District Six (Corentyne) rode away with the cycling championship in the Ministry of Education/ Guyana Teacher’s Union 56th National Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships on the final day of the tournament on Friday.
Heading into the road race with a one point lead, District Six capped off the title with a total of 297 points, well ahead of second placed, District 10 (Upper Demerara/ Kwakwani) with 278 points while District 15 finished with 119 points, District 13 103 points and District 12, 93 points.
We are the Champions! District 10 are now 15 time champions
The race which was divided into two categories, a 40KM road race for the boys and 25K for the girls rode of from the usual east Coast starting point, the front entrance of the Ocean View Hotel, Liliendaal with the males riding to Bell Vue, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and back while the girls turned around at ‘half way tree.’
With a total of 27 boys starting the race, Andrew Hicks (District Six) rode off with the win, having distanced his opponents by at least 10 minutes as he finished in a time if one hour, four minutes and 56 seconds (1:04:56), ahead of Adelia Hodge of District 11 (North Georgetown), who came in second and his fellow district man, Cortis Dey. District 10’s Christopher Joseph, District 13 (South Georgetown) Ronaldo Narine, District 15 (New Amsterdam) Jason Cameron, District six’s Ralph Seenarine and District Two (Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon) Rokwell Smith finished in that order.
Speaking with Guyana Times sport, Hicks said he was pleased to have represented his District and is hopeful of another year, leaving his brother, David Hicks, who is also a cyclist to represent well.
Meanwhile in the girls’ race, District Six once again dominated the competition as Shenika Texiera pedaled her way to the win in a time of 00:55:46, ahead of teammate, Deancae Welch. District 10’s B’Yonka Barker, Abigail Jeffrey and Olesa McPherson finished 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively.
