Mothers’ Union to stage celebrity cricket match

Stabroek News – April 30, 2008

A celebrity cricket tournament involving a former Test player, four former first-class players and an ex-Guyana under-19 batsman will be the feature attraction on May 5 when the Diocese of Guyana Mothers’ Union holds its Family Fun Day at the YMCA ground in Thomas Lands.

The six-over per-side competition will involve six teams, each led by a ‘Celebrity’ player and all proceeds from this Charity match and the Fair is in aid of the Work of the Mothers’ Union (MU) in Guyana.

The Mothers’ Union (MU) is an organization with 3.6 million members worldwide, all dedicated to promoting stable family life, empowering people through community projects, fellowship, policy and prayer.

The action starts at 10:00hrs and former West Indies off-spinner Clyde Butts, Mark Harper, Neil Barry, Roderick Lovell, Shawn Holder and Rayon Griffith (who replaces former Test pacer Reon King who is unavailable due to his GCC commitments to the WIPA 20/20 tournament in Trinidad), will hope to roll back the years with outstanding performances for their respective teams in the soft-ball competition.   

Ferreira-James bound for Beijing

Stabroek News – April 30, 2008

Guyana’s leading female football referee Diane Ferreira-James is Beijing bound following her appointment by FIFA, football’s world governing body to officiate at the forthcoming Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

Ferreira-James was chosen along with several other female referees from CONCACAF, the Confederation of Central and North America and the Caribbean Football Union to the panel of referees to officiate in the Games billed to kick off in August.

The well-decorated local referee was chosen along with Kari Seitz of the United States and Trinidad and Tobago’s Shane DeSilva, while the assistant referees named are Lynda Bramble and Cindy Mohammed of the Twin Island Republic, Marlene Duffy and Veronica of the USA and Rita Munoz and Isabel Maria Tovar of Mexico.

Ferreira-James officiated in many international tournaments including the Women’s World Cup finals.

Inaugural U-19 Female Inter-County cricket tourney starts today

Kaieteur News – April 18, 2008
By Samuel Whyte

The Guyana Cricket Board will run off two female Inter-County cricket competitions this year. In addition to the senior tournament, an Under-19 competition will be played for the first time.
The U-19 segment gets started today, while the seniors will bowl off on Wednesday 23 and all matches will be played in Demerara.

Both competition will be played using the 40-over format and will see the teams opposing each other once. At the end of the competition, the team with the most points or better run rate (if more than one team finish with the same points) will be declared the winner.

The GCB will sponsor the U-19 competition, while according to the GCB Corporate sponsorship for the senior tournament is presently being finalized by the board.

Demerara and Essequibo will square off in the inaugural U-19 game today at the Police sports club ground Eve Leary.

GFF-WCC eyeing women’s football development in Guyana

Stabroek News – April 10, 2008

The Guyana Football Federation World Cup Committee (GFF-WCC) has approached the Guyana Football Federation with a proposal for the development of women’s football in Guyana.

The proposal by the GFF-WCC has the main goal of developing a women’s team to represent the country at the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Women’s Gold Tournament in either 2009 or 2010, according to a press release yesterday.

The GFF-WCC is currently advising the national football fraternity to embark on this venture, since they have recently learned of the notable number of Guyanese or children of Guyanese who are playing in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and for top clubs throughout North America.

The GFF-WCC is believed to have proposed that those foreign players may stimulate local interest in the development of the programme in Guyana.  

Guyanese woman Roxanne Lashley summits Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

Guyana Chronicle – April 8, 2008

First Guyanese to make it atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Ms. Roxanne Lashley draped with the Golden Arrowhead on reaching the summit of Africa’s highest free standing mountain.

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Holbrook woman reaches new heights She realizes a dream and climbs to the highest point in Africa

The Patriot Ledger – Apr 04, 2008
By Jody Feinberg

At the end of an eight-day climb, Roxanne Lashley felt on top of the world – and she was at nearly 20,000 feet high.

“Beautiful, oh, beautiful,” said Lashley of Holbrook, about her view from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. “It was everything I hoped for and more.”

Jessica Stephenson cops second Carifta medal

Kaieteur News – March 31, 2008

Jessica Stephenson captured a second medal at the Carifta Games Swimming championships being contested in Aruba.

The Trinidad and Tobago-based Guyanese secured a bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke event yesterday.

She had earlier claimed gold in the 200m breaststroke. Full details in tomorrow’s edition.