/North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF)/FESUPO Pan American championship in Orlando, Florida, from July 1-7. For the first time, a total of five strongmen from that part of the country will make the national powerlifting team.Four will compete in the junior division, while the other will represent Guyana in the Open category.In the junior division, the Berbicians are Sub-junior 2012 Caribbean champion, Gumendra Shewdas (53kg class and NSC Sports awardee), Vijai Rahim…
Read MoreGuyana cross first hurdle, beat Barbados 19-17
By Rajiv Bisnauth – Guyana’ s 15s rugby team on Saturday was able to cross the first hurdle in their quest to further advance in the North American and Caribbean Rugby Association’s (NACRA) Senior Men 15s Caribbean championship, when they edged Barbados 19- 17, at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. Guyana will play Trinidad and Tobago on June 1 and a win will ensure that they set up a clash for the NACRA title against either Southern USA or defending title holders Bermuda, who defeated the locals last year at…
Read MoreGuyanese youth completes training at high-performance centre in Miami
Guyana’s Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) guard Dominic Vincente recently returned from a high-performance training centre in Miami, Florida and is confident the experience will improve his game. The 19-year-old guard of Marian Academy received the opportunity after performing creditably at a training programme in Suriname where he was the best defensive player. Vincente, who plays with the pass first mentality but can hit the open outside jumper as well as getting to the rim, revealed that the training in Miami was of a higher intensity. “It is very rigorous, it’s a…
Read MoreBattle for national Guinness football title starts Friday
Eight teams will battle for supremacy and a chance to represent Guyana at the Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge when the national Guinness Greatest of the Streets championship opens on Friday at the Demerara Park, Banks DIH parking lot. Silver Bullets and Silent Assassins of Linden, Leopold Street and Back Circle of Georgetown, Plaisance and Victoria Church Yard, representing East Coast Demerara, and Millennium and Hard Core of Bartica, are the teams vying to represent Guyana. The tournament, sponsored by Banks DIH Limited, through its Guinness brand, brings together the…
Read MoreCanadian superbiker Kevin Graham has eyes set on top spot
By Ravendra Madholall A confident superbike stalwart, Kevin Graham is ready to star on Sunday at the Dover Park Race track in Jamaica as the 2013 Caribbean Motor Racing Championships roll off. The Canadian once again will be representing Guyana in this category and feels this season opener should be exciting on his Kawasaki 600cc Bike when the action gets cracking from 08:30hrs. Graham has been riding for Guyana for the past three decades and this year wouldn’t be any different for the veteran as he is set to team…
Read MoreExcitement building for CPL showdown
With the start of the inaugural Caribbean Premier League tournament less than three months away, CPL officials have recently concluded a tour of the six franchise countries – Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, St Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago – meeting with government ministers of sports and tourism, cricket board executives, stadium management teams/owners and tourism authorities. The man charged with the task of keeping the relevant parties in each franchise country informed about, and satisfied with the preparations as it relates to their country and the overall tournament…
Read MoreWhat if Romain Etwaroo had remained in Georgetown?
His triple century remained unchallenged after forty years… Forty seven years ago, to this day the question keeps popping up: “What if Romain Etwaroo had remained in Georgetown?” It is tempting to speculate as to what might have been the future of Etwaroo had he descended the pavilion steps to face the Barbados attack, instead of Roy Fredericks. Would he have gone on to play Test cricket as some of his colleagues did? What were his feelings about getting so close to greatness and having it snatched away? There are…
Read MoreGuyana’s wild scenery
Guyana boasts an irresistible combination of fascinating and breathtaking natural beauty, pristine rainforests, immense waterfalls, and amazing wildlife, blended with a vibrant indigenous culture and diverse rich heritages. Matt Hallett, a graduate student of the Miami University’s Institute for the Environment and Sustainability (IES), considers himself very honoured to see this natural beauty on a daily basis. Matt is continuously researching and exploring Guyana’s biodiversity for many years. He is also an affiliate of the Rupununi Learners Inc. and has been volunteering his time and knowledge towards returning the favour…
Read MoreOur language heritage
According to ‘Ethnologue, Languages of the World’, the number of individual languages listed for Guyana is 17. Of these, 14 are living and 3 are extinct. Of the living languages, 2 are institutional, 7 are in trouble, and 5 are dying. Guyana’s national language is English, the language used in education, work, mass media, and government at the national level – an inheritance of our British colonial history; while Guyanese Creole English, according to ‘Ethologue’, is the “De facto language of national identity”, spoken by 650,000 individuals of an estimated…
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