Category: Sports

The chance to run with a three-time Olympian and Commonwealth gold and silver medallist is an opportunity that nearly every local female sprinter is looking to capitalise on, but there are only seven other lanes on a track. Guyana’s National 400m record holder Aliann Pompey’s participation in the President’s/ Jefford Track and Field Classic has invoked a overwhelming attraction among female sprinters to compete in the Women’s International 200m at the meet this Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Complex ground. According to organisers, the33-year-old Pompey has agreed to compete in…

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Adrenalin, violence, and a lot of skill The Dharamsala sky cracked with lightning and thunder, but the real storm was witnessed from the bats of Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh. Gilchrist rolled back the years to produce a delightfully aggressive century, and Marsh unfurled a gem of his own as the pair constructed the highest partnership in a Twenty20 game, 206 runs, to help Kings XI Punjab terminate Royal Challengers Bangalore’s winning streak. With this massive 111-run victory, Punjab are level on points with Kolkata Knight Riders, and have also…

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Local law enforcement athletes Ronald Payne, Natasha Alder, Dennis Horatio and Winston George returned from the twin-island republic on Monday night, May16, having produced several gold medal performances at the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Police Athletics Championships last weekend. The four athletes were all multiple event winners at the 2010 Guyana Police Force (GPF) Track and Field Championships which were held last August, and they continue to participate in national track and field competition. Alder, a multi-disciplined athlete who is the reigning GPF female champion athlete, managed to win her…

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The Berbice Cricket Board, on Thursday, May12, once again successfully launched another cricket tournament, as corporate Guyana continues to offer unparalleled support to the board. With an already packed schedule of tournaments, the Berbice Cricket Board has joined hands with Tony Amerally of Amerally Investments Ltd to host an Under-17 Inter-club tournament for over fifty clubs in Berbice. The tournament would be open to cricketers born on or after September 1 , 1996; and all clubs in Berbice are asked to get in contact with the Berbice Cricket Board to…

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Georgetown, Guyana – A confident West Indies team will go into battle against Pakistan today in the start of the First Digicel Test. The Guyana National Stadium will be the venue for the much-anticipated start of the two-match rubber. The Windies will be defending a proud record at home against the visitors. Pakistan has toured the Caribbean on six occasions and have never won a series. If the Windies win this series they will secure valuable ranking points to move up one place in the ICC Test Match ladder to…

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U. S-based teenage track star Kadecia Baird epitomises this notion When raw talent meets coaching expertise and adequate facilities in an enabling environment, success is likely to be the end result, as long as discipline and commitment are also significant variables in the equation. In one particular case, about 20 years ago, the formula was manipulated and the result was a three-time Olympian named Aliann Pompey, who has Guyana’s national 400m record as well as a Commonwealth gold and silver medal and several other accolades on the track. That formula…

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The following is the text of a congratulatory message issued by the Berbice Cricket Board on Devendra Bishoo’s elevation to becoming a West Indies player. The message reads: The president and executive committee of the Berbice Cricket Board would like to extend congratulations to Devendra Bishoo on his selection on the West Indies team for the first Test match at the Providence National Stadium. Bishoo would become the 15th Berbician to play Test cricket, and the fourth from Albion Sports Club. The Berbice Cricket Board is proud of Bishoo and…

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Dear Editor, The current administration of West Indies Cricket – the board, the selectors, the coach – appear to be hell bent on hammering the final nail in the coffin that the West Indies Cricket team finds itself in. This has been confirmed by one ‘Hilarious’ letter and the recent revelations made by accomplished West Indian batsman Shivnarine ‘Tiger’ Chanderpaul that there was interference with his batting during matches, and that he was subjected to unreasonable questioning by the team management during the past year. I say, “Let the ‘Tiger’…

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Georgetown, Guyana – West Indies vice captain Brendan Nash is quietly confident of personal and team success as the Windies continue to prepare for the Digicel Test Series against Pakistan. Speaking on Tuesday, the left- hander said the buildup was “going really well” ahead of the start of the First Digicel Test at the Guyana National Stadium. “I’m feeling mentally and physically ready for the series. I am hitting the ball really well, and I’m where I want to be in the lead-up to the Test series. I played in…

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Former West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul has demanded an explanation from WICB Chief Executive Ernest Hilaire regarding the comments he made about the lack of discipline and application in the team, leading up to its massive post-World Cup overhaul. In a strongly-worded letter addressed to Hilaire, a copy of which is with ESPNcricinfo, Chanderpaul questioned whether the comments were directed at him. Chanderpaul, along with senior players Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan, were axed from the side for the ongoing series against Pakistan. Hilaire’s interview with Line and Length network,…

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