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SUNDAY CHRONICLE, SEPTEMBER 24, 2017
Massy Guyana donates electronic substitution board to GFF THE Guyana Football Federation (GFF) recently received a Referees Electronic Substitution Board from Massy Guyana Group of Companies, following a simple presentation at the company’s Ruimveldt headquarters. Dion Inniss, GFF’s Executive Committee Member and Chairman of the National Football Referees Council (NRFC), as well as GFF’s Head of Referees, Stanley Lancaster, both thanked the company for their timely contribution, which will certainly go a far way in helping to enhance the game of football in Guyana, they said. Massy Guyana Group Chairman, Deo Persaud, who made the presentation stated that Massy Guyana was “happy to assist sports on the
Dion Inniss, GFF’s Executive Committee Member (second from left) receives the Referees Electronic Substitution Board from Massy Guyana Group Chairman, Deo Persaud.
whole and, in this case, football in particular. We do support several sporting disciplines and bodies across Guyana. So we as a group (Massy Services and Money
Gram) continue to support and give back to the community, it’s part of Massy’s corporate philosophy to give back. ”
Support in for Prime Minister’s T20 Cup
INDUSTRIAL Supplies and Services has confirmed its support towards Guyana’s Premier Softball Tournament “Prime Minister’s T20 Cup”, billed for October 27, 28 and 29. The confirmation came last Thursday when the business entity’s Manager, Thelisha Case, presented a cheque to Treasurer of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc., Russel Jadbeer, at the company’s 51 Robb and Albert Streets, Bourda, business location. Prior to the presentation, Case said the company is pleased to be a part of such a prestigious event. Jadbeer in reponse expressed gratitude to the business entity for their support, and at the same time indicated that cricket fans will witness a new dispensation of softball cricket.
The tournament will be played in two categories, Masters and All Stars, and entry is open to any number of teams interested to be a
SVC Mafia; along with New York Hustlers, the New York President’s X1 and the Tri-State Masters, will add some international flavour
Manager of Industrial Supplies and Services, Thelisha Case, hands over the sponsorship cheque to Treasurer of the GSCL Inc., Russel Jadbeer.
part of the tournament. To date, a number of local teams have confirmed their participation. Additionally the confirmed participation of the Toronto Cup Masters Softball cricket tournament 2017 winners,
to the event. A requirement for players wishing to play in the Masters’ Category is that they must be over the age of 45 years, but the All Stars format is open to all ages. Teams registering for
the Over-45 category must submit photo identification, preferably valid passports for every member of their 15-man squad. The Over-45 category will make the champions $500 000 richer, and in the All Stars category the winning team will collect $600 000. While, the entrance fee is free, the organising committee is urging the participating teams to have their teams properly uniformed with colour clothing, since the tournament will be played with while balls. Registration forms can be uplifted from Regal Stationery and Computer Centre, Lot 13, Seaforth Street, Campbellville, Georgetown, or any member of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc.
Gayle declared fit for today’s third ODI against England BRISTOL, England, (CMC) — West Indies will hope the return of Chris Gayle to their line-up will trigger the spark that leads to a series-levelling victory over England in the third One-day International today. The Windies trail 0-1 in the five-match series, following an eight-wicket defeat in the first ODI at Old Trafford, but they did not feel the full impact of Gayle’s absence with a hamstring injury for the second ODI, due to the weather allowing just 14 deliveries in the entire contest at Trent Bridge. As they look to identify a group of players that would form the core of a squad for the 2019 World Cup qualifiers next March in Zimbabwe, this match will mark the formal start of the Cricket West Indies selection panel-s search — and Gayle is expected to be a key prong. “I think Chris is good to go,” West Indies captain Jason Holder said on the eve of the match. “I think the last game was more precautionary than anything else. He seems to be raring to go. It’s good to have him back. We hope we can have him for the duration of the series.” Though Gayle celebrated his 38th birthday on the day of the Trent Bridge ODI, he gave a glimpse of his batting prowess in the Twenty20 International that preceded the ODI series and the first ODI too, so England will be wary of him. “He definitely brings a lot to the team, a wealth of experience and his record speaks for itself,” said Hold-
Chris Gayle declared fit for today;s third ODI against England.
er, exhorting confidence in his side to draw level and eke out the results that would give them a rare series victory. “There’s definitely still an opportunity to win the series,” he said. “We need to learn from that defeat at Old Trafford, but put it aside now, and take it step by step. We head into these last three games with full confidence.” Holder also said that the players will play the game with the tragedy that has taken place in Dominica following the passage of Hurricane Maria. “It’s obviously a very sad time,” he said. “Dominica has suffered so much damage. There were just recovering from the previous storm (Erika) and to be hit by another one of this magnitude is devastating. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people there.”
Barca, Real and Atletico all win in La Liga MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona opened up a four-point gap at the top of La Liga, maintaining their 100 percent start as they cruised to a 3-0 victory at Catalan rivals Girona on Saturday. An own goal either side of the break and a Luis Suarez strike in his 100th league appearance for the club 21 minutes from the end were enough for Ernesto Valverde’s team to secure the points in the first-ever league meeting between the sides. Having seen Atletico defeat Sevilla 2-0
to move into second place and a Dani Ceballos double help an unconvincing Real to sneak past bottom-of-the-table Alaves 2-1 earlier on, Barca made light work of their opponents, even if two of their goals were fortunate. “There was pressure on us given the results in the other games and the atmosphere here today,” Valverde said. “It’s a derby, a great atmosphere and we needed to play with our heads as well as our hearts. “We needed to combat Girona’s enthu-
siasm and we got the job done. Of course, I’m delighted with how things are going -– I’m not going to complain when we win. I’ll do that when things aren’t going well.” Real returned to winning ways following their shock 1-0 defeat to Betis in midweek as two first-half goals from Ceballos in his maiden league start for the club sandwiched a Manu Garcia header for hosts Alaves. here were missed chances at both ends in the second half. Cristiano Ronaldo, who
is yet to score in La Liga this season, and Alaves substitute Alfonso Pedraza both struck the woodwork twice, while Sergio Ramos fired over an open goal late on. However, Zinedine Zidane’s side hung on to claim a thirdleague win of the season and move on to 11 points. Second-half strikes from Yannick Carrasco and Antoine Griezmann helped Atletico to leapfrog Sevilla into second place. They remain unbeaten with four wins and two draws after six games.