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Police and Running Braves lead at Relay Championships RUNNING Braves (RB) and Police athletic clubs ensured they walked away with most of the spoils up for grabs at the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Relay Championships at the National Track and Field Centre last Sunday. Police ended the day on a high note when they copped an unanticipated win over the RB team in the menโs 4x400, which ended competition for the day. The Police team comprised Winston Dummett, Kevin Bailey, Carlwyn Collins and Kareem Purch and clocked a time of 3:20.5s. For RB the athletes were CARIFTA Games medallist Jason Yaw, Devon Barrington, Quacy Clementson and Cleveland Thomas. Meanwhile, RB carted away wins in the menโs distance medley and 4x800m. They also took the female 4x100m with Alicia Fortune at the helm, as well as the 4x200m relay, which they took in a time of 1:42.14s. In the menโs 4x400m, the athletes were evidently tired from a day of running multiple events, consecutively, but still attempted to give it their best shot. Clementson
Jason Yow
started things off for the RB team before handing over to Yaw who barely managed to maintain a lead as he got quite the fight from Policeโs Kevin Bayley. The Police team, which was started by Winston Dummett, kept them on their toes for the rest of the race even as Thomas took over the baton from Yaw and held on to the lead. On the third leg for Police was Carlwyn Collins. It was all left to the
anchors. Purch faced off against Barrington. Barrington gained momentum on the final straight to fly into the lead, overconfident in his ability to take a win over Purch. However Purch never let up and kept the heat up on Barrington all the way to the finish, giving his team the win just milliseconds ahead of the RB team. Police also won the womenโs 4x100m in 4:06.01s, with a team comprising Iesha Parris, Tiffany Carto, Jevina Sampson and Kezia Bess. Police came in behind RB in the menโs distance medley, the 4x800m, and came second in both the menโs and womenโs 4x200m, the sprint medleys and menโs 4x100m. The ultimate win for the menโs 4x100m, in a time of 42.17 seconds, went to the Guyana Defence Force team which was headed by senior 100m champion Rupert Perry, supported by Davin Fraser, Leslain Baird and Akeem Stuart. GDF also won the w o m e n โs s p r i n t m e d ley (1:45.77s), as well as the menโs sprint medley (1:33.6s), and the menโs 4x200m (1:27.37s).
GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday July 14, 2015
Badminton team suffer early Pan Am exit THE Guyanese two-member Badminton team at the Pan American Games made an early exit from the championships. In the male division, Narayan Ramdhani lost to Dominicaโs Nelson Javier Ozuna (21-14, 21-18). In the female division Priyanna Ramdhani yielded to Bermany Polanco Muรฑoz (21-5, 21-9). In the Mixed doubles game, they lost to Chileans Cristian Araya and Ting Ting Chou. The two were selected following the recent Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) tournament in which they secured top spots in the various disciplines.
Fans urged to beat afternoon traffic for local Hero CPL games THE Guyana leg of the 2015 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is finally here, with four matches to be played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, from July 15 to 21. Given the ongoing road works on the East Bank Demerara highway traffic congestions have become a major challenge, but the organisers at CPL OPCO (Guyana) Inc. have taken this into consideration in their preparations. Gates at the stadium will be open two hours before each game begins, allowing cricket fans to leave their homes early to be at the ground. According to a release, HJ Entertainment will be on hand to keep the atmosphere exciting with music and other fun items hosted by โDJ Chow Powโ. In keeping with CPL policy throughout the region, fans must be at the ground to see the games live, as local
games in every host country are only allowed delayed broadcasts. On July 15, Guyana Amazon Warriors will play Jamaica Tallawahs at 18:00hrs; on July 17 they will come up against St Lucia Zouks at 20:00hrs; on July 18 they will play Barbados Tridents at 16:00hrs; and on July
21, they will face Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel from 18:00hrs. Unlike previous years when Guyana hosted matches earlier in the tournament, Guyana will now stage the final round before the two eliminators and grand final in Trinidad and Tobago.
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GNNL cricket team beat GBTI counterparts by 48 runs THE Guyana National Newspapers Limited team (GNNL) hammered their Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) counterparts by 48 runs in a Twenty20 contest on Sunday at the National Park tarmac. Winning the toss, the GNNL side, captained by Akash Persaud, took first strike. Brimming with confidence, the GNNL side posted an imposing 190 for the loss of 7 wickets thanks to a slobber knocker of an innings from guest player Raphael Singh. The right-hander hammered the GBTI bowling for 57 runs. Support came from all directions with Calvin Marks posting 34 and Navendra Seoraj 33
(10). GBTI lead bowlers were the medium pace pair of Yashpaul Ramsaywak (3-23) and Shawn Gurcharran (211). In GNNLโs turn with the ball, a good spell of bowling from Tagewant โMalingaโ Pulandarie rendered the GBTI team 48 runs short of their prescribed target. Pulandarie took 4 wickets for 15 runs as the GBTI side were at sea against his left-arm pace. Captain Akash Persaud supported with 2-22 after some deceptive leg-spin bowling. In the end, only Reuel Sumair (37) and Karamchan โRamboโ Rambarran (30) got to any significant scores.
The opposing teams share smiles after GNNL trample GBTI by 48 runs. (Photo by Adrian Narine)