Category: Sports

By Rajiv Bisnauth  Guyana’s Open golf tournament can be described as one of the most prestigious tournaments on the local golf calendar and according to new Club Captain of the Lusignan Golf Club, Brian Glasford, preparation for the October 22 and 23 tournament is moving apace.” Everything is pretty well in order, the ground and greens are in a pretty good condition despite the recent bad weather,” Glasford related to this publication, via telephone, yesterday. The new club captain disclosed that while this year’s tournament has been changed from its…

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-eager to represent Guyana By Ravendra Madholall in Toronto Left-handed opening batsman Wasim Akram Haslim has expressed great enjoyment after completing his inaugural stint in the Canada Cricket League, having chalked up in excess of 1000 runs. The Georgetown Cricket Club member commenced his stint in May and concluded it two Sundays ago with 1,131 runs from 23 games, averaging a remarkable 89.34. The occasional off-spinner also captured 27 wickets. Haslim has high hopes of donning the national colours at the senior level. Prior to his sojourn in Canada, the…

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By Melinda Bishundyal  The Guyana Government has given Gy$2 million to the Guyana National Men’s Rugby Sevens team which will be participating in the Pan American Games and the NACRA Sevens Champions. The Pan American Games will be held in Guadalajara Mexico from October 17 to 30, while the NACRA Men’s Sevens Championships will be in Barbados on November 12 and 13. President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union, Christopher Nascimento said the cost of participation is very high and sponsorship is vital. In addition to the government input, Edward…

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By Rajiv Bisnauth After covering a gruelling 266 miles across the coast of Guyana and a brief foray into the Hilly Sand and Clay Region, California-based team Exustar’s Michael Larsen won the fifth annual ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage race to pock et Gy$200,000 as the final stage ended yesterday on Homestretch Avenue. Larsen, who placed in the top ten for all five stages, clocked an impressive 10h:20min: 39s to defeat several talented local and foreign riders. Yesterday’s final stage from Kara Kara, Linden to Homestretch Avenue, was won by Guyanese…

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By Kiev Chesney National 5000m and 1500m record holder Cleveland Forde made an emphatic debut at the Inter-Service Athletics Championships this week, winning all three of his events in record time and comfortably capturing the overall male champion athlete title. After winning the men’s 5000m on Wednesday, October 5, Forde returned on the final day of the competition to punctuate his debut with two awesome wins in the men’s 1500m and 800m respectively. The 26-year-old three- time junior CARIFTA 5000m champion overcame strong opposition and gutsy running to win the…

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– Golden Jaguars continue journey to the 2014 FIFA World Cup  After winning their first two qualifying games of the FIFA 2014 World Cup, Guyana’s national football team, “Golden Jaguars”, were promised “a financial contribution” by the government of Guyana. On Tuesday, at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, that promise was fulfilled when Presidential Advisory on Empowerment, President of Alpha “The Hammer” United football team, Odinga Lumumba, handed over Gy$300,000 to the Golden Jaguars’ skipper, Chris Nurse. Lumumba lauded the efforts of the acting president of the Guyana Football Federation,…

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-lucrative prizes at stake for October 28- 30 tournament By Avenash Ramzan History will be created between October 28 and 30 when the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) stages the first-ever international softball tournament here in Guyana. The Guyana Cup Open 20/20 and the Guyana Cup Masters (Over-40 years) 20/20 tournaments have already attracted 10 teams from North America and another six from Guyana; and lucrative prizes will be at stake. At the official launch of the tournament, at the Ministry of Sport’s boardroom yesterday, GFSCA vice president Ricky…

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