Minister Norton impressed by Special Schools Athletic Sports

The third annual Special Schools Athletic Sports was hosted by the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport, which falls under the Social Cohesion Ministry, in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC), on Thursday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
The event saw schools participating from Regions Four, Six and 10. Day one of the competition, which commenced at 09:30h, saw many students participating in activities such as 5-a-side football, limited overs cricket, bocce and table tennis. In the final cricket match of the day, St Barnabas Special School were set to take on Diamond Special School in the three overs finale. Batting first, Barnabas were able to amass 47-0 in their allotted overs, with Daron Trim top-scoring with 25 and Rudolph Robinson supporting with 15. With Diamond having to chase 48 for the win, they crumbled as they were only able to make 14, thus giving Barnabas the win. In the futsal 5-a-side football competition, Barnabas also won the finals 5-0 as

they trounced David Rose.
Present at the day of sports was Social Cohesion Minister with responsibility for culture, youth and sports, Dr George Norton, in greeting the students and the teachers, congratulated them on the excellent work they had done.
In a statement, Dr Norton said, “Not so long ago, I was asked to take the March past… the salute for the games for the disabled at the Georgetown Cricket Club one Sunday morning, I was really impressed. I was glad that the Guyana Olympic Association, as well as the Paralympic Association, was on board, but the turnout was tremendous, I was impressed; I love this. You know, I would do anything for us to promote this even at a national level and I want to congratulate all those who were involved to bring it to this third year, so that next year when it is the fourth year, it will be much more organised, more competitive and attract more persons.”
Today, there will be a track meet at the Guyana Defence Force Ground commencing at 09:30h. As part of day two, running off for the first time-ever, a swim meet will be held at the Colgrain Swimming Pool commencing at 09:30h. (Timothy Jaikarran)