The recently rescheduled University of Guyana (UG) Sports 2017 is finally here, and will take place at the Leonora Track and Field Facility on the West Coast of Demerara. The final points tally after all 45 events have been held will decide which faculty takes the championship.
The faculties are: Agriculture & Forestry; Education & Humanities; Earth & Environmental Sciences; Health Sciences; Natural Sciences; Social Sciences; Technology; University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC); and the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE).
The Leonora Track and Field Facility will, for the first time, host a UG sporting activity
The defending champion, Faculty of Social Sciences, will be challenged to retain its title, since the Faculty of Education & Humanities has thrown down the gauntlet, especially at the international venue, and not at the Turkeyen Campus, which hosted the previous University games.
The event is scheduled to commence at 09:00h, but the March Past will occur at approximately 11:30h. Each Faculty will compete for one of three prizes up for grabs in the March Past event, i.e. Largest Contingent on parade, Uniformity of the Contingent, and Best Banner. The Guyana Defence Force Drum Corps will provide the drum accompaniment during this March Past event.
The first sporting event of the day will be the male 5000m race; and it will be followed by the shot put, 100m, high jump, 400m, discuss, 1500m and Long Jump events, which will alternate between the female and male divisions.
Afterwards, the action would feature the lecturers, who will compete in the 80m finals, before the 40+ students’ battle in the 80m dash.
Then the action will return to the 200m, 60m staff and the 4 x 100 school mix invitational, as well as the novelty game needle and thread.
After the intermission, the athletes will compete in the 100m, 3000m, 400m, Javelin, 4 x 400m school Mix invitational, 200m, three-legged race and the 800m, before the relay races are staged.
The relays will begin with the 4 x 100m, 4 x 400, then 1500m (100m, 200m, 400m and 800 legs) and close with the 2600m Medley (200m, 400m, 800m and 1200m).
Transportation will be arranged centrally for athletes and spectators where same is needed. A subsequent email would detail the assembly point(s) and times for those who wish to utilise this service.
Students are asked to note that the Demerara Harbour Bridge closure to road traffic schedule for the day is as follows:
07:00h to 07:30h — Closure to all west-bound traffic to facilitate double-lane crossing for vehicles headed east. 14:30h – Closure to ALL road traffic. This closure may last up to 90 minutes.
The Berbice River Bridge will be closed to road traffic from 13:55h to 15:25h.
