Year: 2016

A seven-car team from Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) will see action at South Dakota in Guyana this weekend as the 2016 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) reaches its fourth and final round. Three 40ft containers loaded in the Bushy Park Barbados pits before the weekend were scheduled to land in Guyana on Wednesday. Mark Maloney (Digicel/RBC/Maloney Racing Team Mazda RX-3) will contest Group 4 2wd, in which he has won five of the nine races so far this year; apart from being elbowed out of the…

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The local cycling season is winding down with just a handful of events on the official calendar remaining. However, after the end of the National three-Stage, Team Evolution’s Raul Leal and Team Coco’s Raynauth ‘Obeah Man’ Jeffrey have both decided that the National Sports Commission organised event last weekend will be the last race of the year for the duo. Both riders had faced difficulties in the first stage of the races, forcing them out of contention, but their eyes are set on the 2017 season. Speaking with Guyana Times…

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This weekend in Trinidad and Tobago the battle in the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens Men’s and Women’s regional titles will occur and team Guyana will be seeking to win in both   male and female categories. For the past month,   both teams would have been undergoing intense training sessions at the National Rugby field, with the aim of getting into top shape for this weekend’s matches. The men’s team will be seeking their eight title and Head Coach Kenneth Grant – Stuart says that the team have to address some…

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What promises to be an exciting and competitive West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/ Professional Cricket League (PCL) Digicel Regional Four-Day 2016/17 season, will get underway with three matches at three venues in the Region this weekend. As a result, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) selection panel headed by Rayon Griffith named a strong 13 member Guyana Jaguars squad for their first game of the League which starts on Friday at the Providence Stadium against the Jamaica Scorpions. The reigning champions, Jaguars will be led by West Indies batsman Leon Johnson,…

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The West Indies’ shallow talent pool is being drained by the loss of players to lucrative overseas T20 leagues, the WICB has said in its second media statement on the release-fee concept. The board has asked other ICC Full Members to understand its predicament and the implications for cricket in the region. The WICB decided to levy a release fee of 20% of a player’s contract fee before issuing a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for the player’s participation in any overseas T20 league. The release fee would need to be paid…

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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has defended its decision to impose a 20 percent levy on the contract fees of its T20 stars playing in overseas domestic tournaments, saying revenue raised will be used to aid the development of players in the territories. A statement from the WICB released on Tuesday morning, says some of the funds will be disbursed as an incentive for territories to “expose new cricket talent”. The unprecedented move by the WICB proposed to take 20 percent of T20 players’ contract fees in exchange for…

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