Category: Sports

–Trim, Smith cop U15 and U17 MVP accolades National U15 member, Jaladi Trim, and U17 Tiandi Smith were the Most Valuable Players (MVPs) of their respective categories in the 3rd annual CONCACAF Women’s Football Day hosted by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) last Saturday at the National Training Centre, Leonora. The programme, held from 11:00 to 17:00hrs, saw The U15 competition being won by Kwakwani while Senior Fruta Conquerors won the U17 edition. The participants were girls from across Guyana inclusive of Kwakwani, Lethem, East Bank, Georgetown, Bartica, Orealla, Berbice…

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Guyana Senior Men’s Football Team commonly called Golden Jaguars arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday for their momentous clash against the host on Sunday in Jakarta. The 19-man squad is expected to begin training to face an opponent they will be meeting for the first time for a debut match in the continent of Asia. The squad consists two Goalkeepers, five Defenders, seven Midfielders and five Forwards, including locals Dwain Jacobs (Police FC), Trayon Bobb (Uitvulgt FC), Curtez Kellman (Georgetown FC), Denzil Fordyce (Milerock FC) and Anthony Abrams, Jeremy Garrett and…

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West Demerara was indebted to the returning Guyana Jaguars opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul who struck four boundaries in his top-score of 70 which laid the platform for their 31-run win over East Bank in first round of the Jaguars’ 50-over Franchise League at the Everest Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Chanderpaul helped West Demerara to 167-10 in 41.2 overs as Safraz Esau was the next best scorer with 35. The batting lineup suffered from regular losses of wickets thanks to the East Bank duo of skipper Ronaldo Alimohamed with figures of 3-26…

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Fistic fury and hard fought battles were the highlights of the 2017 Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) national under-16 championships held at the Andrew “Six Head” Lewis gym in Albouystown last Saturday. At the tourney, the Forgotten Youth Foundation Boxing gym came out victorious, while the Savannah Boxing Gym’s (SBG) performances were memorable. Technical Director at GBA, Terrence Poole noted that the 16-bout, one-day tournament which “rumbled” off on Saturday afternoon was a fitting way to close off junior amateur boxing in the country for the year, since all the fights…

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The Senior Nationals of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) will close off the calendar year on December 3 at the Ramada Princess Hotel. According to officials of the federation, powerlifting fans can come out expecting an entertaining show since the local lifters will be pushing themselves to qualify for next year’s international competitions. Moreover, overall winners of the Raw Nationals held in October; Vijai Rahim and Lisa Oudit are returning to showdown with the other top competitors. Aiming to “lift” away the accolades will be Colin ‘Mr. Clean’ Chesney,…

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Last Saturday night, the Theatre Guild was the place to be for bodybuilding fanatics since some of the best bodies in the Caribbean took the stage to do battle in what turned out to be a highly entertaining evening. After 28 gladiators flexed their muscle fibres to the max, Grenada’s Damion Daniel, Guyana’s Emmerson Campbell and Suriname’s Stefeni Tjon-A-San found themselves as the last men and woman standing. Daniel, a 2016 Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) gold medalist in the heavyweight class, stood head and shoulders above the competition,…

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Everest Masters defeated the Guyana-UK Cricket Club from London in a friendly T20 game played at Everest Cricket Ground on Friday November 10, 2017. Batting first the visitors posted 109 for 8 off their 20 overs with Navin Persaud hitting an attractive 65 (2×6; 3×4) and Raj Nanan supporting with 16 (1×6; 1×4). Former Guyana First Class player, Rohan Sarjoo was the best bowler for the Everest Masters with 3 for 18 while the experienced Johnny Azeez bagged 2 for 21. In the run chase, Everest Masters got 37 from…

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Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility also for Culture, Youth & Sport Dr George Norton praised the Guyana Karate College (GKC) for hosting a successful grading exercise for 2017 while continuing to promote the ancient arts. Students from its various Dojos assembled last Friday evening at its main impermanent Dojo located in Thomas Lands for the third of the yearly triennial rank examinations. Minister Norton was present for the entire examination which saw approximately 70 students participating. The Minister told the Karatekas that the competition in the international arena is…

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By Michelangelo Jacobus The Guyanese Women’s National Hockey team will head to Barranquilla, Colombia in July of 2018 as the top ranked Caribbean team after they beat hosts Jamaica in the Final of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games qualifiers last Sunday. It was a close contest for the most part of the game with both the Guyanese and the Jamaicans’ defence holding firm as the attackers tried their utmost to put their respective teams in front; however the first half remained goalless. The game was turned on its…

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– Dongo cops ‘Strongman’ accolade In the first ever “Pairs” competition at the GTM-sponsored Health and Fitness Expo last Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Semonica Duke and Dillon Mahadeo reigned supreme, amassing 300 points. The duo, last year’s “scaled” male and female champions at the event, competed across a series of challenges which tested strength and endurance. Among those challenges were pull-ups, lunges, burpees and other physical activities. Timothy McAndrew and Shawnell Warner copped second place with 280 points, while Stephen Fraser and Delice Adonis came in third…

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