Athletes to compete in 7 disciplines at Goodwill Games

Director of Sport, Christopher Jones has indicated that there will be seven different sporting disciplines in which Suriname and Guyana will compete during the Inter-Guiana Games which were renamed the Goodwill Games.

This revelation was made on Monday when the National Sports Commission along with the Athletics Association of Guyana officially launched the Track and Field Clinic and Coaching Camp.

This year, the events slated for the competition are: swimming, basketball, table tennis, track and field, badminton, volleyball and for the first time, futsal.

Participating teams were made aware of the disciplines and on Wednesday last, the list was finalised by both parties.

The Games will be played in October running from the 20th to 24th in Guyana.

Earlier in the year, it was revealed that French Guiana would not participate in this year’s edition of the Games, so this year’s edition was renamed.

However, it is expected that the 2017 edition, also to be hosted by Guyana, will include French Guiana once more.

Jones extended congratulations to those who were involved in the upgrading of the facilities such as the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall for the Games.