Month: May 2013

Guyana retains long range shooting title

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Guyana’s rifle shooters retained the long range title while Lennox Braithwaite remains the West Indies individual shooting champion as the West Indies rifle shooting championships continued Wednesday at the Paragon ranges in Barbados. The national shooters defied tough, windy conditions and fierce opposition from nemesis Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua/ Barbuda and host Barbados to capture victory in the 900 and 1000 yards shoot with a grand total of 697 with 30 V bulls. Guyana shot 349 with 15 Vs at 900 yards and came back to record 348 with…

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Mars tops GABBFF national novices

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The Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) hosted the national novices championships on Sunday evening, with Berbician Dwayne Mars flexing his way to the overall title at the Threatre Guild in Kingston, Georgetown. Mars, the 2012 Berbice Flex Night champion, proved that his success at that event in the Ancient County was no fluke, as he powered his way to victory over the very best novices at the national championship, dubbed “Muscle Invasion”. Mars of ‘Fitness Zone’ gym had earlier won the Light Middleweight division and was up against…

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NACRA 15’s Championship… National ruggers preparation in advanced stage, says Henry

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The national rugby squad’s preparation for the clash against Barbados in the NACRA 15’s championship on Saturday is in an advanced stage, according to head coach Theodore Henry. Henry made the comment moments after spearheading the final trial match for the squad on Saturday afternoon at the National Park rugby field. While he is extremely satisfied with the progress made so far, Henry said there is still an amount of work to be done to reach the desired level of preparedness. “I am pretty satisfied with the progress seen so…

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Guyana versus Jamaica boxing showdown on June 8

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The intention of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) and the Jamaica Boxing Association (JBA) to have a solid and working partnership was aptly exemplified following the sealing of a deal to have a Guyana versus Jamaica five-fight showdown on June 8 on the Island of Wood and Water. GBBC’s matchmaker Eion Jardine told the press last Thursday that five tantalising fights are billed for the next month’s card, with five Guyanese fighters set to represent the Golden Arrowhead in the land of reggae. Heavyweight Theophilus King, welterweights Gladwin…

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Sports in History Fifteen-year-old schoolboy Harry Ramanand bowled Clyde Walcott for a first ball duck!

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Continued from last week Back to my boyhood hero, Harry! While he didn’t do anything spectacular with the ball, Harry nonetheless played a great part to help Berbice retain the inter-county title. In a finish full of drama and tension, Berbice held on to the end to draw the final with archrivals Demerara in the 1955 inter-county cricket tournament at Bourda. Scores in the match were: Demerara 441 for eight declared, Berbice 260 for nine. Interest in the game was kept alive until the last ball, when the Berbice pair…

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Anti-Indian racism 3: Wismar

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Anti-Indian racism again took its inevitable course into violence in the 1960’s riots as the PNC worked in cahoots with the CIA to remove the PPP from office. The “communist” bogeyman provided cover for the hate that had been nurtured for over a century against Indian-Guyanese. The most terrifying episode in those dark days when Guyana experienced its first bout of “ethnic cleansing” in the Wismar-Christianburg-McKenzie (soon named “Linden” after Burnham) when almost the entire Indian population had to flee. Below are excerpts from the Commission of Inquiry into the…

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Settlement in Guiana From earliest times V

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(CONTINUED FROM APRIL 28) The war which at the time raged between the English, French and Dutch nations in the outer world affected these same nations in the Guianas. In 1664 Lord Willoughby wrote home regarding the Dutch seizure of several places in Guiana…and advised that they should be attacked before they grew too strong; and in the following year, Sir Thomas Moddyford submitted his proposition for rooting the Dutch out of Guiana and the West Indies generally. Accordingly, in this latter year, Lord Willoughby set out himself to attack…

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Painting stories of ‘back home’

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Sandra Brewster an overseas- based artist of Guyanese parentage, is a multi-media artist creating work (drawings, paintings, video and mixed media) that engages issues of race, identity, representation and memory.  One of her interests is African Canadians born in North America and those who arrived in North America from the Caribbean during the 60s and 70s. At times, she references old photographs and recreates elements using painting, drawing, and gel transfers, juxtaposing imagery to provide a dialogue through contrasts or likenesses. In this work, she visually represents a time or…

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Kala Utsav Preserving Indian Culture

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Conceived as an innovative way to disseminate and sustain cultural art forms, the Dharmic Sabha’s ‘Kala Utsav’, meaning “festival of arts”, continues to be the launch pad for talented youths from the various regional branches of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha. Over fifteen years ago, it was recognised that there was dwindling interest among the young generation in playing the diverse Indian musical instruments; that knowledge of Hindi and the Ramayan was limited to a minority, and trained classical and folk dancers were fewer in numbers. The idea of a…

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Legendary Guyanese singer preserves heritage with her music

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From just 8 years old, Sookrane Boodhoo knew it was her responsibility to maintain the musical heritage she grew to love. Now, she dedicates her life to preserving it and transmitting this to younger generations who share her passion. In an interview with  Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, the artiste said that her formative years in singing began at the La Penitence Mandir, Middle Road. Hearing the kirtan  group singing at her mandir inspired her to join them. “One day I finally gathered the courage to join the group. Gradually I…

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