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GUYANA CHRONICLE, Tuesday November 7, 2017
Youths entered into local golfing: FOR the first time in Guyana, secondary school students participated in the ‘Guyana Open High School Championship’ at the Lusignan Golf course
on Sunday last. Teams consisting of six members each from three secondary schools: Queen’s College, the Bishops’ High School and the St. Rose’s
High School participated in the putting competition. The Rose’s High school emerged victorious after two rounds of intensive putting, while the Bishops’ High The three teams from the three participating secondary schools at the Lusignan Golf course
A St. Rose’s High School student shapes up to putt
edged past Queen’s College in a ‘putt-off’ after being tied for second place. The event sought to engage youths in the sport and was part of the overall Guyana Open Golf Championship played over the weekend. This initiative was spear-
headed by local golfer, Aleem Hussain and Vice-President of the Lusignan Golf Club, Brian Hackett who strived to refresh the sport by involving youths. Delivering brief remarks, Hussain explained how historic the youths’ participation was in this event as
they are the pioneers of the schools’ golf championships. While only three secondary schools participated in the inaugural tournament, Hussain highlighted that many more schools will be recruited in the coming years.
GFA/Stag Premium league 2017 Provisional Sri Lanka drop Mendis, Santos end Camptown’s programme Silva for India Tests as Matthews returns winning streak with 2-1 win released - Northern Rangers and Pele also record victories for Guyana Cup rematch ORGANISERS of the Guyana Cup Rematch horse race meet have released a provisional eight-race programme. The one-day race meet, which is organised by the Jumbo Jet establishment, is billed for December 3 at the Rising Sun Turf Club. According to the provisional programme, the feature event is for horses classified C and Lower. The race is over a distance of 1200m and at stake is $1M and a trophy. The co-feature event will see horses in the F Class and Lower competing over 1200m. Other races on the card includes the: H1 and Lower (1200m), threeyear-old Guyana-bred (1200m), two-year-old Guyana-bred (1200m) , K Class (1200m), L and Lower (1200m) and the L-Class Non Earners since Guyana Cup 2017. For more information contact: Chandu Ramkissoon (624-9063/6089063/232-063), Alan Padmore (232-9115), Rajin (Lion) (608-4050) or Nikita Ross (662-4668).
COLOMBO (Reuters) Sri Lanka have dropped batsmen Kusal Mendis and Kaushal Silva from the squad for the threeTest series in India, starting next week, while fitagain all-rounder Angelo Mathews has returned from injury. Seamer Nuwan Pradeep was also omitted from the side that beat Pakistan 2-0 in the United Arab Emirates with all-rounders Dhananjaya de Silva and Dasun Shanaka drafted into the 15-man squad for the series against the world’s top-ranked Test team. Widely regarded as Sri Lanka’s future batting mainstay in the longest format, Mendis totalled just 58 in four innings against Pakistan. Silva also had an underwhelming series and managed 67 runs in the two Tests. Former captain Mathews missed the series against Pakistan with a calf strain and will add some experience and solidity to the middle order against India, who blanked Sri Lanka 3-0 in the away series earlier this year. Kolkata’s Eden Garden will hosts the opening match of the three-Test series which will be followed by three one-day internationals and as many Twenty20 matches between the neighbours. Squad: Dinesh Chandimal (captain), Dimuth Karunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru
Kusal Mendis totalled just 58 in four innings against Pakistan.
Thirimanne, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, Dilruwan Perera, Lahiru Gamage, Lakshan Sandakan, Vishwa Fernando, Dasun Shanaka, Niroshan Dickwella (wicketkeeper), Roshen Silva Sri Lanka in India 2017 November 16-20 1st Test, Kolkata (04:00 GMT) 24-28 2nd Test, Nagpur (04:00 GMT) December 2-6 3rd Test, Delhi (04:00 GMT) 10 1st ODI, Dharamsala (d/n) (08:00 GMT) 13 2nd ODI, Mohali (d/n) (08:00 GMT) 17 3rd ODI, Visakhapatnam (d/n) (08:00 GMT) 20 1st Twenty20 international, Cuttack (d/n) (13:30 GMT) 22 2nd Twenty20 international, Indore (d/n) (13:30 GMT) 24 3rd Twenty20 international, Mumbai (d/n) (13:30 GMT)
SANTOS Football Club ended Camptown’s winning streak on Sunday last by registering a 2-1 win against the Campbellville based team to move to second in the standings with nine points and a goal difference of plus five. William Europe who had three goals to his name going into Sunday’s engagement, opened the scoring in the 67th minute with a perfectly timed-header from inside the opposition’s 12-yard box. However, 10 minutes later, Jamal Codrington found the equaliser and with five minutes to regulation time, keith Caines sealed the issue for Santos. Camptown remains on nine points after four rounds of competition and has a goal difference of plus two after winning three consecutive matches, scoring six goals and conceding two. Santos on the other hand has won three of their four matches, They lost to lowly rated Flamingo by a 0-1 margin, but scored seven goals while conceding two. In the feature game on Sunday night, Pele recorded their first points of the competition after four matches by edging home side, Georgetown Football Club 1-0, through a Keith DaSilva 40th minute goal. The win for Pele earned
William Europe opened Santos scoring in the 67th minute.
them three points and they are currently ninth in the points standing. In the second game on the night’s card, Northern Rangers secured three points after edging Flamingo 1-0 to take them to five points after recording their first win on Sunday to add to their drawn 1-1 game against Beacons
during the third round of competition. Earlier in the competition, Northern Rangers lost by a 0-3 margin to GFC and 1-2 to Camptown. Police is the current leaders of the league with 12 points from four victories. The lawmen registered a 4-1 win against Camptown in a round one fixture, then followed up with a 3-0 win against Flamingo and a further 3-0 victory against Black Pearl. In their last match, the men in dark blue and red uniform brushed aside Beacons by a 5-2 margin with their leading goal scorer being Rawle Haynes with five goals to his name after four matches. The League will continue on Friday with a double-header.(Michael Da Silva)
CRICKET QUIZ CORNER (Tuesday November 07, 2017) COMPLIMENTS OF THE TROPHY STALL-Bourda Market & The City Mall (Tel: 225-9230) & CUMMINGS ELECTRICAL COMPA NY LTD-83 Garnett Street, Campbellville, Georgetown (Tel: 225-6158) Answers to yesterday’s quiz: (1) Match Drawn (2) Sikander Raza Today’s Quiz: (1) What was the result of the recent WI/ ZIM Test series? (2) Who was declared Man of the Series? Answers in tomorrow’s issue