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Oct 07, 2013 Sports
– medalists receive monetary rewards
The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) last evening hosted the respective delegations that attended the 1st South American Youth Games (SAYG) in Lima, Peru and the Islamic Games held in Indonesia at a Gala Appreciation ceremony at Olympic House.
According to Secretary General Hector Edwards, the event was specifically held to show gratitude to the athletes, coaches and Management staff for a fine job at both events where Guyana proved yet again that they can compete.
President K. A Juman Yassin, in commending the athletes for doing their best once again, called on the Government and Corporate Guyana to assist the federations and associations in honing the skills of our talented athletes.
At the SAYG, which brought together athletes between the ages of 14 – 18 from 14 countries competing in 19 events, Guyana won nine medals; 1gold, 1silver and 7 bronze. At the Islamic Games, two silver medals were won by Winston George in the 200m and 400m events.
Certificates of participation were presented to all the athletes from the respective organizing committees of the two Games, while the GOA also presented certificates of recognition to the two delegations.
Athletes placing between first to seventh at the 1SAYG also received certificates. Taking it a step further, the GOA rewarded the medalists with cash as a small means of encouragement.
Those athletes are Winston George who won silver medals in the 200m and 400m at the Islamic Games.
At the 1SAYG, Andrea Foster won gold in the 8x100m Mixed Multi National relay, Jason Yaw won bronze in the 200m and 400m, Narayan Ramdhani won bronze in the Badminton Individuals, Ambeka Ramraj won bronze in the Mixed Pairs Multi National event.
In the boxing ring, Travis Fraser won silver in the 69kg category, while there were bronze medals for Tefon Greene (49kg), Michael April (52kg) and Joel Williamson (56kg).
Also attending yesterday’s function were the parents, guardians and other relatives of the respective athletes as well as executive members of the GOA which was complimented for hosting an event of this nature to recognize and encourage the nations budding athletes.
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