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Kaieteur News
Saturday August 31, 2013
Minnows in high contention as Black Hawks carts off lion’s share GASP stages open championship of prizes in Martial Arts tourney Not so long ago, scrabble players, Wayne Cave, Maurice Munroe and Robert Williams were merely lowly rated seeds attempting to solidify their rankings among their highly rated counterparts. Then Leon Belony assumed the helm of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) and introduced a new strategy where the best player from among the lowly rated seeds was awarded a special prize at the end of tournaments. The ploy seems to have worked since those players have lifted themselves from the rubble and are now competing strongly against their senior counterparts. Now fresh from a scintillating victory in the just concluded Tier ‘B’ championships last weekend, Wayne Cave will be at the top of his game and enters as a strong contender when the GASP stages an Open Scrabble Championship at the Maltenoes Sports Club tomorrow morning. It would
Maurice Munroe
Wayne Cave
also be foolhardy to dismiss Munroe and Williams as just mere contenders since these two have demonstrated a high level of consistence which is a very important trait in the word forming game. Several of the big guns will also vie for places including Moen Gafoor, James Krakowsky, Leon Belony, Colin Chichester and Orlando Michael among others. Those in the distaff category will also be anxious to mark their name among the
top finishers. As such, the men will have to be weary of National Champion, Abigail McDonald, Ruby Cummings and Grace Hercules among others. The registration starts at 09:30hrs and the first tile will be moved half an hour later. The early birds will benefit from a $200 discount from the stipulated $700 while apart from the full fee; latecomers will have their clocks activated in their absence.
Smartt satisfied with Guyana‘s performance in Regional Women’s tourneys National Women’s T\20 captain, all-rounder Tremayne Smartt told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that she is satisfied with the overall performance of the Guyana Women’s team in the recently concluded Regional 50 overs and T\20 tournaments. Guyana reached the semifinal in the 50 over competition before losing to Trinidad and Tobago by 7 runs thr o u g h t h e D u c k w o r t h Lewis method. Guyana totaled 191 batting first while the Trinis were 74-2 in 25 overs in reply before the rain came. Berbican Smartt said that the Guyana team showed lots of improvement in 2013 “We played as a team and the spirit was high’, she added. Smartt credited June Ogle who led the team in the team
Tremayne Smartt in the 50 overs competition. Ogle scored the most runs in the 50 over format there by receiving the award for the best batter. “She did a good job leading the team, she
motivated us well and lead from the front”, Smartt pointed out. She indicated that the batting let the team down a bit. She stated that the batters did not step up when it really matters, but the bowling and fielding were relatively good. Smartt believes Guyana need a female league so that the players will continue to improve. Guyana beat Trinidad and Tobago for the first time in the T\20 format and topped the points table in the preliminaries winning all their games before losing to Jamaica in the semis by 5 wickets in the last over. However, the Berbician was pleased with her performance stating that she achieved her goals. (Zaheer Mohamed)
3rd MYO/RAF’S T10 Inter Jamaat Softball Cricket
Fyrish Small Masjid win back to back; Albion also triumph The Third annual RAFS’s Variety Store sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation, organised Inter Jamaat Ten10 knock-out softball cricket competition bowled off on Sunday last in the Ancient County of Berbice at the Chesney Ground. Wasting no time in closing out their opponents were
Fyrish Small Masjid which recorded back to back wins, Albion was the other team in winners row. Fyrish B batting first against Albion posted 70 for 8 off their allotted 10 overs. Safraz Khan stroked 22 and Shalim Ali 19. Bowling for Albion, Shiraz Mobin picked up 2 for 2 and Ashraf Ghanie
1 for 2. Albion in response cruised to 71 for 4 in 7.3 overs; Altaf Ibrahim led with 21, Anwar Samad 19. Shabeka Gagnabi with 2 for 15 led the losers bowling; Taslim Shalim had 1 for 6. Scores: Fyrish B 70 for 8; Albion 71 for 4. Fyrish A took first (Continued on page 35)
Martial Arts practitioners from the Black Hawks Martial Arts Management Network/ Association carted off the lion’s share of prizes when that entity staged Open Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) over the past weekend. Trinidadian, Professor Christopher Francis, was in charge of the sessions and congratulated the respective winners while lauding the organizers for pulling off a successful event. He also promised to collaborate with the locals in their preparations for activities in the 11th anniversary celebrations next year. The results of the championship are: 10-12 Free style kata: 1st-3rd-Isaiah Young, Shoakirah Hopkinson, Isaiah Morris. Kumite 1st-3rd-Isaiah Morris, Isaiah Young, Joshua Allen and 6-9 free style kumite: Isaiah Morris, Isaiah Young,
Joshua Allen. 6-9 free style katas: Atiba Coteau, Isaiah Young. 6-9 free style katas: 1st- 3rd-Atiba Coteau, Floyd Morris and Sulaymaan Hopkinson. 6-9 free style kumite 1st-2nd Floyd Morris and Atiba DeCoteau. 13-15 free style kata-1st-3rd-Aquil Ramsahai, Shiloh Cameron and Jonathan Hansry. 13-15 free style weapons-1st -3rd- Aquil Ramsahai, Jonathan Hansry. 13-15 kumite 1st-3rd: King Cameron, Aquil and Jonathon Hansry. 16-17 kata traditional: 1st3rd: Troy Bobb (jnr), Feroze Khan and Denish Gopaul. 1834 Novice kata 1st-3rd: Youle Benjamin, Julian Ramnaught and Bango Lall. International Kata: 1st-3rd: Jimoll Marks, Allejandro Latchman and Porfria Schemyel. Black belt kata 1st-3rd: Paul Ignatius, Steven Persaud and rodwell Alleyne. 18-34 free style kata; 1st3rd Isiah Pollard, Cordin
D’Anjou and Nicholus Braithwaite and 18-34 kumite: 1st-3rd Isaih Pollard, Bertrum Williams and Corwin D’Anjou and Defence 1st-3rd:Anand Mohadio, Corwin D’Anjou and Isiah Pollard. 10-12 females kumite: 1st-3rd Joan Shuman, Shaakirah Hopkinson, Lateefah Hopkinson. 18-34 kumite- 1st2nd Joan Williams and Porttia Schemyel. Over 35 kumite: 1st-3rd: Dellon Hyman, Troy Bobb and Quesi Patrick. U-6 free style kata, 1st and 2nd Jayden Jack and Elijah Marks. Kumite 1st & 2nd; Elijah Marks and Jaden Jack. Traditional (novice)-10-12: 1st-3rd Daniel Chandler, Vickash Persaud and Tim Pineande. Novice 13-15 1st3rd-Isiah Stevenson, Elroy Dundus, Roberto Gunpath. Traditional (intermediate); 1st-3rd-Joseph Rahman, Allioiah Ramnarine and Joshwah Allie. Black belts 1st3rd-Deon Bobb, Tamera Austin and Fayad Hosein.
Guyana, Trinidad cricketers take top awards at Sandals camp ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Cricketers from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago grabbed the top awards at the just-concluded West Indies Cricket Board Sandals Foundation Under15 High Performance Camp in Antigua. Guyanese Renaldo Mohammed copped the Most Outstanding Cricketer award, while his teammate, Richie Looknauth, won the trophy for Best Bowler. Mohammed was also the leading bowler in the WICB Regional Under-15 Tournament this year. He finished the
tournament with 33 wickets which included a match haul of 14 against the Leeward Islands. Trinidad and Tobago’s Under-15 captain Kirsten Kallicharan was adjudged the Best Batsman. The Best Fielder Award went to Chrystian Thurton of Trinidad and Tobago while another Trinidadian, Leonardo Julien took the award for Best Wicketkeeper. The most promising players were also named. They are Uri Smith (Antigua and Barbuda), Ashmead Nedd (Guyana), Javani Tyson (Leeward Islands) and
Nathaniel McDavid (Trinidad and Tobago). Head Coach Dwain Gill said the limitations of the players were identified early and the coaching team used the camp to address those specific points. “Most of the participants would have passed the test and we urge them to take this knowledge and talents back to their countries and clubs,” Coach Gill said. The 57 elite young cricketers were involved in a week of training focusing on technical skills, techniques and strategy, and life skills.
2013 Republic Bank Under-17 Inter-zone Cricket Competition
Upper Corentyne upset champs East Bank/ New Amsterdam/Canje to reach final Play in the Republic Bank Inter Zone U-17 cricket competition continued in Berbice with Upper Corentyne scoring a big upset win against defending champions and favourites East Bank/New Amsterdam/ Canje, knocking them out of the competition. In the match, which was played at the Cumberland Ground in East Canje, Upper Corentyne lost the toss and were asked to take first strike. Led by 58 from Parmeshwar Chatterpaul and some devastating bowling,
the Upper Corentyne lads created a major upset by outplaying the defending champions to reach the final of the 2013 competition by taking first innings honours in their drawn semi-final. Chatterpaul featured in three vital partnership during his team’s innings. First he put together 26 for the first wicket with Aslim Baksh, 21 for the 2nd wicket with Dion Esau (10) and 28 for the 4th wicket with Jamal Jackman thus helping them to 73 for 3. After that, they slipped to 97 for 7 at which point Chatterpaul fell
for a crucial 58. Upper Corentyne were eventually all out for 103 in their first innings. Doing the damage for East Bank/New Amsterdam/Canje were offspinner Leon Andrews with 3 for 35, left arm spinner Jaleel Jaffar 3 for 25, left arm pacer Kassim Khan 2 for 9 and medium pacer Omar Weatherspoon 2 for 11. When the combined side began their first innings reply, Upper Corentyne opening fast bowler Nicholas Seenarine took three early wickets to have them (Continued on page 37)