Team Guyana in action today as Caribbean Games commence
A Guyanese contingent proudly sported the Golden Arrowhead for all to see on Wednesday night at the opening ceremony of the first ever Caribbean Games in Guadeloupe.
The 20-member Guyanese Contingent to the first-ever Caribbean Games
The Caribbean Games, which began on June 29 and will run until Sunday, July 3, 2022, is an under-23 competition at which Guyana will be represented by a 20-member team that includes 16 athletes, three coaches and a chef de mission.
The athletics team, which will be coached by Glenton Pantlitz, comprises Joanna Archer, Juvonna Cornette, Kieron De Souza, Kenisha Phillips, Chantoba Bright, Revon Williams and Loneil Marks.
Coached by Sileena Arjune, the 3×3 Basketball team includes Kimol Grimmond, Stanton Rose, Timothy Thompson and Yonnick Tappin.
Guyana’s contingent during the Parade of Nations at the Caribbean Games’ opening ceremony
The swimming team comprises Paul Mahaica Jr., Patrice Mahaica, Sekhel Tzedeq, Zara Crane and Raekwon Noel, and is being coached by Paul Mahaica Snr.
Deion Nurse is the team’s chef de mission.
While swimming commenced on Thursday, the 3×3 basketball team and the track and field team will spring into action today, Friday. Guyana’s Basketball Team will come up against Guadeloupe, Cuba and St. Lucia at 1pm, 3.30pm and 6.30pm (Guadeloupe Time).
With regard to athletics, events like the 100m preliminaries and finals, the Long Jump and 400m prelims are scheduled for today.
The other sport disciplines that would see competition at the games are Judo, Netball and Futsal. With Guyana’s Netball being dormant acting as the reason for that discipline’s omission from Guyana’s contingent, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) have highlighted that they had reached out to the Futsal and Cycling bodies, but there were challenges barring them from competing at the games.
