Category: Sports

Senior Orangemen defeat Pacesetters to ensure a Ravens sweep in both divisions. After thrashing Pacesetters on home turf by a double- fig ure deficit, the Orangemen huddled up for their traditional shout that echoed in the Cummingsburg area in the vicinity of the Burnham outdoor basketball court. “What time is it? Ravens Time whoo! The Ravens first – division side crushed Pacesetters 74- 54 in Game Three of the fi – nals on Sunday night on the Burham court. That win capped their victory in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association…

Mighty Jaguars tamed! The Guyana national rugby sevens team, the Mighty Jaguars, were unsuccessful during their campaign in the Group Stage of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, New Delhi yesterday losing all three of their matches. Guyana finished their group in last place after suffering scoreless losses to Scotland, New Zealand and Canada respectively. In their first game against world number seven ranked Scotland, the Jaguars were crushed 26- 0 after trailing by a try and a conversion ( 7- 0) at halftime. Lee Jones scored the first try for Scotland,…

Bubbling with confi dence following his success at the qualification tournament, Sham Khan has brought his ‘ A’ game to the National Junior Chess championship, and after four rounds, he is comfortably in the lead with three victories and a draw. After getting past Carlos Patterson in the opening round at Olympic House at the weekend, Khan shocked reigning national junior champion Cecil Cox in round two, and then defeated Ryan McKay in the third round. He was a knight up against Raan Motilall, but failed to secure the win…

Carlos Adams returned to winner’s row on Saturday by capturing the Prabudial ‘ Speedy’ Ramdial memorial Medal Play golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course. In ideal conditions for golf, Adams won in convincing fashion, recording a net 67 from a gross 95 playing off a 28 handicap. Bholawram Deo contin ued his impressive form to capture the second position with a net 70 from gross 86 playing off a 16 handicap. Mohanlall “ Santo” Dinanauth ( 4- 75- 71) secured the third place on a countback from Kishum Bacchus…

Avian Rodrigues and Priyanna Ramdhani emerged as the outstanding players when the National Sports Commission ( NSC) Under- 19, two- day junior badminton tournament wrapped up on Saturday at the Queen’s College courts. The tournament, which attracted students from schools in Georgetown, was played in the Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles formats. Rodrigues won the Triple Crown (Singles, Doubles, and Mixed), while Under- 11 Pan American bronze medallist, P. Ramdhani, won the Girls Doubles, and placed third in the Singles. Rodrigues, a University of Guyana student, defeated fellow national player…

In a thrilling, final showdown Hikers ‘ A’ evened the score with GCC ‘ A’ on Thursday night, concluding the men’s first- division con test of the Banks DIH ‘ Nite’ Hockey tournament at Thirst Park ground.Having already lost 2 – 3 in their previous match against GCC, Hikers re stored balance as they re tained their title. Hikers delivered a 2 – 0 defeat to the GCC side, to break the ‘ Bourda boys’ winning streak. Robert France gave GCC’s net its first up set in the 26th minute,…

Competitive boxing will return to the Ancient County of Berbice on October 23. That is the date when the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym of New Amsterdam will stage its second ProAm boxing card. The venue is the famous All Saints Scot Church ground situated at Princess Elizabeth Road in New Amsterdam. According to organizer Orland ‘ Pocket Rocket’ Rogers, boxing fans could expect another sumptuous treat of boxing, which his organization is noted for. Among the serving will be a clash for the national Flyweight title of Guyana. Ten bouts…

South Africa beat West Indies today in what was arguably the most anticipated match of the ICC Women’s Cricket Challenge in Potchefstroom. The two unbeaten teams faced off in an exciting display of cricket with both bat and ball, but it was the host nation that came out victorious. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat and made 161 all out. The Proteas re plied with 161- 4 to win by six wickets. When the Windies batted, South Africa claimed the early wicket of Juliana Nero, who departed…

Saturday night on the Burnham Basketball Court saw the Ravens basketball club savouring the satisfying taste of revenge twice, after their third division squad swept Beepat Scorpions 2- 0 in the finals and the first division squad levelled the finals 1- 1 against Pacesetters. On the penultimate night of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s ( GABA) Pepsi Playoff Street Series, the Ravens’ ball club reigned supreme. Ravens’ third division squad crushed top- ranked third division contenders Scorpions 83- 56 to win their division with a perfect 4- 0 record in…