The Guyana Committee of Service (GCOS) has again stepped up to be a benefactor for local sportsmen and women.
Leslie Blacks of the Guyana Committee of Service made presentations of US$100 to each of the CARIFTA Games athletes and Team Manager Nadine Trotz prior to their departure on Wednesday for Jamaica
On Tuesday, two of its members, Leslie Blacks and Linden ‘Jumbie’ Jones, made presentations of tokens to each of the CARIFTA Games athletes prior to their departure for Jamaica on Wednesday.
The tokens of appreciation, according to Blacks, will tie into any personal needs that may arise in the ‘Land of Wood and Water’ during the athletes’ sojourn.
During the April 16-18 Games, Guyana will be represented by 14 track and field standouts.
The athletes selected are as follows:
U-17 Girls
Narissa McPherson (800m), Attoya Harvey (800m, 1500m, 3000m)
U-17 Boys
Javon Roberts (800m)
U-20 Girls
Keliza Smith (100m, 200m), Karese Lloyd (100m, 200m), Hannah Reid (400m), Adriel Austin (800m), Anisha Gibbons (javelin)
U-20 Boys
Shamar Horatio (100m, 200m), Ezekiel Newton (100m, 200m), Wesley Tyndall (long jump), Gabriel Lim (javelin and discus), Trevon Hamer (triple jump), Stafon Roach (triple jump)
Sham Johnny and Raymond Daw are the coaches of the team, and Nadine Trotz is the Team Manager.
When the last CARIFTA Games were staged in 2019 in the Cayman Islands, Guyana’s record 21-athlete contingent finished with nine medals: four gold, two silver and three bronze.
