The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) team emerged as the Inter-Services Road Relay champions following a riveting run on Sunday morning.
The degree of competition among the teams was at the usually high level, with the athletes giving it their all in their efforts to better each other. The supportive energy was also great among members of the public who lined the relay route, to witness yet again, the rivalry between the GDF and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) athletes.
The presentation party and the athletes after the ceremony
The race, which comprised five legs, began in the vicinity of the Felix Austin Police College and saw the athletes running all the way up the Rupert Craig Highway before making a U-turn at the junction of UG road and culminating at GPF Headquarters. The five-member teams comprised four males and a lone female who ran the last leg of the race.
Following the break of the race by Chief of Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess, the GDF athletes grabbed an early lead, thanks to Recruit Matthew Gordon who then smoothly passed the baton to Lance Corporal Marlon Nicholson. Corporal Odwin Tudor kept pace and passed the baton to Reservist Devaun Barrington. Private Tia Azore finished the race with a gap so wide her counterparts could not be seen even after she crossed the finish line.
The GPF placed second followed by the Guyana Fire Service in third, the Guyana Prison Service in fourth and the City Constabulary in fifth.
Chief of Staff Bess and Commissioner of Police (ag), Clifton Hicken congratulated the teams, and urged members of the Joint Services to remember that a win by any team is a win for the entire Joint Services.
