Hicks wins Grenville Felix Cycle Road Race

Aug 01, 2012 Sports

Up and coming cyclist, Andrew Hicks in a time of 1:15.00 out-sprinted the field to take top honours when the Flying Ace Cycling Club of New Amsterdam in collaboration with the Felix Family staged a cycle road race.
The road race commemorated the 95th birth anniversary of engineer, Grenville Augustus Felix of Canefield East Canje, Berbice.
The race, which was held on Saturday and began in front of Felix’s residence, was for Juvenile and BMX cyclists of the club only. The Juvenile cyclists rode to Borlam Turn and back, covering a distance of 20 miles.
The BMX and U-12 cyclists wheeled off from the Canje Turn at the junction of the East Canje Public Road to the finishing line, a distance of 1.5 miles. Felix’s daughter, Joan Perry sent the cyclists on their way at approximately 9:45am.
The young cyclists took the opportunity to show what they are made of with Hicks always in the hunt. On the return journey, he was hard pressed by Shawn Rasheed with the two cyclists eventually distancing themselves from the rest of the field.
In the end, it was a sprint to the line and it took the better tactics and superior sprinting quality of Hicks to take him home first. Rasheed held on for second with Andriel Ross third. Samuel Mootoo was fourth and Tackoordeen Nankoo fifth.
Hicks rode away with three sprint prizes with Rasheed and Mottoo capturing the others. Aaron Hicks rode alone in the BMX category.
The cyclists were presented with their trophies, cash incentives and other prizes by Felix and other members of his family at a simple presentation ceremony held at the Felix residence.
Felix, who was born in Betsy Ground, East Canje and resided for most of his life at his present address, worked for most of his life with the Guyana Sugar Corporation, Rose Hall Estate, rising to the rank of Senior Engineer, Engineering Manager and Factory Manager.
Felix, who celebrated his birthday recently, is a father of eight, all of whom live overseas. Six of them returned to Guyana for the inaugural cycling event.
Felix was always a member of a number of community and religious organisations using his spare time to repair cycle and make furniture.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, his son, Russell thank everyone for participating in the inaugural cycling event and for collectively coming together to make the event a success and a memorable occasion. He promised that the family will make the event an annual affair and an even bigger and better competition.
Flying Ace Cycle Club Coach, Randolph Roberts coordinated the event. (Samuel Whyte)

Latest News

Hicks wins Grenville Felix Cycle Road Race

Related

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show | December, 2nd, 2024

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

Windies captain Matthews cites lessons from T20I...

Powell calls for Reflection after West Indies...

Herstelling A are EBDCA/SPL T10 champs

Opinion Piece: Condemning the Nonsensical Guyana...

India produce dominant 60-run win over West...

Features/Columnists

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Let the asylum seekers go: a first step for Venezuela to rebuild relations in the Americas

Driving in Guyana, driving over Guyanese

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]

Hicks wins Grenville Felix Cycle Road Race

Share this:

Related

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show | December, 2nd, 2024

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Features/Columnists

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]