Flying Ace/Arokium Funeral Home countrywide cycling set for May 1
Guyana’s top cyclists will assemble in Berbice on Sunday May 1 for the Flying Ace Cycling Club-organized and Arokium Funeral Home cycling.
Miss Pearl Arokium, presenting sponsorship to Flying Ace Cycling Coach and President, Randolph Roberts, in the presence of other officials
The cyclists would begin the race at Main and Alexander Streets in New Amsterdam promptly from 9:00h, and head towards the Number 43 Bridge on the Corentyne before returning to finish the 60-mile race at the point of origin in New Amsterdam.
This race is a memorial to the late Phillip Arokium, and participation would be in five categories. The first six seniors will be awarded, as would the first three juniors, the first three beginners, the first four veterans and the first three females. The females and beginners’ race would turn back at the Nand Persaud facility at Number 36 Village and finish at Alexander Street after covering 25 miles.
Andre ‘Padlock’ Green won the last race held in Berbice
A total of 10 sprint prizes will be up for grabs, and the top riders in Guyana will be battling for supremacy while transforming the Corentyne highway in their playfield.
This race will be used as preparation for the three-stage race that is set for later in May.
2022’s red-hot cyclist Andre ‘Padlock’ Green will be aiming to use his home advantage and continue his rich vein of form, while Team Evolution riders will be hoping for good results.
Flying Ace rider and top junior cyclist Mario Washington will also be in action.
Arokium Funeral Home is no stranger to the sponsorship of cycling, as this is a yearly initiative. However, this year, a decision has been taken for this race to be held in recognition of the late Phillip Arokium, who would have been 13 years old.
Pearl Arokium and her team will be in attendance to start the race and present the prizes afterwards. (Brandon Corlette)
