Fifth edition of Lower Mazaruni District Games gets underway

The sports of Archery, Cricket, Football, Swimming, and Volleyball will be keenly contested in the Lower Mazaruni area of Region Seven this week, as the 5th annual Lower Mazaruni District Games commence.
The Games were officially opened last Saturday at the Bartica Community Centre Ground with Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai reminding that there is no limit to Indigenous talent in sport.
“The hinterland is not at all limited! There’s not at all, any shortage of talent as it relates to athletes in terms of sprinting, swimming, football, cricket, you name it, they’re there,” Sukhai proudly shared with the athletes and stakeholders gathered.
Speaking about Government’s involvement in sport, Minister Sukhai said, “And one of the amazing things is that since the advent of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic, our young athletes were provided with an opportunity and a platform from which they could display, they could show, they could highlight and exhibit, their talent in terms of the athletic environment.”

With the District Games being a qualifying event for next month’s highly-anticipated Heritage Games, the Minister implored the athletes to compete fiercely, as the Heritage Games are an opportunity to put the country on notice.
“This is the time when the hinterland shines. There is no other event in our country that brings together all the hinterland communities and townships to show the Coastal people that we exist, that we have talent, and that we can challenge any form of sports when we get the chance and the opportunity to do so,” Sukhai highlighted. She added, “And your opportunity will be at the Heritage Sports!”
Sports teams from the villages of Agatash, Batavia, Dagg Point, Itaballi, Kartabo, Karrau and Mora Camp, among other places, will be competing at the District Games.