National Judo lightweight champion Raul Lall of Marian Academy and Rising Sun Judo Club (RSJC) was another sportsman to put Guyana on the map when he made his appearance last weekend in Panama City at the Caribbean/Latin American Judo Championship to cop a silver medal in the under-19 -60kgs category of the competition.
Lall has surpassed his fellow club mate, a national swimmer-turned Judoka, Jaime Jabar, for top honours to become the RSJC’s top Judoka of the month even though Jabar was well on par for his second such honour in as many months; Lall’s silver medal win strongly indicated that he was the best amongst them on the local lightweights.
Overall, Guyana team came third in the Championship; Delmur Murphy was also successful at the Tournament after winning a bronze medal in the U-17 category in the -55kgs division.
The team was accompanied by Coach Raoul Archer and Manager Geoffrey Sankies.