Courts to ‘Bring Value Home’ with 10k Road Run

Aug 25, 2011 Sports

With its dynamic slogan ‘Bringing Value Home’, Guyana’s largest home appliance and furniture store, Courts Guyana Inc. has teamed up with the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) to host the inaugural edition of the Courts 10km Road Race.
The date for the mega race was identified as September 18 and the start and finish lines will be at the company’s Main Street store in Georgetown. Yesterday, officials from the AAG and a Courts Marketing Assistant briefed the media on details of the event.
“We are going to do it annually. We want to encourage a healthy lifestyle and make this a family run where everyone will understand the need to be fit. Courts is proud to be the sponsors of what would be a great event,” Courts’, Kester Abrams said yesterday.

From left, senior Vice-President of the Athletics Association of Guyana, Cornel Rose, poses with Courts’ Marketing Assistant, Kester Abrams and the AAG’s, Wendy Doris yesterday at Olympic House following the press conference.

“It will be huge. We want to ensure that this event grows. We will be making an impressive start this year and we plan to grow the event every year; just as our company has grown over the years we want to ensure that this race grows,” he indicated.
The former junior national high, long and triple jumper and now Courts Marketing Assistant was lucid when he said that the word of one of the biggest 10km races to hit Guyana will spread. The Courts official said that the company anticipates a good response.
The prizes for the male and female categories include $100,000 for the winner; $80,000 for second place; $60,000 for third; $40,000 for fourth and $20,000 for fifth place. The prizes in the Masters category are $60,000, $40,000 and $20,000 respectively. Trophies will accompany each of the cash prizes that will be up for grabs.
On behalf of the AAG, Senior Vice-President, Cornel Rose made it clear that strong international systems will be in place for the race and clubs, officials, patrons and athletes will be asked to follow those rules stringently.
“We will be asking officials and athletes, even patrons on cycles who like to follow athletes to be in line with the rules that will be in accordance with the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation) standards,” Rose warned.
He said that security will be in place to stop all those who are in contravention of the rules. Rose made it clear that athletes will only be able to take water from Courts-branded water stations and no one else etc. He pleaded with coaches to adhere to the measures.
Rose chaired yesterday’s press conference in the absence of AAG President, Colin Boyce, who is currently in Daegu, South Korea, for the World and South American Congresses ahead of the IAAF World Championships, which starts on Saturday.