Day: November 1, 2013

Standing 36 centimetres tall and weighing six kilogrammes, the original 18-carat gold FIFA World Cup trophy arrived in Guyana on Wednesday, creating a frenzy among those privileged to get up close and personal with the iconic sculpture of football. Onboard a specially chartered aircraft, the sparkling trophy, football’s most coveted prize, landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport precisely at 09:00h after a 20-minute flight from Suriname, one of its 22 stops on the Caribbean tour. As CJIA staffers, local journalists and curious on-lookers waited patiently to get a glimpse…

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– embraced as a Sports and Tourism Ambassador for Guyana Guyana will be proudly represented by America-born Benjamin Mekdeci at the upcoming U.S. Squash Open tournament. The disclosure was made on Friday when Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister, Irfaan Ali, met with members of the Mekdeci family in his ministry’s South Road office. According to a release from the Tourism Ministry, the minister has fully endorsed Mekdeci as a sports and tourism ambassador for Guyana. “We are happy to say that Ben, whose mother is an American and whose dad…

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Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) last Saturday evening honoured Jailall Ramnauth for his 25 years of service to the club. At a ceremony held at the club’s pavilion, Secretary Jameel Baksh presented a plaque to Ramnauth. Baksh thanked him for his service while Ramnauth, in an invited comment, said that he is happy the club recognises his contribution and thanked the members.  

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The GCC male first division team retained their crown as GT&T National Indoor Hockey champions in a scintillating final against the Hikers with a penalty shootout at the end of regulation time to separate the two teams. GCC Spartans upstaged their senior counterparts and defending champions GCC Tigers by 1-0 to secure the ladies’ trophy; GCC Vets cruised to a 7-1 victory over the Hickers. In the other category, Hikers Recruits managed to easily retain their second division title with a dominating 10-3 performance against Old Fort. Hikers’ captain and…

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The second annual Flex Night Berbice event, staged last Saturday evening at the Corentyne Comprehensive School in Port Mourant, was a thriller for the large and appreciative audience in attendance. Organised by Flex Night Berbice coordinator, Raheem Ali, in collaboration with Flex Night Incorporated, the event attracted patrons from West Demerara, Georgetown, West Coast Berbice, New Amsterdam, Central and Upper Corentyne. As expected, the Flex Night Berbice marked the on-stage debut for a number of male and female bodybuilders. A release from Flex Night Incorporated stated, “Regardless of their placings…

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Using his trade mark sprint at the finish, Cleveland Forde took the first leg of the 2013 South American 10k championships that concluded in the National Park in Guyana on Sunday afternoon. With the moniker “Little Kenyan”, Forde out-sprinted Grenada’s Sherwin Paul to win the event in 32 minutes, 36 seconds to take the top prize of US$1,000. Paul clocked 32 minutes, 49 seconds for second while Kelvin “Skello” Johnson was third in 33 minutes, 23 seconds. Cleveland “Fish” Thomas was fourth with a time of 34 minutes, one second…

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– Rides away with Digicel Breast Cancer Awareness trophy He was out of competition for close to a month, but that was not deterrence as Raynauth Jeffrey reminded his adversaries of how fierce a competitor he is on the country’s roadways. With a strategic move, the East Coast Demerara riding sensation powered to victory in the Senior category of the second annual Digicel Breast Cancer Awareness 78-mile road race from Linden to Georgetown on Sunday, easily carting off Gy$250,000 and the Digicel trophy in the process. The race attracted 70…

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