THE University of Guyana (UG) students serenaded the scores of people who turned up at the National Park yesterday with their rendition of U.S. Rapper Drake’s hit ‘Started from the bottom now we’re here’ – the most fitting song for a team who were just over a year ago, the whipping boys of the sport.

UG Wolves edged Yamaha Caribs 26-24 in a come-from-behind win to claim the Banks DIH 7s Rugby Championship.
The tournament is one of the Guyana’s Football Union (GRFU) most prized competition in 7s Rugby and for the University students, it will be one that they will cherish for a long time.
Team captain and later named tournament Most Valuable Player (MVP), Ryan Dey was the only player for the University to score in the first half, while for the Caribs, Carl Lewis (try) and Akeem Fraser (conversion) put their team on the score board.
But like true Wolves, the University of Guyana students preyed on the Caribs and scored through Philbert Joseph (try), Ryan Dey (try), Godfrey Broomes (conversion) and Oesi McKenzie (conversion).
Andrew Jarvis and Fraser scored a try apiece and a single conversion from captain and coach Theodore Henry was all that the Yamaha Caribs could have mustered after a relentless attack from the UG Wolves.
Lawrence Adonis, coach of the UG Wolves, told Chronicle Sport: “Remember I said that Guyana Rugby was not ready for us and today (yesterday) we prove that. I’m glad that we won, I know we would have won and I’m happier for the players who were committing themselves daily to practise and come out and do exactly what I told them.”
President of the GRFU Peter Green told reporters that the University of Guyana winning the tournament shows that the Union’s hard work in development is finally paying off, while pointing out, “This was a well-deserved win for UG and I’m happy for them. Those guys have been working hard and they are benefiting. It shows that with constant competition, anything could happen since players will have a chance to grow.
According to Green, the GRFU will now turn its attention to preparing Guyana’s team for this year’s NACRA 7s tournament which will be held in Mexico.

(By Rawle Toney)