“Padlock” rides away with GBTI top prize — Crawford forced to see Green
BY ANDREW CARMICHAEL
Andre ‘Padlock’ Green rode away the winner of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Corriverton Branch, 9th annual 40-mile cycle road race in Berbice last Sunday.
The race which was held last Sunday and is touted as the ‘big money’ event for cycle road racing in the ancient county, saw the defending
GBTI Corriverton Branch Manager, Keiola Blackman handing over the winning trophy and cash prize to Andre “Padlock” Green
champion, Romello Crawford who was hoping to go home with the green bag, being forced to watch Green as he rode in ahead of him.
Green collected the winning trophy and top prize money.
Andrew Hicks rode in third ahead of Juban Crawford, Brian Harris and Syborne Fernandez in that order to round off the top six places.
Winners all the way! Prize winners in the various categories strike a pose with officials of GBTI after the race
The race which was only open the Berbice wheelers saw 22 riders taking the starters orders.
The race peddled off from in front of the bank at Corriverton and proceeded to Adventure and back to its place of origin for the finish.
The juvenile category saw national juvenile champion Zaman Khan continuing his dominance with an easy win with Ralph Seenarine, Alex Burnett and Delwyn Bowman rounding out the top placers.
On the distaff side, Tamika Teixeira continued her dominance, winning Christine Matheson and Whitney Poyer, crossing the finish line in that order; they rode from Number 51 Village to the finish line.
There were 12 sprint point prizes up for the taking with 10 going to the males and two for the females.
Khan who was given a five minutes head start along with the other juveniles made good use of it and claimed four of the sprint prizes; Green also took four, while Hicks and Balram Narine took one each.
Both female sprint prizes went to Teixeira.
Manager of the Corriverton Branch Keiola Blackman in brief remarks thanked all of the participants and promised the bank’s continued support for sport and the community. She noted that the bank’s sponsorship of the event was one way in which the bank gives back to the community.
