Director of Sports, Christopher Jones addressing the crowd
National Sports Commission (NSC), on Friday held a closing ceremony for its annual August vacation summer programmes at the Durban Park.
A total of 678 children participated in the vacation programmes, spanning nine different sporting disciplines and four venues across Guyana.
Over 300 youngsters were engaged in swimming, which was hosted at the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal, and the Colgrain Swimming Pool, Camp Street. These participants aged from as young as seven years all the way up to 17 years. The children were all in good hands with 13 experienced instructors including, Paul Mahaica and Bamidele Olaleye.
National Table Tennis Coach, Linden Johnson, was another integral figure, teaching some 75 kids in the art of table tennis at the National Gymnasium. These children were thought a wide range of skills that were essential in developing them to be able to play the sport competitively. Johnson highlighted that this programme was incorporated into NSC’s programme to help groom these youngsters and extract talent to represent Guyana at the senior level.
At the Durban Park Tarmac, 140 children participated in some of the more traditional sports, such as Cricket and Football, but they were also introduced to sports that were developing into main sports for the country, such as Boxing, road tennis, circle tennis and Track and Field athletics.
The coaches, including Latchman Yadram and Allister Munroe, thought the children the essentials such as rules and techniques needed to better understand the game.
The Annual Music is Fun Camp was also integrated into the NSC’s programme and saw 91 children participate this year. From the teachings of specialists, such as Andrea Mentore and Peter Callender, these participants were able to put on display what they had learnt through a musical display at the closing ceremony.
A large crowd gathered for the closing ceremony
Director of Sport, Christopher Jones, pointed out that youths are the future and the NSC is especially proud to have hosted a successful event such as this one and is positive that many young talents were spotted from this programme, hopefully one day representing Guyana.
