Guyana Times

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Hand-in-Hand Under-19, Inter-County three-day tournament will bowl off on Wednesday at the Wales and Enterprise grounds. The match at Wales will see the select national Under-17 team playing Demerara, while Berbice will face Essequibo at Enterprise. In the second round, which starts on April 17, Demerara will challenge Berbice at Everest and the select XI will...

– Mahadeo and Campbelle are top cricketers of the year Plans for the successful hosting of the 26th annual awards ceremony of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) are well on stream with several major sponsors coming on board. Club Patron President David Granger has confirmed his participation as the guest speaker, while veteran cricketer Khemraj Mahadeo and...

GNRA/A&N Sarjoo Cambio Practical Pistol Shoot… Gordon Richards and Douglas DeGroot emerged as the respective Senior and Junior top shots when the A&N Sarjoo Cambio sponsored Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) Practical Pistol Shoot was contested on Sunday at the Timehri Ranges. Competing against 14 of the best senior shooters in the GNRA, Richards emerged as the best with a total...

EBFA/Ralph Green U-11 football… The inaugural Ralph Green sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-11 competition culminated on Saturday last at the Grove Playfield with Agricola Red Triangle, led by the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and joint highest goalscorer, Floyd Boyce, taking his team to championship honours. Boyce netted the lone goal of the match in the 21st minute to sink...

The annual Cheddi Jagan memorial T20 tournament concluded on Sunday with Nandy Park defeating Good Hope Golden Star Youth and Sports Club by six wickets in the final. Batting first Good Hope limped to 109-8 before Nandy Park replied with 111-4 in 14 overs to lift the title. Playing at the Farm ground, Good Hope found the going tough against some...

BCB/NYBG 1-day, 2-innings, U-19 cricket… The Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) continued their unbeaten streak with a first innings victory against Guysuco Training Centre on Sunday in the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/New York Business Group (NYBG) two innings Under-19 competition. Winning the toss and batting first, GuySuCo Training Centre were all out for 96 runs in 24 overs. Jomaul Butts and...

Deadly prison riot By Shemuel Fanfair The night before the deadly prison blaze which claimed the lives of 17 inmates, firemen were the recipients of insults and “missiles” while they attempted to battle fires set by inmates. These were the words of Officer in Charge of Operations at the Guyana Fire Service, Compton Sparman who described the March 3 events as...

– wife severely beaten An Albion, Corentyne, Berbice, resident was shot dead while his wife was injured after they were attacked by two armed men Sunday evening. Gowchand Budhu, 58, of Lot 636 Topu Village, Corentyne, was shot at least four times about his body and pronounced dead on arrival at the Port Mourant Hospital. His wife, Parbatie Budhu, 54, who...

Parmanand “Max” Persaud was the star as the country’s top golfers gathered at the Lusignan Golf Club on Sunday for the Heineken golf tournament. Persaud finished the day with a net score of 68 and a gross of 87. Azar Shaw, who also had a 68 net score, was second with a gross 83. Bryan Hackett’s gross of 89 and net...

– “We have the talent…no doubt about it” By Akeem Greene Former West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan believes the region has the requisite talent pool to help stem the decline of West Indies cricket, but highlighted that there needs to be a proper structure to harness the talents. “We have talent, no doubt about it. When you look at Carlos Braithwaite, Jason...