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Jul 19, 2018 Sports
The fifth annual Grenville Felix Memorial Cycle race is set for Sunday July 29th in Berbice. The event which is organised by the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) will be held in collaboration with the Felix family.
The event, which is coordinated by cycle coach Randolph Roberts, is being held in honour of the late engineer who passed away five years ago at the age of 96. Felix who was one of Guyana’s first and oldest engineer’s at the time of his demise, worked with Bookers and Guyana Sugar Corporation in Guyana and various parts of the world.
This is the seventh cycling event held in his honour. The first two was held in honour of his birthday. It was changed to a memorial event after he died. The event is expected to pedal off from his former residence at Canefield East Canje, Berbice proceed to the No51 Police Station before turning back to finish at its place of origin.
All the top cyclists in the country are expected to be on show since lucrative prizes will be up for grabs.
Prizes will be awarded to the first 10 finishers while the first three juveniles, the first three veterans and first three females will also be rewarded.
There will also be 10 sprint prizes up for grabs.
There will also be races for BMX riders.
The Grenville Felix Memorial Trophy is a lien trophy and will be given to the first person who gets their name on it three times.
The winner of last year’s event was Paul De Nobrega.
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