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Kaieteur News
Wednesday December 25, 2013
Samuels returns home Two power matches heralds from NZ with wrist injury Chico/K&S Secondary Schools Football
festive celebrations today
It’s the yuletide season but while the average citizen relaxes today and feast on the many treats that is synonymous to the joys of the season, players of 4 football teams are getting ready to excite their fans when action in the Chico/Kashif & Shanghai Secondary Schools Football Tournament continues at the Number 5 Village, Corentyne, Community Centre Ground, this afternoon. Fresh f r o m i t s 3 - 1 victory over Stewartville S e c o n d a r y, P r e s i d e n t ’s College (PC) will be brimming with confidence when it faces Ash Education in the feature attraction of a potentially scorching double header while the opening encounter will see Bladen Hall Secondary locking horns with A n n ’s Grove Secondary which should serve as the side dish to the main course. Stedman Martin is the PC’s front man and he is a
hard worker. One suspects, though, that he will be keenly watched by the opposition and he will be required to really pull off all the stops to have his own way. He will receive support from Von Harding and Yuon Armstrong whose dexterity has stood them in good stead in previous matches and should be a sure asset in today’s encounter. Brother Abby is the Coach of the Ash Education squad and he said the PC is the least of his worries. The winner of this encounter will oppose Annandale Secondary tomorrow afternoon and already the Ash Education coach is looking ahead to that encounter. “ We h a v e a s t r o n g lineup and are least worried by the PC; rather, we are fixated on the Annandale encounter because that team is indeed a force to be
reckoned with,” said Brother Abby. He said that he is banking on his captain, Kevin Layne who he described as a deadly midfielder. “We also have competent players, the likes of Atlin Browne, Gary Webster and Akimo Watts,” he said while adamantly stating that his team will beat PC. Meanwhile, when the action resumes tomorrow afternoon at the Buxton Community Centre Ground, Wisma r S e c o n d a r y w i l l oppose the winner of the Bladen Hall Secondary/ Ann’s Grove Secondary encounter to support the Annandale/winner of Ash Education/PC encounter. The action then returns to Georgetown, at the GFC Ground on Thursday when Waramadong Secondary play Charlestown Secondary at 15:00hrs followed by the feature match at 17:00hrs between St George’s and Mackenzie High School.
ESPNcricinfo - Marlon Samuels, the West Indies allrounder, has been ruled out of the New Zealand limitedovers series with the recurrence of a chronic wrist injury. The injury, on his right wrist, will require surgery. West Indies’ physiotherapist CJ Clark confirmed that Samuels is returning home. “It will require surgery management and he returns home to seek that surgical opinion and advice from the WICB medical panel, headed by Dr Akshai Mansingh,” Clark said. Coach Ottis Gibson said Samuels absence will be hard to cope with for an alreadystruggling team. “Marlon’s injury is unfortunate at such a tough time for the team,” Gibson said. “But it gives another player the opportunity to make a name for themselves in this series.” West Indies are already without two of their biggest names, with Chris Gayle’s hamstring and Kieron Pollard’s knee keeping them out of the series. Dwayne
Bravo, the ODI captain, said it would be difficult without the trio. “Chris Gayle, Samuels and Pollard are three of our better players, we can’t hide that,” Bravo said. “We’re definitely going to miss them, because they are three world-class players and despite the talent we have, I don’t think any of us can actually fit those shoes. For me as a captain, I’m going to miss their ability as well as their experience, but it’s a good opportunity for other players, they get an opportunity now to make a name for themselves and try to stamp their authority. They’re definitely going to be missed, but I’m not going to use it as an excuse if we don’t play well. If we play to our true potential, we’re going to do well.” Wicketkeeper-batsman Chadwick Walton will remain in New Zealand following the Tests as Samuels’ replacement. Walton has played two Tests and two ODIs, but is yet to score a run in one-day cricket. Gibson said he was
confident, though, that Walton would make use of opportunities that came his way. “Chaddy has been on tour with us from the start, including the tour of India, without getting an opportunity. He has been working hard and growing as a player, and I feel confident that when his opportunity comes he will make the most of it.” Samuels had been in patchy form in the three Tests, which West Indies lost 0-2, scoring one half-century but not touching 25 in the other five innings. His bowling action had been called into question during the series, and though he was cleared to bowl his part-time offspin by the ICC following biomechanical analysis, he was banned from bowling his quicker delivery - his elbow was found to flex beyond the permissible 15 degrees when he bowled that ball. West Indies play five ODIs against New Zealand, starting in Auckland on Boxing Day, followed by two Twenty20s.
RHTY&SC cricket teams complete successful multi-million Christmas Programmes The cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) since 1990 have organised a series of programmes during the festive season each year with the main aim of making a positive difference in the lives of children, the elderly and less fortunate. The teams during the period December 5 – 22, 2013 hosted a series of activities under the multimillion dollars Christmas programme. The programmes were organised by the Rose Hall Town Farfan & Mendes Under15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under19 and Intermediate, Gizmos & Gadgets First Division and Under-21 and Metro Female Teams. Among the major programmes was a Christmas party for 500 less fortunate children, a joint project with the Radio Needy Children Fund. Each child received a warm meal, liquid refreshments, a special Christmas goodies bag and a toy each. Three thousand children across the Ancient County also received toys from the cricket teams via their churches, Non Governmental Agencies, schools and cricket clubs while 300 food hampers were shared out to less fortunate families. A total of 120 senior citizens on Sunday December
Members of the RHTY&SC pose with Sanata Claus 22, were also treated at a luncheon and also received special food hampers and collection of items including cosmetics valued of $8,000 each. Hundreds were also provided with warm meals during the general feeding programme while the teams also sponsored several Christmas related Television Programmes on DTV-8. Hundreds of less fortunate youths and families also received $2M worth of clothing, footwear,
educational and hygiene kits. Staff members of the Rose Hall Town Post Office and several members of the Guyana Police Force also received hampers. All members of the Club’s First Division Team each received a special collection of gifts. The teams also provided toys to the Berbice Cricket Board for distribution to the Eden Children Home and those in the Children Ward of the New Amsterdam Hospital. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club also sponsored a
series of Christmas programmes for its founder the St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Group which include the 2013 Christmas Concert, gifts for every church member, toys for every Catholic child in Region 6, Youths get together and lunch and toys for orphans at the Port Mourant Canaan Children Home. The St. Francis Youth Club also benefitted from sponsorship of prizes including a bicycle and educational materials for an
Essay competition. Club Secretary/CEO, Hilbert Foster remarked that this year’s programmes was the largest in the history of the Club and was the result of the hard work of club executive and members of the different cricket teams. Foster disclosed that the entity strongly believes in making positive differences in the lives of others and noted that the Club is the only of its kind in Guyana that spearheads such large scale
charity programmes. The RHTY&SC cricketers are taught via these programmes that all sportsmen and women must make contributions to the development of society and those less fortunate than themselves. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and its young cricketers would like to express gratitude to the numerous donors to its Christmas outreach and they include GT&T, Bakewell, Southland International, Bermudez, Farfan & Mendes, Sterling Products, Beharry’s, Impression, Hand-in-Hand, Food for the Poor, CIDI, Len’s Craft, Bank of Nova Scotia, Bounty Farm Ltd, Cirkel, NCN Radio Children Fund, Busta, DDL, Banks DIH, H.A Snacks, Namilco, De Sinco, Ansa Mcal, Bissan’s, Berbice River Bridge, A.M. Khan, Kanhai Electrical Agency, Lotto, Churches Chicken, Starr Computers, Toucan, Gizmos & Gadgets, F.H Printery, DTV-8, Kris Jagdeo Construction, Ministry of Public Service, Marcel Crawford S.C, Minister Jennifer Westford, John Lewis Style, Sentinel Security, Noreen Gaskin and Ms Linda Williams. Thanks are also expressed to the hundreds of residents who donated food items and toys and are too numerous to mention.