Pollydore rides away with A. Ally and sons’ 25th Anniversary race

Oct 19, 2010 Sports

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Overseas based Guyanese and National Cycling Champion Godfrey Pollydore flew into the country only a few days ago, don his cycling gear and rode to victory in the A. Ally and sons sponsored 25th anniversary 46 miles Cycle Road race which was held on Sunday from the A. Ally’s and sons store in Springlands opposite the Springlands Police station to the head office and main store at Main and Coopers Lane in New Amsterdam. This is the 12 year that the company has been sponsoring the race, with special emphasis being placed on the 25th anniversary event.
Pollydore, who resides in Anguilla and of recent has been campaigning with some degree of success in the United States of America, won the race in a fast time of 1hr 45minutes and 29seconds  in a driving finish from fellow national cyclist Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams to win by a length.  In fact Williams had also only arrived in the country on Saturday evening after representing Guyana in the Commonwealth Games in India.
In winning the event Pollydore carted off the $25,000 first prize along with the A. Ally and sons Anniversary trophy.
A large filed of cyclists including those from Linden and Georgetown travelled to Berbice to compete for attractive prizes.
The event, which was organised by The Flying Aces Cycling Club and coordinated by Coach Randolph Roberts, commenced at 09:15 hrs and saw some 51 riders taking to the starting line.
In third Position was Robin Persaud who got the better of Enzo Matthews in another sprint. The other top finishers were Tony Simon, Ricky Kissoon, Warren Mc Kay, Raymond Newton, Ian ‘Dumb Boy’ Jackson and Orville Hinds who won prizes ranging from $25,000 down, with 10th place pocketing $6,000. The race began with a group of riders including Newton, Williams, Berbician Neil Reece and Enzo Matthews taking to the front around No63 village area and opened a sizable lead, however they were eventually roped in by the chasing pack as the lead changed hands continuously.
Around the Port Mourant area another break occurred with Pollydore, Williams, Matthews, Kissoon Simon and Persaud in the leading pack. That bunch was never caught as they opened a sizable lead and continued their duel for home. Around the Canje Bridge area it was Mathews who made a dash for it, however he was quickly caught by Pollydore and Williams as they raced into New Amsterdam. It was a ding dong battle from there on as the two top cyclists hit it out for home; it was Pollydore who proved his superiority as he crossed the line just ahead of Williams.
The junior category saw Paul De Nobrega upsetting favourite and home town boy Neil Reece to take away the winning $10,000 prize. Reece came in second ahead of Delon Moore and Nashane Jaundoo.
The Veteran’s category saw Raymond Newton using his vast experience to great advantage to take top honours for riders in that group. His winning take was $7,000, pedaling in second was Ian ‘Dumb Boy’ Jackson with Junior Niles third.
Riders from the Bauxaull cycle club of Linden took the first three spots in the juvenile category with Akeem Author riding away with the $7,000 first prize followed by Julius Richardson, Michael Anthony and Jomo Crawford. This event covered a distance of 20 miles and saw the riders pedaling off from the Adventure on the Corentyne.
The female riders covered 14 miles and started from the Rose Hall town Arch with Lindener Golin Debideen winning the event and the $5,000 top prize from Crystal Lambert and Hazina Barrett.
The BMX two laps event around the town of New Amsterdam saw the first four positions being occupied by Cyclist from the Flying Aces Club with Elisha Brijadder riding away with the $6,000 winning take ahead of Victor Henry, Andrea Griffith, David Hope and Randy Haynes.
The Mountain Cyclist one lap sprint around the town saw Ozia McCaulay winning from Mario King.
There was also a special category for cyclist from the host club and Reece rode off with the $10,000 available as he was followed Jaundoo, Wasim Hasnoo and Keith Griffith.
The prime point prizes were won by Matthews with two while, Pollydore, Reece, Newton, Williams, Simon, Persaud, Kissoon and Mark Lewis took one each. All the winners were presented with trophies and other prizes compliments of the sponsors.
There was also a special race for Stunt and Wheelie riders from Philadelphia Street and Ewart Austin won from Kenrick Elias, Julius Harry and Keino Thompson.
President of The Guyana Cycling Federation, former National Cyclist Hector Edwards was among those on hand and expressed his gratitude to the organisers and sponsors for a job well done and called on other business to come on board and continue to support Cycling in Guyana.
CEO of the Company which operates four stores in Berbice among other businesses said that they were happy to be associated with the event and noted that they will continue to sponsor cycling.
Cycling official Joseph Britton, Coach Randolph Roberts former national Volleyball stalwart and former cyclist Charles ‘Wheels’ Henry and sport organiser Eli Hazel were all commended for helping to make the event successful.
Pollydore after the event thanked the organisers and sponsors for putting up a sizable amount of money for the cyclist to compete for.
The absence of police ranks at the finish line was a sore point, which caused some confusion as the cyclist dodged between traffic.  Rohan Persaud of the Flying Aces club was struck down by car which found itself in the path way of the racers. Persaud was rushed to the New Amsterdam hospital where he was treated and sent away. (Samuel Whyte)

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