Outstanding performers rewarded at glitzy ceremony

Nov 05, 2008 Sports

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The 2008 Overall Champion poses with Grandma Marjorie and his trophies last Monday evening, at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel.

– Ryan Rahaman voted 2008 Overall Champion

 

By Rawle Welch
Even a shift in venue could not prevent the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) from presenting another ritzy awards ceremony last Monday night in the Savannah Suite of the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel.

Under the astute leadership of President Vishok Persaud, who was well supported by his team, the GMR&SC produced another high class performance that received many commendations from both competitors and guests who turned out in their numbers to witness the daredevils of the sport being awarded for their outstanding achievements on the track at last Sunday’s International Race Meeting, at the South Dakota Circuit.

Heading the list of outstanding performers was Guyana’s Ryan Rahaman, who dominated the Group 3 and 2B categories, placing first in all six events, while Barbados’ Stuart Maloney won the champion driver award for the Caribbean Series.

Apart from competitors, members and executives of the GMR&SC among the other notable personalities present were GT&T’s Marketing Executive Wystan Robertson, Ansa McAl’s Marketing Manager Annyeta Hinds, other sponsors representatives and special invitees.

GT&T’s Robertson in his remarks spoke of the strong tradition that the club has, referring to their high standard of achievement both at the level of competition and as customary their showpiece awards ceremony.

He commended them for pulling off what he described as one of the largest sporting events to be held in the country recently, referring to the thousands of spectators and competitors that descended at the South Dakota Circuit last Sunday.  

“Motor Racing attracts a large following from overseas and the GMR&SC has to be applauded for being responsible for that,” Robertson said.

Robertson, whose Company is among the biggest sponsors of the Meeting disclosed that because of the growing reputation of the sport across the Caribbean, they’ve moved up a notch this year in terms of increasing their support with the inclusion of Andrew King on their sponsorship roster.

Ansa McAl’s Hinds in her brief comments said that what she witnessed last Sunday has guaranteed the Company’s future support for the Club and motor racing, adding that the GMR&SC must be commended for putting together such a fantastic event and they are proud to be part of it.

Kem Lall of Team Cams in his remarks said that the team had a great time on the track and was eagerly looking forward to next year.

Canadian Kevin Graham, who copped the Most Outstanding Award for the Superbikes, responding on behalf of the team stated that it was a pleasure to be back in Guyana which he referred to as his second home; assuring that anytime they have the opportunity to be back they certainly will.

“I want to thank my sponsor Sunburst Orange Juice for their continued support and I must say that they are a wonderful organisation,” Graham disclosed.

Mark Maloney of Team Barbados thanked the club for inviting them to participate in the Meeting, while paying special recognition to Persaud and team for organizing a wonderful race Meet.

The club received many other tributes from other members of the Caribbean and North American racing fraternity for a well organised event.

In the day’s full results: Race 1 (Group 2A)- 1st Kenrick Husbands (B/dos), 2nd Chet Singh, 3rd Keron Rodrigues; Race 2 (125cc)- 1st Charlie Henry, 2nd Vassie Barry, 3rd Ravi Singh; Race 3 (Rookies)- 1st Romeo Singh, 2nd Dawolu Harper, 3rd Vinod Sawh; Race 4 (Group 2B)- 1st Ryan Rahaman, 2nd Gavin Gouveia, 3rd Kurt Thompson;

Race 5 (Group 3)- 1st R. Rahaman, 2nd Tanko Baboolall, 3rd Ravi Singh; Race 6 (Group 2A)- C. Singh, 2nd K. Husbands, 3rd K. Rodrigues; Race 7 (Rookies)- 1st R. Singh, 2nd Sham Sewjattan, 3rd Andre Fernandes;
Race 8 (Super Bikes)- 1st K. Graham, 2nd Gregory Lopes, 3rd Stephen Vieira; Race 9 (Go-Karts)- 1st Stanley Ming, 2nd Steve Van Dyk, 3rd Shane Ally; Race 10 (Group 4)- 1st Stuart Maloney, 2nd Doug Gore, 3rd David Summerbell; Race 11 (Local Group 4)- 1st Paul Vieira;

Race 12 (Group 2B)- 1st R. Rahaman, 2nd G. Gouveia, 3rd Oliver Tjin Lip Shie; Race 13 (Group 3)- 1st R. Rahaman, 2nd R. Singh, 3rd K. Lall; Race 14 (Super Bikes)- 1st K. Graham, 2nd S.Vieira, 3rd Mark Menezes; Race 15 (125cc)- 1st Ravi Singh, 2nd C. Henry, 3rd V. Barry; Race 16 (Go-Karts)- 1st S. Ally, 2nd S. Ming, 3rd Jerry Max Gouveia; Race 17 (Group 4)- 1st S. Maloney, 2nd D. Summerbell, 3rd Guy Fraser; Race 18 (Local Group 4)- P. Vieira, 2nd Andrew Morgan;

Race 19 (Group 2A)- 1st C. Singh, 2nd K. Husbands, 3rd John Joseph; Race 20 (Rookies)- 1st R. Singh, 2nd S. Shewjattan, 3rd Anand Ramdand; Race 21 (Group 2B)- 1st R. Rahaman, 2nd G. Gouveia, 3rd K. Thompson; Race 22 (Super Bikes)- 1st D. Summerbell, 2nd Kevin Jeffrey, 3rd G. Fraser and Race 23 (Local Group 4)- 1st P. Vieira, 2nd A. Morgan.

During the ceremony, Barbadian Freddie Mapp was voted the Bets Mechanic; R. Rahaman -2008 Overall Champion; K. Graham  2008 Unlimited Motor Bike champion; Charlie Henry- 125cc Overall Champion; Kristian Jeffrey- 2008 Overall Shifter Kart champion; Romeo Singh- 2008 Overall Rookies Champion; Chet Singh- 2008 Overall Group 2A Champion and Ryan Rahaman- 2008 Overall Group 2B and 3 Champion.

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