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Celebrity All Stars Game Release

Trophy and Prizes
Trophy and Prizes

Thirty-two (32) local celebrities including West Indies Cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan and reigning Sportswoman of the Year Shondell Alfred will be competing on Saturday August 20th at The Knights Basketball Club Second Annual Celebrity Basketball Game.

The event is billed for this Saturday at 19:00hrs at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall and apart from the Celebrity Game, There will be three supporting games featured top local teams. The Celebrity Game cast has been beefed up this year to include a wider pool of celebrities.

The list includes twice the amount of females from last year, athletes from more sports disciplines and even prominent professionals.  Proceeds from last year’s event were donated to Joshua’s House and this year The Support Group for Deaf Persons has been earmarked.  Scotia Bank and Republic Bank will play the first supporting game followed by Giftland Office Max versus Qualfon and Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) Elite versus Knights.

Below is a complete list of this year’s participants:

Athletes

  • Ronson Williams (National Football goal keeper)
  • Theodore Henry (National Rugby Coach/player )
  • Godfrey Munroe (Former National Table Tennis Champion)
  • Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies Cricketer)
  • Charles Ramson (Cricketer/Attorney-at-Law for Office of President)
  • Chris Barnwell (National Cricketer)
  • Kiev Chesney (2007 Junior National 800m champion /2010 Sports Reporter of the Year)
  • Steven Jacobs (National Cricketer)
  • Stephen Vieira (Superbike champion )
  • Edison Jefford (Former National Runner/Sports Reporter)
  • Leon Johnson (National Cricketer)
  • Paul DeNobrega (National Junior Cyclist Champion)
  • Leer Nunes (National Cyclist)
  • Jody-Ann Blake (National Female Tennis Champion)
  • Shondell Alfred (Guyana Female Boxing Champion/Sports Woman of the Year)
  • Kezqweyah Yisrael (Sports/Fitness Guru)

 

Entertainers

  • Chow Pow (Actor/Comedian)
  • Adrian Dutchin (Musician)
  • Jonthan Beepat (Wildfire Ent./Beepats)
  • James Bond (Attorney-at-Law)
  • Curtis MacKenzie (Curtis Workout/Fitness Guru}
  • Gialiani (Musician)
  • Lisa Punch (Musician)
  • Sheldon Brathwaite (Actor)
  • Compton Bobb (Artist/Marketing Manager Giftland OfficeMax)
  • Trevor Rose (Designer)
  • Joel Browne (Musician)
  • Michael Ignatious (Actor)
  • Dellon Peters (Graphics Designer Digicel/TV Host)
  • Vanila (Musician)
  • DJ Akelo (Stereo Sonics DJ)
  • DJ Casual (Radio DJ)

 

 

 

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GTT Fastball Finals: Pele Gold and Trophy Stall All Stars are first Fastball champs!

Team Pele Gold
2011 Male Fastball Champions: Team Pele Gold

There was an air of expectancy in the Providence National Stadium on Sunday night as BK Western Tigers squared off against Pele Gold in the much anticipated finals of inaugural Fastball competition.

From the opening whistle Pele Gold played attacking football and made their intentions clear that they wanted to take home the top prize. Western Tigers seemed content with playing a defensive game and counterattacking. This strategy proved to be their undoing however.

Trophy Stall All Stars
2011 Female Fastball Champions: Trophy Stall All Stars

Pele created several early scoring opportunities with several shots going wide of the goal and testing the Western defense. A free shot awarded to Pele just cleared the top bar of the Western defended goal keeping the crowd excited.

The breakthrough however came after the”blue ball” was introduced into the game. The blue ball is probably the most distinctive aspect which separates fastball from regulation football. After 5 fouls are committed by any team the opposing team is awarded a six(6) seconds penalty. This is very crucial especially if the fifth foul is committed while the blue ball is in play since each goal is counted as two(2).

Ronson Williams
Doving King: Alpha United GK - Ronson Williams

The relentless attack of Pele eventually paid off just a few minutes after the blue ball was called for. Player #11 Marvin Joseph made an attacking run down the left side then after some fancy footwork, beat two defenders at the top of the box and drilled the blue ball into the back of the net putting Pele up by two.

About two minutes after halftime Western Tigers looked a more spirited team if not desperate to undo the first half damage. It proved not enough however when Stellon David needled one off a rebound. That proved to be the final goal as Pele kept the ball in posession largely for the remainder of the game.

Travis Grant captain of the winning side related that his team practiced and worked hard to be the top side and that they “are proud to be the first fastball champs.” Pele took away $1M in cash along with free credit.

In the female finals Trophy Stall All Stars got the better of Eagles United out of Lethem 3-2. The All Stars won $100,000 plus credit.

Meanwhile Ronson Williams “dove” a skillful 1000+ to win half a million dollars compliments of GTT.

By – Andrew Ross