Tag Archives: Guyana

BCB/WBCA/Jaffarally T20 bowls off this weekend

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/West Berbice Cricket Association/Jaffarally T20 tournament is expected to bowl off this weekend in West Berbice with nine matches tomorrow. According to the BCB, the tournament is open to players living as far as and up to the Abary Bridge and must be fully vaccinated. A walk-over shall be granted to […]

Agriculture Teacher Kumawattie Ramkoomar – Stabroek News

‘Teacher Sharon’, Kumawattie Ramkoomar Isurdeen, is a quiet, unassuming young woman who serves as Head of the Department of Agriculture Science at Cummings Lodge Secondary School and who believes that the drive to enhance her charges’ enthusiasm for the discipline has to be designed to take them beyond seeing it as just another subject to add […]

Dharry to headline title fight scheduled for National Stadium

After some hiccups, boxing-starved fans will finally be satiated with a card comprising two title fights next month. This is according to USA-based prizefighter, Elton Dharry, who is scheduled to headline the April 23 event dubbed the “Guyana Fight Night Road to Redemption” to be held at the National Stadium. Dharry was scheduled to be […]

Time to end the CARICOM food security ‘theatre’

This week’s Thirty-Third Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) afforded regional leaders yet another opportunity to set aside lengthy presentations and instead, make a focussed effort to arrive at implementable solutions to some of the long-standing challenges that continue to confront the region. None of these issues can be more […]

Britton, Van Lange lead Guyana past Haiti

Sixteen year-old Jonathan Van Lange had a memorable senior team debut at the 2022 Caribbean table tennis championships in Cuba yesterday winning a crucial match to see the Guyana men’s team off to a winning start as the team championships commenced yesterday in Havana, Cuba. Playing in the pivotal number three spot, Van Lange whipped […]

Wong, Edghill top seeds in groups

When the singles version of this year’s Caribbean table tennis championships serves off in Cuba Saturday, Guyana’s Miguel Wong and Chelsea Edghill will be the top seeds in their groups. In the men’s singles competition Wong is the top seed in Group Eight where he will vie along with Jamaica’s Kane Watson, Puerto Rico’s Richard […]

Billingy continues to rewrite the record books

Jasmine Billingy continues to defy the odds and rewrite the record books. Capitalising on the absence of national champion and Olympian Chelsea Edghill and number two female player Natalie Cummings, Billingy stormed to victory in the women’s singles of the recent Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Mashramani championships. It was one of four titles the […]

Lady Jaguars lose 0-5 to Panama

The Lady Jaguars suffered their second consecutive crushing defeat in the 2022 Concacaf U20 Championship yesterday, losing to Panama by a 5-0 scoreline at the Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Guyana ended the group stage with a record of one win and two losses. The Lady Jaguars defeated Honduras 2-0 in their […]

Lady Jags confident of progressing further in competition

Following the Lady Jaguars team’s loss to Mexico in the 2022 Concacaf U20 Championship on Monday, head-coach Paul DeAbreu affirmed that fixtures against quality opposition is beneficial for the team’s development, adding that the squad is confident of progressing deeper in the tournament. Speaking ahead of Guyana’s final group match against Panama today, DeAbreu explained, […]

TT teams allocated slots for Commonwealth Games—Yassin

Guyana’s male and female table tennis teams have been allocated slots for participation at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. This is according to president of the Guyana Olympic Association, K.A Juman Yassin. According to the GOA president he has received correspondence from the Commonwealth Games Committee of the development. “In accordance with the published […]