Star Party Rentals’ cycling on this Saturday

The Annual Star Party Rentals’ 11-race cycling programme will be staged this Saturday at the inner circuit of the National Park at Thomas Lands, Georgetown –a venue that is set to be transformed into the cyclists’ playground.

Now in its fourth staging, this event, organized by National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohammed, is billed to see action from as early as 09:00h.

The familiar categories of races are expected to begin early in the day, with the BMX boys and girls taking centre stage. This would be followed by the Veterans’ Over-50 and Over-60 doing battle, before the feature race, the School boys and Invitational 35-lap Special, is staged. This event is again anticipated to have some thrills.

The last time cycling was held in the National Park, PSL rider Romello Crawford outsprinted the competition to take the crown. This time, a number of promising riders would all be eager to win the coveted title, including Team Coco’s triplet of Hamzah Eastman, Stephano “Sunny” Husbands and Jamaul John; Team Evolution’s Paul DeNobrega; We Stand United’s Raphael Leung and Andrew Hicks; and Linden Bauxite Flyers’ Shaquel Agard and Silvio Innis.

Linden’s Orville Hinds is the defending champion of the main race, having won last year’s showdown in a time of one hour, 16 minutes, 31.71 seconds.

Leung was the top rider in the Junior/Juvenile category, while Junior Niles took top honours in the Veterans Under-50. Keon Thomas and Jerome Stephens won the Mountain Bikes and 12-14 Boys and Girls categories respectively.

Spectators, fans and representatives from the sponsoring company, including its Managing Director Lennox Cush, a former national cricketer, will be there to witness the action and present the prizes.