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UG to participate in Annual Barbados Relay Fair Next Month
The University of Guyana, which was officially launched on October 1, 1963 following an agreement
given to the University of Guyana Ordinance on April 18, 1963 by then Governor Sir Ralph Grey, will be sending their first ever team to participate in the 9th Edition of the Barbados Relay Fair on February 11, 2012.
University of Guyana Sport Coordinator, Lavern Fraser, informed Kaieteur Sport yesterday afternoon that the team will comprise of nine males and six females who will match strides with their opponents in Barbados as they all endeavor to be among the medals.
Fraser also revealed that the entity (UG) is currently under the watchful eyes of Kenneth Semple better known as BC, who was named the Team Coach.
Speaking with the Coach about his feelings on taking his first team to Barbados to compete at the Relay Fair, he said that, “It is an honour and good accomplishment for him for the starting of the year as an unqualified Coach.”
According to Semple, the athletes are showing a lot of dedication to their training and have been improving gradually as the days pass and as a result of that he praises his coach for helping him in preparing some of the training programmes for the athletes.
He also noted that the team usually trains twice a day with speed work in the mornings and light gym work followed by drills on Campus in the afternoons.
This publication was also made to understand that Carlwyn Collins, the Schools’ Nationals Track and Field U-16 200m and 400m record holder; also with Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) 2011 3000m silver medalist and IGG dual time sprint champion Treiston Joseph with a few other former Nationals Schools’ athletes will be a part of the team.
Meanwhile, one of Guyana’s premier Secondary Institutions, Queen’s College will be part taking in the Annual Barbados Relay Fair as well and will also be vying to add medals to their last year collections.
The Barbados Annual Relay Fair is extended to all Clubs, Schools and other Institutions.
The programme as usual will include the following events, for which all ages will be calculated to 31st December, 2012.
U-11, U-13, O-45: 4X100m, 4X200m and Medley (100X200X300X400m)
U-15, U-17, U-20: 4X100m, 4X400m and Medley (200X200X400X800m)
Clubs/Institutions: 4X100m, 4X400m and Medley (200X400X800X1200m)
Selected field events are: U-15 girls Long Jump, U-17 girls High Jump, Women Discus, Men Javelin, Men Shot Putt, U-15 boys Shot Putt, U-17 boys Triple Jump.
Awards will be given to 1st- 3rd place winners. (Juanita Hooper)
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