Latest update November 23rd, 2024 12:07 AM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

Wiltshire to represent GOA at Sports Development Conference in Scotland

Jun 09, 2008 Sports

AAG pulls out of Pune C/wealth Youth games in India

By Sean Devers
Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) President K Juman Yassin told the media on Saturday that former national Squash champion and GOA executive Garfield Wiltshire, who holds a Master’s Degree in Sports Management, will represent the GOA at a Sports Development conference in Scotland from June 11-13 to discuss, among other things, planning for the 2014 Commonwealth games.

It was also disclosed that Guyana will participate in Boxing and Table Tennis at the October 12-18 Pune Commonwealth Youth games in India after the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) pulled out due to a lack of funds to off set the expense of sending their officials to Asia.

“Track and Field, Boxing and Table Tennis were scheduled to be the sports Guyana would have been represented in. However, while the GOA pays for the athletes, the respective Associations have to stand the cost of sending their officials,” Yassin explained.

The GOA top man informed that three places were allocated for Boxing and Table and two for track and field but since the AAG are not in a position to fund their official because of other more important engagements around the same time, an additional place each have become available for the other two sports.

“President of the Table Tennis Association Anil Nandlall and Guyana Amateur Boxing Association Affeeze Khan have both given me their commitment to this event and both the boxing and Table Tennis teams will now have four athletes each,” Yassin added.

He said that Swimming Official Karen Pilgrim will serve as the Chef-de Mission for the trip and Yassin said he has every confidence her ability to be highly successful. Yassin added that since the Table Tennis team will be a female under-18 side, Pilgrim will also double as their chaperon.

According to Yassin, Guyana will also be represented at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the South American Games in 2010 in Colombia.

The GOA also encouraged participation in their Olympic Day 10K run on June 22 from 06:00hrs from the YMCA on Thomas Road. “We urge Associations and clubs to participate and registration will begin from this week at Olympic House at Church and Peter Rose Streets,” Yassin said.

Person can run, jog or walk in this event which is an annual activity among Olympic Associations around the world.

This year, for the first time, a team event will be held in Guyana where a team, made up of three males and three females, will have a chance to win the team title.

The combined times of the six team members will be recorded and the team with the lowest time will be declared the winner.

Yassin stressed that in an effort to make the event as fair as possible, only members of clubs can form teams since if an Association like the AAG decided to form a team with six of their best runners it would put the other Associations at a big disadvantage.

He encouraged members of Cricket, Football, Hockey and other team sports to get involved in the Olympic Day Run.

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show | November, 20th, 2024

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Exciting Double-header bowls off today with finals looming

Exciting Double-header bowls off today with finals looming

Nov 23, 2024

2024 DCB 50 overs U-15 Inter-Association cricket tournament…   Kaieteur Sports- The semi-finals of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) 50 overs U-15 Inter-Association cricket tournament bowls off...
Read More
YMCA and Hard Knocks battle for Futsal supremacy in ExxonMobil Championship Final

YMCA and Hard Knocks battle for Futsal supremacy...

Nov 23, 2024

Sukhwa delighted to score most runs at GCB National T20 League

Sukhwa delighted to score most runs at GCB...

Nov 23, 2024

Mayor’s Cycle Road race to culminate NA Municipality’s 133rd Anniversary celebrations

Mayor’s Cycle Road race to culminate NA...

Nov 23, 2024

Green Machine returns to RAN Sevens

Green Machine returns to RAN Sevens

Nov 22, 2024

GASA snubs Delroy Tyrrell for World Championships

GASA snubs Delroy Tyrrell for World Championships

Nov 22, 2024

Features/Columnists

Publisher’s Note

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]