Tuesday July 31, 2012
Kaieteur News
Guyana and T&T win Under-19 Cricket fixtures Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago recorded victories, while the Windwards and host Barbados played out a draw in latest matches in the Regional Under-19 three-day cricket Championship yesterday in Barbados. Guyana recorded a comfortable 96 run triumph over the Leewards, while T&T beat Jamaica by 3 wickets to rally up valuable championship points. Gudesh Moti-Kanhai bagged 11 wickets in the match for 116. Following are the summarised close-of-play scores on the final day of the first round of matches in the Regional Under-19 three-day Championship on Monday in Barbados. Scores: At Bayfield: Guyana beat Leewards by 96 runs. GUYANA 202 (Chanderpaul Hemraj 102; Tristan Hanley 648, Shevon Moore 2-30, Baker 2-25) and 156 (Ricardo Adams 42, Shawn Pereira 22; Tristan Hanley 4-68 - 10-116 in the match, Devon Baker 325, Shevon Moore 2-29)
Gudakesh Moti-Kanhai LEEWARDS 131 (Ashawn Hodge 49, Colin Archibald 40 not out; Gudakesh MotiKanhai 7-31, Romario Shepherd 2-32) and 131 (Hodge 25, Duan Webb 24, Dymon Parris 20, Akeem Saunders 20; Shawn Pereira 6-40, Gudakesh Moti-Kanhai 4-65). At Queen’s Park: Windwards drew with Barbados. WINDWARDS 206 (Jerlani Robinson 75, Holis Blair 33, Roland Cato 29; Aaron Jones 4-24, Chad Williams 3-41, Darnell Greenidge 2-29) and 202
(Keone George 58, Tarryck Gabriel 55, Jerlani Robinson 33; Darnell Greenidge 3-23, Jameel Stuart 2-8, Chad Williams 2-46, Chaim-Alexis Holder 2-59) BARBADOS 278-8 decl. (Shai Hope 101, Kemar Brathwaite 51, Darnell Greenidge 28, Jameel Stuart 21; Kenneth Dember 2-43, Larry Edwards 2-53) and 846 (Shai Hope 24; Larry Edward 2-17). At Friendship: T&T beat Jamaica by 3 wickets. JAMAICA 187 (Brian Gayle 35, Raghni Francis 31, Odane McCatty 25, Christopher Powell 25, Oshane Walters 24; Jovan Ali 4-59, Anthony Simmons 2-43) and 194-7 decl. (Brian Gayle 54, Tezwayne Creary 76 not out; Jovan Ali 4-55, Tevin Robertson 2-40) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 203 (Jeremy Solozano 84, Brian Christmas 24, Andy Gobin 23, Vikash Mohan 23; Oshane Walters 549, Brian Gayle 4-29) and 1807 (Jeremy Solozano 78, Brian Christmas 29, Andy Gobin 21; Oshane Walters 4-56, Brian Gayle 2-68).
Inverhaugh CC Masters face W/Dem today at Everest The privately owned Inverhaugh Cricket Club based in Inverhaugh, Ontario, Canada has been blessed with brilliant sunshine ever since their tour to Guyana commenced last Friday, but the North American unit has not enjoyed the same blessings on the field losing both of their matches against an Everest Masters side last Saturday and a strong young Berbice XI at Albion on Sunday. Inverhaugh play its third match against a West Demerara Masters team at Everest today from 11:00hrs. This match was shifted from the Wales Community Center ground due to a sodden outfield there. The club was formed by Bart Singh & Associates in 1995 and plays all their games on turf wickets within the grounds owned by Jan & Bart Singh. Almost half of their players hail from various parts of Guyana. Former Windies Test player, Sew Shivnarine, now aged 60, has made useful contributions in both matches for the touring team. Most of the members are Canada-based, but Inverhaugh have several overseas members that join the club on its tours. The club only plays friendly matches during the Canadian summer while tours are regularly undertaken in the winter months to various islands such as: Grenada, St. Maarten, St.Lucia, Jamaica, Cayman Islands & Dominica. Following both of the matches played over the weekend in Guyana the touring party made a presentation of cricket equipment to the youth programme of both the Everest Cricket Club and the Albion Cricket Clubs. This is the club’s first tour to Guyana and only the second during summer with the previous one being to England in 1997. Both the captain, Bart Singh & the Manager, Fazal Karim hail from Herstelling and
are looking forward to this tour. The tour party also includes members originally from Trinidad, Canada, England, India and Scotland. The full tour party including wives & supporters number 30. Most members of the group were born in Guyana and the Inverhaugh team read: Bart Singh (captain), Roy Singh, John Metcalf, Vince Correia, Nigel Cockwell, Fazal Karim, Ron Reece, Kumar Dindial, Jai Yudishthu, Balkaran Maharaj, Keron Jagdeo, Premo Jagdeo, Saheed Mohamed and Jaysheel Bhavsar. Yesterday the team had a rest day and visited the Arrowpoint/ Santa Mission area while tomorrow some of the members will visit the world renowned Kaieteur Falls/ Orinduik Falls. The West Demerara team will be selected from: Sudesh Persaud, Rishi Digamber(Captain), Sham Persaud, Thakur, Terry Daniels, Abdul Shameer Samad, Anand Sanasie, Vibert Johnson, Dhanpaul, Shawn McKay, Navindra Persaud, Hassan Inshan, Orvil Black, Balram Aaron, Jagdesh Balgobin,Robin Persaud, Azeez Khan, Sunil Ramdat. The Manager is Robin Khan and Coach/player is Harry Deokinandan. Inverhaugh will play their final match against an East Bank Masters team at Everest on Thursday. The East Bank team will comprise of the following players: Deonarine Debidial, Kenneth Debidial, Rohan Sarjoo, Johnny Azeez, Raymond Jaisingh, Ronald Jaisingh, Daniel Sarjoo, Rakesh Gangaram, Victor Henry, Jai Sankar & Mukesh Dass. The team will then be entertained at a farewell cocktail reception at the Grand Coastal Inn on Thursday evening hosted by Raj Singh Insurance Brokers.
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Gafoor warms up for Caribbean Scrabble Championship with impressive win With the Caribbean Scrabble Championships just a few weeks away, Guyana’s top seeded, Moen Gafoor proved his readiness when he amassed an impeccable 6 points with a positive spread of 292 to emerge victorious when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) hosted an Open tournament in the pavilion of the Maltenoes Sports Club on Sunday. Former national champion and current Caribbean Champion, Fred Collins finished second with 4 points and a positive spread of 579 while Colin Chichester amassed 4 points and a positive spread of 84 to close off the podium positions. Julian Skeete scored 4 points with a positive spread of 62 to finish 4th, carting off the special prize for the best player outside the top ten rankings. National Champion Abigail McDonald experienced the worst day of her reign and eventually ended the tournament on 3 points and a positive spread of 299. No one envisaged McDonald’s turn of fortune since she went to the lunch break with 3 points after winning all of her games.
Moen Gafoor
Fred Collins
Gafoor also experienced similar pre-lunch fortunes and the post-lunch matchup between him and McDonald was highly anticipated and touted to produce the overall winner. The game ebbed and flowed with both players scoring 3 bingos apiece with a negligible spread separating them as the tiles ran out. In a counterattacking game where both players scored 3 bingo’s apiece, Gafoor proved to be the more cunning and eventually prevailed by a slim margin of 8; the final score reading 453-461. It seemed as though the tensions of that game had a negative impact on the local scrabble queen and she went on to drop her two successive
encounters to Fred Collins and Julian Skeete and for the first time in a long time the local scrabble queen failed to ascend the podium after turning in a dismal performance with 3 points and a positive spread of 299. The players will convene once again at the Malteenoes Sports Club tomorrow in Emancipation Open Championships. The organisers are appealing to all players to make a special effort to attend in preparation for the Caribbean Championships slated for next month. Players are also reminded to attend practice sessions at the very venue on Wednesday evenings starting at 10am.
United States, China neckand-neck on Medal Standings The United States of America and China are neckand-neck in the medal count of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England after five days of competition. The complete Medal Standing from the first five of the 17day competition is as follows:
Correction!!! In yesterday’s edition of Kaieteur Sport, we unintentionally carried an inaccurate report on the results of the just-concluded Hugh Ross Bodybuilding Classic and Fitness Fair at the National Cultural Centre last Saturday night. In fact, it was Kerwin Clarke of Buddies
Gym who won the honors, first, in the welterweight (155-165 lbs) division and subsequently the overall pose down. Kaieteur Sport apologises to Mr. Clarke for any inconvenience and wishes to offer congratulations on his achievement.
Category 1st 2nd 3rd Bantamweight - 143lb (65kg)Devon Davis Eybo Orford Yogeshwar Nirmall (GDF) (Total Fitness) (Musclemania) Lightweight 144lb-154lbs (70kg) Marlon Bennett Alston Lancaster Travis Peters (Xtreme Fitness) (Windoroju) (Total Fitness) Welterweight 155-165lbs (75kg) Kerwin Clarke* Lindy Sharpe Selwyn Grogan (Buddy’s Gym) (Universal BC) (Interline Fitness) Light Middleweight Clint Duke Alfred Jordan Delon Harlequin (166lbs- 176lbs - 80kg) (Total Fitness) (Interline Fitness) (Interline Fitness) Heavyweight Michael Dos Santos Shawn Henry Samuel Dey (177lbs & over - 80kg) (Total Fitness) (Buddy’s) (Zahiff’s) Ms. Physique: Alisha Fortune (GDF) Ms. Body Fitness: Nadina Taharally Letitia Myles Ashanti Fortune (Interline Fitness) (GDF) (BodyMax) Overall – Mr. Hugh Ross Classic 2012: Kerwin Clarke (Buddy’s Gym)