The cream of Guyana’s athletes compete at ‘Nationals’

Nov 22, 2012 Sports

– says Anthony at Opening Ceremony

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony made it clear that the best of Guyana’s athletes are usually on show at the National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships when he officially declared the competition open Tuesday night at the Guyana National Stadium.
Anthony extended congratulations to the Ministry of Education and Guyana Teachers’ Union for hosting the event for 52 years. He said that he would like to see more participation, and based on the number of teams at the Opening Ceremony, there is a clear indication that more districts from across Guyana are growing in interest.
“We have the cream of Guyana’s athletes competing here; keen competition is not just what we do on the field, but how we do it on the field,” Anthony said, before stressing the importance of having discipline among the competing districts.
“We in Government believe in the development of sport in Guyanese life. I want you who are here to be Ambassadors of sport in schools; use championships to do the best that you can, we will be looking out for talent,” Anthony said in closing.
President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Colin Bynoe welcomed all to event, stating that he hopes that “it will be the most memorable”. He said that the hard work put into hosting these Championships must be commended.

Unbeaten track and field champions of the National Schools’ Championships, Upper Demerara, lights the torch to usher in the 52nd edition of the competition Tuesday night.

“You have a glorious opportunity to showcase talent and skills to make it across the border to the Olympics; I want minister to give us the assurance that someone from here will be going to Rio,” Bynoe continued in his Roll Call address.
Digicel’s Customer Care Director, Sherwin Osbourne, said that their sponsorship of Nationals is testimony to their commitment to the development of sports in Guyana; he commended the Ministry of Education for recognising the importance of sports in the schools’ curriculum.
Over 1700 athletes are competing for the coveted overall Champion District Trophy. The event will conclude tomorrow having officially started on Tuesday. Upper Demerara and Kwakwani, District 10, are the defending champions.

Defending Champions, Upper Demerara and Kwakwani marches past Minister of CYS, Dr. Frank Anthony, GTU President Colin Bynoe, Permanent Secretary within the MOE Delma Nedd, GTU GS, Coretta McDonald and Digicel Customer Care Director, Sherwin Osbourne Tuesday night.