Water should return to Sports Hall by weekend
Stabroek News
January 28, 2004
Water should once again be flowing through the taps at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall by weekend, bringing relief to the many athletes who use the facility on a daily basis.
According to National Sports Commission's Logistics Officer, George Green, who has responsibility for all facilities, work is currently underway to resolve the problem, which started some weeks ago and which was publicized in a sports editorial in this newspaper.
Green pointed out that contractor Ulric Greene has a crew working to rectify the situation and he has been assured that water should be flowing through the taps by weekend. He said pipes are being relayed from Hadfield Street to the reservoir in the Sports Hall compound.
Green explained that because of the recent heavy rainfall, the area at the back of the Sports Hall was flooded so the contractor could not have started the job. Now that the water has dried up somewhat, workmen are better able to handle the situation.
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Sports commission helps Atkins, Goordial prepare for India/Pakistan tours
Be sure to hit some sixes: National Sports Commission Chairman Laurie Lewis (second left) jokes with West Indies Women's Cricket Team members Candace Atkins (second right) and Indramatti Goordial. Director of Sports Neil Kumar (extreme left) smilingly loo
Local female cricketers Candace Atkins and Indra-matti Goordial have been assisted for their tours of India and Pakistan next month with the West Indies Women's Cricket team, compliments of the National Sports Commis-sion (NSC).
The NSC recently assisted Atkins and Goordial with gear bags, batting pads and batting gloves, and according to Atkins, Director of Sports Neil Kumar has pledged US$100 for each.
Atkins said as a young girl she played `back yard' cricket with her peers in Berbice before graduating to represent that county in schools' windball tournaments around the country.
According to reports, Goordial also started playing windball cricket on the East Coast Demerara before graduating to hard ball cricket.
The two have been members of the West Indies Women's Cricket team since its resuscitation a few years ago.
Atkins and Goordial are scheduled to join the rest of the team in Trinidad on February 6 for a one-week encampment.
From Trinidad, the squad will travel to Barbados on February 13, where they are scheduled to play two warm-up matches against an under-17 team.
The West Indies team will leave Barbados on February 17 for India and will engage their Indian counterparts in five One Day International (ODI) matches. From India, the team will travel to Pakistan where they are scheduled to play seven ODI matches and one test match.
Atkins, who has represented Guyana at both the under-23 and senior levels, is an all-rounder who prefers to bat at number four or five. She is a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
Last year the 18-year-old Berbician represented Guyana in St Lucia and Grenada.