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Team Guyana off to rescheduled Junior C’bean Cycling championships

Sep 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana off to rescheduled Junior C’bean Cycling championships

Guyana’s 4-member Cycling Team made up of reigning Junior Road Race Champion Raynauth Jeffrey, Paul De Nobrega along with Juveniles Raul Leal and Michael Anthony left the Land of Many Waters...

Stage set for keen sprint contests today

Sep 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Stage set for keen sprint contests today

– as GDF Inter-Division Athletic C/ships conclude Keen contests are anticipated in the finals of the sprint events today when the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter-Division Athletic...

Workshop on for officials tomorrow

Sep 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Workshop on for officials tomorrow

– submission of registration forms at Burnham Court today Head of the Guyana Basketball Officials’ Council (GBOC), Cecil Chin is calling on officials, who officiated during the Mackeson...

Romario Shepherd-De Jonge’s 93 steer Bermine to 302

Sep 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Romario Shepherd-De Jonge’s 93 steer Bermine to 302

The inaugural 2012 Elizabeth Styles Under-21 50-over knock-out cricket competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) commenced Wednesday last with six first round matches that produced...

Gordon Spencer wins CAL return ticket to New York

Sep 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Gordon Spencer wins CAL return ticket to New York

Secretary of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation Gordon Spencer was the lucky fan attending the Guyana / El Salvador World Cup Qualifying game to win one of the two Caribbean Airline (CAL)...

Courts 10k to bring real value home

Sep 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Courts 10k to bring real value home

By Edison Jefford Courts, under the renowned banner of “Bringing Value Home”, will host the second edition of its resuscitated 10km Road Race on Sunday September 23, starting outside its Main...

Coach confident as Berbice cycle team invades National Park tomorrow

Sep 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Coach confident as Berbice cycle team invades National Park tomorrow

A strong six-man cycling team from the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) of Berbice led by Club Captain Neil Reece, will invade Georgetown in search of honours when the DeSinco Trading in collaboration...

Top teams advance as RAF’S/MYO Inter Jamaat T10 Softball Cricket continues

Sep 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Top teams advance as RAF’S/MYO Inter Jamaat T10 Softball Cricket continues

Several teams advanced into the next round when the Muslim Youth Organization (MYO), in association with RAF’s Variety Store, 2nd Annual Hajjin Zeleena Rafeek Memorial countrywide Inter-Jamaat...

NBS 2nd div. final set for tomorrow

Sep 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on NBS 2nd div. final set for tomorrow

Albion face Rose Hall Town Bakewell It seems almost like destiny, but all cricket finals in Berbice seem to be an epic battle between arch rivals Albion Cricket Club and Rose Hall Town Youth &...

Ramcharitar Construction 50 overs KO bowls off tomorrow

Sep 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Ramcharitar Construction 50 overs KO bowls off tomorrow

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) cricket season which restarted recently is gaining momentum with the Ramcharitar Construction 50 overs first division knockout competition set to bowl off tomorrow at...

NCN and its corruption debate

Sep 14, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on NCN and its corruption debate

DEAR SIR, The National Communication Network is currently hosting a series of television programmes based on corruption. On the same theme I would like to use your newspaper to bring to the...

Ignorance at its best

Sep 14, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on Ignorance at its best

DEAR EDITOR, Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth. For being correct for being you. Never apologise for being correct, or for being years ahead of your...

Blame the opposition for Shaquille Grant’s death

Sep 14, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on Blame the opposition for Shaquille Grant’s death

Dear Editor, When I received an email from a colleague inside the TUC in London informing about tomorrow’s demonstration outside South Africa House in London, in support of the mine workers killed...

Corruption debate and the public servants

Sep 14, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on Corruption debate and the public servants

Dear Editor, Please allow me to share my views on the NCN debate. Since the debates started it is very frustrating for Guyanese to look at. It sounds like a rum shop debate on the government side....

Defending the indefensible

Sep 14, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on Defending the indefensible

Dear Editor, I often wonder how Dr. Roger Luncheon deals with his conscience when in his quiet moments he recalls all the untruths and half truths that he spews out in defence of a government whose...

Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage

Sep 14, 2012 knews Editorial Comments Off on Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage

There were expressions of outrage expressed by elements in the mining community at the ongoing exercise, under the auspices of the UNDP, to demarcate the lands of the Indigenous peoples of Guyana....

Sri Lanka, West Indies scrap Tests from tour

Sep 13, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Sri Lanka, West Indies scrap Tests from tour

Cricinfo – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have scrapped two Tests from Sri Lanka’s tour of the West Indies next May and instead plan to play an ODI...

DHQ hold on to slim lead

Sep 13, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on DHQ hold on to slim lead

– as First Infantry surge Owed to outstanding performance in yesterday’s three Finals, Defence Headquarters (DHQ) held on to a slim lead over First Infantry Battalion/21 Artillery, who surged...

Chris Gayle has faith Windies can deliver on the big stage

Sep 13, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Chris Gayle has faith Windies can deliver on the big stage

Colombo, Sri Lanka – West Indies will get their first taste of action in Sri Lanka today when they face the host nation in the opening official warm-up match ahead of the International Cricket...

US-based Guyanese makes donation to AAG

Sep 13, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on US-based Guyanese makes donation to AAG

United States-based Guyanese, Robert McRae yesterday made a contribution that included track shoes, haversacks, jerseys and other track and field apparel to the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG)...

Rising Sun Judo Club also offering Brazilian Jiu-jitsu classes

Sep 13, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun Judo Club also offering Brazilian Jiu-jitsu classes

Top local Judo club, the Rising Sun Judo club, based at Marian Academy, Carifesta Ave, is now offering Brazilian Jiu-jitsu classes in conjunction with normal Judo classes. The main aim of the venture...

Mohamed’s Cambio Powers-up Stoby for World P’lifting C/ships

Sep 13, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed’s Cambio Powers-up Stoby for World P’lifting C/ships

Guyana’s lone representative to this year’s World Powerlifting Championships Winston Stoby recently received a financial boost towards participation from Mohamed’s Cambio of Water Street,...

Ministry of Sport congratulates Badminton players on International achievements

Sep 13, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Sport congratulates Badminton players on International achievements

The Ministry of Sports has extended congratulations to the successful local badminton players following impressive showings in recent tournaments. In a release, the ministry highlighted the efforts...

Maybe too much was bitten off by GT&T

Sep 13, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on Maybe too much was bitten off by GT&T

Dear Editor, What must the public do? I have been having problems with GT&T ever since I signed up for the DSL service. I have been paying the bills now for almost six months and the accumulated...

The Way Forward

Sep 13, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on The Way Forward

Dear Editor, Over the last three years or so, there has been much embarrassment in our sporting arenas. Cricket, Football, Boxing, Athletics and more recently Guyana Olympic Association to name a few...