The Guyana Cycling Federation’s (GCF) Horace Burrowes has said that the 2017 National Championships was a huge success.
“This championship is probably the best championship we had in the country so far. It was kind of technical because a lot of the clubs didn’t adjust yet to the rules added to the championships,” Burrowes said.
The president pointed that the added rules would be beneficial to the cyclists especially if they were to go compete internationally.
GCF President Horace Burrowes
“The rules are pretty much to benefit the cyclists in terms of when they travel, when they go outside (abroad), to do different international races so this championship is a major success for the GCF.”
In recent times there has been an increase in the amount of cyclists who travel overseas to compete at international events and according to Burrowes this has been the GCF’s aim as they seek to develop cycling in Guyana.
“We’ve been pushing to get cyclists to various events because throughout the years this was not happening. When I got elected this was one of the things I said, we have to start attending all these international events. I took it on myself, I didn’t mind funding them, which I did a couple of times.”
Burrowes claimed that some of the cyclists “understand where we (GCF) is going, and they are really happy with the progress of the federation.”
The most recent National champions Geron Williams and Raynauth Jeffrey have been riding and participating in international events for quite some time while some of the cyclists who participated in the Pan-American games earlier this year have all been performing admirably locally and abroad.
