Preparations for the goodwill games billed to be hosted by Guyana from October 20-24 are on schedule. This was revealed by local Director of Sport, Christopher Jones at a recent press briefing.
According to Jones, nine meetings were held last week with the representatives of the different disciplines involved as well as those preparing food and other necessities.
Director of Sport, Christopher Jones
Jones added that there is expected to be a delegation from Suriname visiting Guyana to do ‘a final inspection’ of the facilities which is supplemental to an inspection done by the Surinamese Director of Sport, last month.
Based on the inspection by the Surinamese Director of Sport, it was revealed that Guyana’s facilities are ready for play, citing one of the facilities expected to be used, the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, having recently undergone an upgrade.
The goodwill games, which is the rebranded version of the Inter-Guiana games due to the participation of only two nations.
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. This year, the events slated for the competition are: swimming, basketball, table tennis, track and field, badminton, volleyball and for the first time, Futsal.
