DHQ male and female teams take top honours in GDF Inter-Unit road relay
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) took the top spots in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Annual Inter-Unit Male and Female Road Relay Championship, which took place early on Thursday.
Twenty-one teams participated in the competition which commenced at approximately 05:45h at ECO Fun Park on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway and proceeded to the Soesdyke Junction before concluding at Base Camp Stephenson, Timehri.
Scenes from the GDF’s male and female road relay
During the competition, the male teams covered nine miles while the female teams covered a distance of five miles. Defence Headquarters took the lead in both categories. The males of Three Infantry Battalion placed second while Base Camp Stephenson came in third.
The DHQ females led their counterparts from the Coast Guard and the team from the Guyana National Reserve finished third.
The competition saw all participating members and spectators leaving in high spirits, and the winning teams were awarded during the prizegiving ceremony.
During the competition, the male teams covered nine miles while the female teams covered a distance of five miles. Defence Headquarters took the lead in both categories. The males of Three Infantry Battalion placed second while Base Camp Stephenson came in third.
