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GTTA names Junior and Cadet Team for Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships The Guyana Table Tennis Association has named its Junior and Cadet Squad for the 2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships fixed for the 11th to 18th April in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. As a consequence, the association is appealing for Corporate Support to ensure the teamsâ participation. Coming off of the National Junior Table Tennis championships staged on the weekend March 1st-3rd last at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the named the team with a view of having Guyana represented at the April 11th to 18th event in the Dominican Republic. The Caribbean Junior and Cadet Table Tennis championship engages players between the ages of 18 years and 15 years both under boys and girls. The championships will be used as the qualification event for the Pan American Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships scheduled for Cancun, Mexico in June. Guyanaâs most formidable
challenge will come from the under 15 years and boys team who have an abundance of talent with young table tennis jaguars in national Boys 18 and 15 years and under Champion Jonathon Van Lange of Bishopâs High School, the immensely talented Kaysan Ninvalle of Chase Academy, the talented St Stanislaus College student Isaiah Layne and Bishopâs High School Krystian Sahadeo.There are some challenges with which the association will have to navigate in the 18 years boys division given most of the players are in the examination cycle, this team will come from newly graduated Immigration
officer and national 18 years and under champion 2018 Nickolas Romain, the talented and determined Jamal Nicholas, Terrence Rausche, Multi-talented Niran Bissu and Yuedistir Persaud. New comer debutant emerging talent Crystal Melville would be participating in the girls 15 years and under category after being named on her second national table tennis team after being named in the under 13 years category in 2014.The GTTA met parents on Tuesday 11th March to discuss plans and support mechanisms for Guyanaâs participation.
The following players were named: Boys 15 years and under Girls 15 years and under Jonathan Van Lange Thuraia Thomas Kaysan Ninvalle Crystal Melville Isaiah Layne Nkechi Mc Crae Krystian Sahadeo Jasmine Billinghi Boys 18 years and under Girls 18 years and under Nicholas Romain Neveah Clarkston Jamal Nicholas Aneka Philips Terrence Rausche Niran Bissu Yuedistir Persaud
Saturday March 16, 2019
Pollard, Sammy shine again as Zalmi reach final KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC â Kieron Pollard and captain Darren Sammy starred with the bat yet again as Peshawar Zalmi clobbered Islamabad United by 48 runs, to reach tomorrowâs final of the Pakistan Super League at the second time of asking. After missing out in the first qualifier on Wednesday when they went down to Quetta Gladiators, Zalmi took full advantage of their second opportunity in yesterdayâs contest, piling up a massive 214 for five off their 20 overs. Sent in, Zalmi were powered by a 135-run first wicket stand between Kamran Akmal who slammed 74 off 43 deliveries, and Imam-ul-Haq who hit 58 off 33 balls. Both fell in the 13th over with just three runs added and Sohaib Maqsood followed soon afterwards for four to leave Zalmi on 158 for three in the 16th over. But Pollard, promoted to number three, and Sammy â batting at number five â combined to add 32 off 18 balls fo the fourth wicket and reenergise the innings. Pollard blasted 37 off 21 balls with a four and four sixes while Sammy extended his
West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard. good run with an unbeaten 30 off 15 balls, with a brace of fours and sixes. Sammy gathered 16 runs from the last over sent down by left-arm seamer Rumman Raees, including a massive six on the roof of the stands at long on. In reply, Islamabad were held to 166 for nine from their 20 overs, with another West Indies player Chadwick Walton finding the limelight
with a top score of 48 off 29 deliveries.He struck three fours and sixes in adding 63 for the second wicket with opener Cameron Delport who made 28 off 25 balls. Faheem Ashraf chipped in with a 14-ball 31 down the order but the task proved too much for Islamabad. Zalmi, the 2017 champions and last yearâs runners-up, will take on Quetta Gladiators in the final.
Team Mohamedâs GTR Ekanoo arrives in Georgetown The much-talked about former-world record holding Nissan GTR, recently acquired by Team Mohamedâs
Enterprise was cleared yesterday morning. The car, a featured attraction for the March 24th first
round of the National Drag Championship, race meet was cleared yesterday morning at the John Fernandes Wharf. Already the buzz around the car is promoting competition out of Suriname with several of that countryâs drivers already lining up to take shots. The GTR is the third for the team, which has the current strip record at 7.52 seconds set by the unbeaten machine that is dubbed Goliath. The Ekanoo comes at an opportune time when the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) is moving apace with its launchpad. The pad will allow highhorsepower cars to better put down their power, something the new GTR requires if it is to run at its best. In addition to that, Mohamedâs Enterprise the company associated with the team has opted to extend the strip from 1000ft to a full quarter-mile. The car will also require a full quarter mile in order to attain its fastest times. The tuners of the car will arrive shortly with testing expected to begin once works are completed at the South Dakota Drag Strip.