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Albouystown, runners-up receive Inter-Ward prizes
Jamaal Douglas, Mackeson Brand Coordinator, addressing the players last Thursday
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Canje move atop InterWard football table
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anje moved to the top of the points’ table in group B of the Hearts of Oak Masters FC Inter-Ward football tournament in New Amsterdam when they disposed of Fyrish 3-0 on Friday night at the All Saints ground in New Amsterdam. Canje, who started slowly, took some time to get into their own although three goals were disallowed. However, when a fourth goal was disallowed the players protested and the goal was eventually awarded in the 15th minute. The goal was attributed to Sham Mohabir while
Shazam Parris netted in the 24th and 26th minutes of the game to give his team a 3-0 lead at the half time whistle. The second half saw Fyrish playing more responsibly but could not find the back of the net. Earlier in the evening, a Kevon Grenville 57th minute goal helped Manchester hold on to a 1-1 draw against North New Amsterdam. The home team had taken the lead in the 47th minute through a Delroy Ferdinand goal. The tournament features eight teams that have been divided into two groups; the two top teams from each group will qual-
ify for the semi-finals. Matches are played on Friday and Saturday nights under lights. The competition started on September 27. In results from games played so far, South New Amsterdam got pass North New Amsterdam1-0, while East Canje and South New Amsterdam played to a 1-1 draw. Last weekend Manchester and Fyrish played to an exciting 3-3 draw and Rose Hall Town overpowered Joint Services 3-0. The competition is organised by Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club and coordinated by Neil Humphrey.
Bradley beats Juan Manuel Marquez to retain title
AA Albouystown/Charlestown representative receives his team’s cheque from Jamaal Douglas
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he Mackesonsponsored Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters InterWard basketball champions, Albouystown/ Charlestown and runnersup, Wortmanville/Werk-enRust, were rewarded last Thursday with their cash incentives from ANSA McAl, following the champion-
ships’ three-game a week earlier. Mackeson Brand Coordinator, Jamaal Douglas urged the players to remain disciplined and maintain high standards in their communities before presenting them with their prize monies at the ceremony at the company’s headquarters at Beterverwagting,
East Coast Demerara. Alberttown/Bourda was fourth in the tournament after losing to Plaisance/ Vryheid’s Lust in the third place playoff. The competition was reintroduced as a fundraiser for TGH Pacesetters this year after a three-year hiatus from the local basketball calendar.
Sheer gold!
Junior Niles
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Meanwhile, there were many attacks during the race involving the in-form Alanzo Greaves, Godfrey Pollydore, McKay and others, but the change of gear at Providence by DeNobrega, Persaud and Choo Wee Nam all but sealed the race for the winner. The three cyclists worked in tandem and opened up a sizeable lead on the pack. They were never caught by the peloton and with 100m before the finish were still together. However, DeNobrega in the fina metres pounced and took the victory. Persaud whose sprinting ability was superior to Choo Wee Nam’s had to settle for the bronze. This year’s event that was sponsored by Kadir Mohamed’s family attracted a record 48 cyclist,s including female champion, Naomi Singh. Other category winners were Junior Niles (veteran under 45), Ian Jackson (veteran over 45) and Ambrose (junior).
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Juan Manuel Marquez takes a hard shot to the head in Saturday’s fight
merican Timothy Bradley retained his WBO welterweight title with a split-decision victory over Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Two judges gave Bradley, 30, victory - 116112 and 115-113 - while the other scored it 115-113 for Marquez, 40. In a tactical bout, a late left hook from Bradley was one of few big shots. On the undercard, Orlando Cruz failed in his bid to become the first openly gay world champion as he was stopped by Orlando Salido in the seventh round. Salido, 32, regained the vacant WBO featherweight title after improving his career record to 40 wins (28 knockouts), 12 defeats and two losses, while Cruz slipped to 20-3-1, with 10 wins inside the distance. Cruz, also 32, said: “I went into the corner and he hit me with a good shot. The fight was close until then.” Marquez, who had two narrow defeats and a draw against Filipino great Manny Pacquiao before a sixth-round knockout victory in their fourth fight in December, rocked Bradley in the ninth and felt he had done enough to win. “I know I did my job and
Timothy Bradley
I’m happy with what I’ve done,” he said, after his seventh defeat in 63 fights. “I landed the best shots... to win a fight it’s not always necessary to win by KO.” Marquez, bidding to become the first Mexican to win world titles in five weight classes, added: “I’ve been robbed six times in my career. I clearly won the fight.” But Bradley, who beat Pacquiao - also on a split decision - in June 2012, said: “He couldn’t touch me. I gave him a boxing lesson.” Unbeaten Bradley, who took his career record to 31 (12)-0, could now face an-
other match with 34-yearold Pacquiao, who fights American Brandon Rios in Macau on 24 November. Two-time Olympic gold medallist Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine made an impressive professional debut with a fourth-round knock-out of Mexican featherweight Jose Ramirez in a scheduled 10-round bout. Lomachenko, who won gold at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, is contractually guaranteed a 126-pound world-title shot in his second fight which could be against Salido or WBA champion Nicholas Walters in the new year. (BBC Sport)