National athletes to be honoured at AP Invitational

This year’s edition of the Aliann Pompey Invitational will feature a new item on the day’s programme, and it is expected to give much-needed recognition to those who are deserving of it.
The Aliann Pompey Invitational will be partnering with the World Olympians Association (WOA), the Guyana Olympic Association and the National Sport Commission to honour past and present Guyanese Olympians at the Invitational on July 6 during a special ceremony.
A number of Guyana’s greats will start to arrive on July 4 for the special award ceremony that will allow all those who represented Guyana to use the ‘OLY’ title as part of their names.
At a later date, a schedule of activities relating to the Olympians will also be provided.
Director of Sport, Christopher Jones also spoke on the occasion, “We are honoured to give recognition to our past Olympians, especially to those that might not have gotten the recognition that they so rightfully deserve especially to the likes of James Wren-Gilkes that we all would agree would have medalled at the 1976 Olympics had it not been for Guyana’s stance at the time.
“But we count it a privilege and honour to give recognition to our athletes that started the process of putting Guyana on the map globally.”
Further, host of the meet, Aliann Pompey shared that something of this nature was important to cultivating a rich sporting culture in Guyana.

Olympians scheduled to attend so far are:

Present:
1. Jeremy Bascom
2. Winston George
3. Troy Doris
(To be confirmed)
4. Brenessa Thompson
5. Aliyah Abrams

Others:
1. Geoffrey Sankies
2. Aliann Pompey
3. Richard Jones
4. Adam Harris
5. Niall Roberts
6. Andrew Harry
7. James Wren-Gilkes
8. June Griffith
9. Jennifer Innis
10. Michael Parris