Category: Sports

– ‘Mighty Jaguars’ confident on their return to 2011 U.S.A. Sevens Rugby tourney By Kiev Chesney  “It’s the times when our backs are against the wall that we come out swinging; so, generally, I think that we will be able to give a solid team performance.” Guyana’s national rugby sevens side, ‘the Mighty Jaguars’ will be returning to the HSBC 2011 USA Sevens in Las Vegas next month; and despite their unfavourable odds, coach and senior player Theodore Henry is confident that the team will rise above the mountains of…

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A number of sports venues across Region 10 would be receiving welcome repairs this year, since government intends to expend some Gy$15 million for such works.  Director of Sport, Neil Kumar, said the money will be used to construct two multi-purpose tarmacs and execute extensive repairs on 10 sporting grounds in Region 10.  Kumar said that, when constructed, the tarmacs will be used to promote sports disciplines such as lawn tennis, volleyball, netball and basketball.   The director of sport said that presently football, basketball and cricket dominate the sporting arena…

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Veronica Campbell – Brown says she was “born to run”. Born on May 15, 1982, the daughter of Cecil Campbell and Pamela Bailey, and raised in rural Jamaica in the parish of Trelawny, there were no family genes (but for a brief foray by her father, who inherited the nickname “Honda” for his exploits), no cutting-edge equipment and or facilities serving as portent of the success to follow.   By sheer determination, natural talent and hard work, VCB, according to her official website, parlayed her primary school promise into a scholarship…

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Former national long distance champion Lionel D’Andrade and CARIFTA Games long distance medallist Alika Morgan won the male and female categories, respectively, of a 10km race in Suriname yesterday, according to an official of the Rising Stars track club. Morgan, the four-time Caricom 10km winner, had finished the 2010 road-running season on a sour note after failing to podium in the Suriname leg of the South American 10km. The former Junior and Senior Sportswoman of the Year reportedly regained her stellar form in Suriname yesterday to win the women’s segment…

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– president anticipates very progressive year for the sport  By Kiev Chesney  The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) plans to ensure that 2011 is one of the most progressive years that the sport has ever seen locally, with their hosting of the Junior Caribbean Championships and their participating in World Championship tournaments as the focal points of the year.  Association president Andrew Arjoon, a mere few months away from completing his first term in office, said that participating at the Women’s World Junior Squash Individual and Team tournaments in Egypt, to…

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– professional boxers sign fight contracts  BY REUBEN STOBY Heavyweight boxers Anthony Augustin and Kurt Bess, who would be squaring off in a return bout, will headline the first Guyana Fight Night for the year, on January 28 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.  The 11th staging of the ProAm card, organised by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), will have four professional four-rounders; while the amateur match-ups are yet to be determined by the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA).  The main bout will be one of two professional…

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– president remains tight-lipped  By Kiev Chesney    Most of the sporting fraternities can take credit at the end of the year for the progress in their sport, or at least give an account of their shortcomings in order to know where it is necessary to improve in the coming year. This is, regrettably, not the case with the Athletics Association of Guyana.  Progress in athletics in 2010 has been hugely due to the individual efforts of athletes or other stakeholders attempting to make up for the inadequacies of the local…

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