AAG set to honour Guyanese athletes for 70th anniversary

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has rolled out plans for a grand celebration of its 70th anniversary, which includes the honouring of several Guyanese athletes.
“The AAG is taking the opportunity to recognise all those Guyanese sportsmen and women, who would have taken time and committed to ensure that athletics can be recognised as a sport here in Guyana,” Coordinator Lovern Fraser told media operatives.
The grand event is scheduled to go down this Saturday evening. However, prior to this, there will be an exhibition detailing the achievements and contributions of

Guyanese athletes.
“And that exhibition will give all those persons, who we hope would take the time to come, an opportunity to see and to be involved in some of the things that happened over the 70 years of organised athletics in Guyana,” Fraser explained without revealing too much about the exhibit.
Veteran Journalist and sport consultant Brijgobin Parasnath, who was involved in the selection process for those athletes who will be rewarded, detailed some of the persons selected and why.
“So what I’ve done, we’ve selected all the gold medal winners at these championships, seniors and juniors, I’ve submitted that list to them. Then, we look at the coaches, saying so many coaches worked selflessly without gratitude. Then, the administrators, they also get break backs. People don’t understand the hard work behind the scenes. And these people should be recognised too,” the sport enthusiast divulged.
As such, Parasnath urged persons to be a part of the event, noting that it would be historic as persons were sure to uncover facts about Guyanese athletes that they were unaware of before.
“If people think that Guyanese never won medals at the Olympics, you will hear on Saturday night we have Guyanese-born persons winning medals. So, I could say at the moment that we will have a very historic night at the Umana Yana Saturday night. So, I expect all you guys to come,” Parasnath stated.
The exhibit will be hosted at the Umana Yana from 10:00h on Saturday and the award ceremony will take place later, in the evening. Additionally, owing to the fact that the CONSUDATLE (Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo – South American Athletics Confederation) will also be celebrating its 100th anniversary, its President was scheduled to be present at the auspicious event on Saturday.