Month: September 2013

By Rajiv Bisnauth The rubberised turf for the Synthetic track and field facility at Leonora, West Coast Demerara, has arrived in Guyana and installation should commence shortly with the aim of completion by November month-end. This is according to Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Sport Ministry, Steve Ninvalle, following a visit to the site on Saturday. German company, BSW Regupol, is the supplier of the track and is also responsible for its installation. The installation of the track and line marking is expected to be completed over a span of…

Saqlain Mushtaq said he was honoured to be invited to the Caribbean to train the current generation of West Indies spinners. The former Pakistan off-spin master accepted an invitation from the West Indies Cricket Board and has been sharing his wisdom and understanding with current and emerging spinners at the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre, which is based on the campus of the University of the West Indies just a few kilometres outside of the Barbados capital of Bridgetown. “It is a great honour for me because West Indies…

The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) on Saturday afternoon honoured Guyana’s youngest world powerlift ing champion, 18-year-old Gumendra Shewdas, with a monetary award of Gy$ 500,000 and a plaque during a ceremony at the Tej Mohall Shopping Complex in Number 79 Village Corriverton, Berbice. Also making a presentation to the star lifter at Saturday’s event was the Corriverton branch of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI). The management and staff of Tej Mohall Shopping Complex also used the opportunity to recognise the monumental achievement of Shewdas. Among those in…

Fans around the world will soon get a chance to see cricket legends such as Inzamam-ul-Haq, Brian Lara, Rahul Dravid, Shoaib Akhtar, Courtney Walsh, Graeme Hick and others in action at the T20 Clobi World Masters of Cricket Tournament in Barbados. It has been learnt by The Express Tribune that the event will be played from November 1-10 and will be a four-nation competition between the West Indies, Pakistan, India and England. For eligibility, the participants should be aged above 35 before the start of the tournament and they must…

The Little Diamond Martial Arts Academy (LDMAA) hosted its international martial arts tournament recently at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, carting off the lion’s share of the accolades that were at stake. Fifty-eight competitors from three schools in Guyana and one from Suriname participated in the two-day competition. The LDMAA, under the stewardship of Shihan Abdool Nazim Yassim, earned 13 first place finishes, 16 runner-up spots and 11 thirds; they also claimed one grand champion trophy. The LDMAA had students from their Enmore, Covent Garden, Parfaite Harmonie and Wales dojos…

Twenty-four primary schools in Georgetown will contest the fourth annual Courts Pee Wee Under-11 football competition, set to kick off on September 28 at the Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park. The tournament, which is a collaborative effort of furniture and appliance company, Courts (Guyana) Inc., beverage giant Banks DIH Limited and the Petra Organisation, was launched on Wednesday afternoon in the lunchroom of Courts’ Main Street outlet, where representatives of the various stakeholders reiterated the importance of investing in grassroots football. Lead sponsor Courts (Guyana) Inc., has injected Gy$ 3.3…

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), under their Pepsi brand, in collaboration with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), launched this year’s Inter-County 50-over round robin competition on Friday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive. The tournament, which gets underway on September 21, forms part of the preparation for the upcoming regional 50-over competition. It is also being used as a benchmark to select the local squad to participate in the regional competition, slated for January next year. The three preliminary rounds will be played at the famous Georgetown…