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18th Goodwill Swimming C/ships…GASA name 27 member team
As Guyana prepares to host the 18th edition of the Goodwill Swimming Championships that involves three other Caribbean countries, the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) has named a strong 27-member team to represent the Land of Many Waters.
Over the years, the Twin Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname have been the countries that have been dominant but the Guyanese swimmers would be seeking to put up a strong showing this time around with home advantage on their side.
The date for all the action is August 17 – 19 and the venue is the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal, Railway Embankment. The other country set to participate is the Land of the Flying Fish, Barbados.
Part of Guyana’s twenty-seven member team that will compete at the 18th Goodwill Swimming Championships.
According to a GASA press release, the local swimmers have been training almost daily for this Meet since February and during time trials which was used as the basis to select the team of twenty-seven (27) swimmers who’ve all made the qualifying times.
The Team is as follows:
Girls 8 & Under – Donna Carter and Naomi King
Boys 8 & Under – Leon Seaton and David Scott
Girls 9-10 – Sarah King and Alyssa Nurse
Boys 9-10 – Nkosi Beaton and Nathon Hackett
Girls 11-12 – Accalia Khan and Nikita Fiedtkou
Boys 11-12 – Dylan Nurse, Kevin Dare and Joseph De Nobrega
Girls 13-14 – Onika George and Jamila Sanmoogan
Boys 13-14 – Omar Adams, Omari Dunn, Hannibal Gaskin and Shane Pulmyere
Girls 15-17 – Britany Van Lange, Soroya Simmons, Athena Gaskin and Steffi DeNobrega
Boys 15-17 – Joseph Seguina, Omali Dare, Selwyn Miller and Angel Rodrigues
It was stated that Accalia Khan, who made the qualifying time would not be able to compete due to an injury.
GASA noted their joy in having a number of out of town swimmers on the team including Selwyn Miller of the Chinese Landing (Region 1); Angel Rodrigues of Santa Rosa, Moruca (Region 1) and Nikita Fiedtkou, Kevin Dare, Shane Pulmeyer and Omali Dare of Linden (Region 10).
Guyana is hoping to field as many relay teams as possible as this would boost the chances of the Team gaining valuable points. The experienced Soroya Simmons will Captain the female team while Omari Dunn has been named Captain of the male Team.
While each country can field up to 40 swimmers, Guyana will not make this total as a number of the experienced swimmers can no longer compete within the age group limit of these games and some competition swimmers were lost to other disciplines during the 2010 & 2011 pool closures.
GASA informs that the team is however in the rebuilding phase and with ample support from parents and the association the swimmers could be well back on track in the next year or two. The new interest in the Learn to swim programmes boosted by the Ministry of Sports, and our continued dialogue for the development of our sport along with other club programmes should result in a bigger pool of swimmers to choose from as happens in the other competing countries, GASA states.
Preparations are continuing for Team Guyana under the guidance of Coaches Shyka Gonsalves (& under and 9-10 age groups); Stephanie Fraser and Isabel Couso Fals of Cuba who are in charge of the athletes from 11-12 & upwards. The Land Conditioning Coach is Seon Erskine. The swimmers have now entered their tapering phase in preparation for the Meet.
Team Management comes from Jean La Rose (Manager) with assistance from Debra Sanmoogan, Joy Hopkinson and Kamala van Lange, all parents of swimmers.
Photo saved as Team Guyana Swimmers – Part of Guyana’s twenty-seven member team that will compete at the 18th Goodwill Swimming Championships.
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