Guyanese contingent touchdown for Birmingham Commonwealth games
Three days away from day one of the 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games, Guyana’s athletes begin arriving in the city today for the highly-anticipated sports event.
The 32-member contingent is touching down in phases with the swimming team, along with their coach, reaching the athletes village first, followed by part of the table tennis team and then the boxers.
Guyana’s swimming team for the Commonwealth Games
Guyana will be represented in seven sport disciplines at the July 28-August 8 Games – badminton, boxing, cycling, squash, swimming, table tennis, and track and field.
The entire swim team comprising Patrice Mahaica, Paul Mahaica, Aleka Persaud and Sekhel Tzedeq, along with the entire boxing team comprising Desmond Amsterdam, Colin Lewis and Keevin Allicock, have all arrived in Birmingham. The teams are accompanied by Coaches Sean Baksh and Terrence Poole and Sebert Blake respectively.
Meanwhile, the majority of the table tennis team, in Shemar Britton, Joel Alleyne, Christopher Franklin, Natalie Cummings, Priscilla Greaves, and Thuraia Thomas have arrived with Coach Idi Lewis and Linden Johnson. Team members Chelsea Edghill and Jonathan Van Lange are yet to arrive.
Also arriving are some members of the squash team, with Shomari Wiltshire and Jason-Ray and Ashley Khalil arriving today.
Some members of the squash team have arrived in Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games
Boxing, squash and table tennis are among the first sports to spring into action on July 29.
See list of athletes below:
Badminton:
Men – Narayan Ramdhani (singles, mixed doubles)
Women – Priyanna Ramdhani (single, mixed doubles)
Boxing:
Keevin Allicock (featherweight); Desmond Amsterdam (middleweight) and Colin Lewis (welterweight)
Cycling:
Christopher Griffith (time trial, road race)
Squash:
Men – Jason-Ray Khalil (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) and Shomari Wiltshire (singles, doubles, mixed doubles)
Guyana’s boxing team after arriving for the Commonwealth Games
Women – Ashley Khalil (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) and Mary Fung-A-Fat (singles, doubles, mixed doubles)
Swimming:
Men – Paul Mahaica (50m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle) and Sekhel Tzedeq (50m backstroke, 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m freestyle)
Only two members of Guyana’s table tennis team did not arrive on Monday, July 25
Women – Patrice Mahaica (50m backstroke, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle) and Aleka Persaud (50m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle)
Table tennis:
Men – Shemar Britton (singles, doubles, team, mixed doubles); Christopher Franklin (singles, doubles, team, mixed doubles), Jonathan Van Lange (singles, doubles, team, mixed doubles) and Joel Alleyne (doubles, team)
Women – Chelsea Edghill (singles, doubles, team, mixed doubles); Natalie Cummings (singles, doubles, team, mixed doubles); Priscila Greaves (singles, doubles, team) and Thuraia Thomas (doubles, team, mixed doubles)
Track and field:
Men – Emanuel Archibald (long jump, 100m, 4x100m); Arinze Chance (200m, 400m, 4x100m); Akeem Stewart (100m, 200m, 4x100m); Noelex Holder (100m, 200m, 4x100m) and Quamel Prince (800m).
Women – Chantoba Bright (triple jump); Jasmine Abrams (100m); Aaliyah Abrams (200m, 400m); Kenisha Phillips (200m, 400m) and Joanna Archer (800m).
