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Seven Seas / Geddes Grant Nat. Park Cycling Meet…Raynauth Jeffrey comes up trump in feature & juvenile races
By Franklin Wilson
It was all the Raynauth Jeffery show yesterday at the Inner Circuit of the National Park when the 9th annual Seven Seas / Geddes Grant sponsored 11-race cycling programme was held.
Jeffrey scorched the field to win the feature school boys & novices 35-lap contest in One Hour 17 Minutes 29.96 Seconds. Along with veteran Junior Niles (2nd overall), Paul DeNobrega (3rd) and Kestor Croal who copped the 4th place, they lapped the entire field in what can be described as a vintage performance by the quartet.
Seven Seas Product Specialist Karen Connell (2nd right) pose with race officials and the top performers yesterday following the presentation.
Jeffrey, who took 3 of the eight prime prizes, signaled his winning intentions early in the race as he sped out into the lead on the first lap. Fellow junior DeNobrega was not prepared as is the norm among our cyclists, to sit back and allow Jeffery to build any substantial lead, so he connected with him on lap 2.
On lap 10 Jeffrey unfortunately suffered a puncture but his determination and desire to top the field saw him reconnecting back with leader DeNobrega, one lap later. On lap 14, the pair was joined by Niles and Croal and the rest is now history.
Jeffrey, conscious that his sprinting ability is still a work in process, did not leave anything to chance and on the penultimate lap (34) broke away from his colleagues and they never pursued him as he crossed the line all alone.
Yesterday’s Meet saw the junior riders dominating the top spots in the feature race taking four of the top 6, Raul Leal and Hector Edwards Jr. were 5th and 6th respectively. Like Jeffrey, DeNobrega took 3 of the prime prizes with Croal pocketing the other two.
Earlier, Jeffrey was the top rider in the juvenile 10-lap contest winning in 22
Raynauth Jeffrey eases to the finish line unchallenged. (Franklin Wilson photo)
Minutes 00.91 Seconds. DeNobrega was again second with Linden’s Michael Anthony 3rd.
Also in winners row earlier was veteran Junior Niles, who won the Under-50 5-lap event ahead of Kennard Lovell and Shameer Baksh.
In remarks after the event which saw the top six riders in the feature event and the top three from the other races receiving hampers containing Seven Seas products; Product Specialist Karen Connell expressed Geddes Grant’s commitment to the continued support of the event and the development of cyclists in Guyana. Connell also assisted with the presentation of prizes to the cyclists.
Following are the full results of yesterday’s Meet.
12-14 Boys & Girls 3-Laps – Hazina Barrett, Marica Dick, Alfie Sonoram
Veterans Under-50 5-Laps – Junior Niles, Kennard Lovell, Shameer Baksh
Veterans Ocer-50 5 Laps – Virgil Jones, Wilfred Thom
Veterans Over-60 – Maurice Fagundes, Harry Gill, Krisnadat Singh
Juveniles 10-Laps – Raynauth Jeffrey, Paul DeNobrega, Michael Anthony
Upright/Mountain 5-Laps – Nial Kingston, Joshua Dunn, Ray Raul
BMX Boys 6-9 2-Laps – Lamar Duncan, Isaiah Sahadeo
BMX Boys 9-12 3-Laps – Keon Harris, Rashedi Ceres, Taran Ghabarran
BMX Boys 12-14 3-Laps – Adrian Sharma, Deeraj Ghabarran, Raphael Leung
BMX Boys Open 3-Laps – Cleveland King, Ricardo Sharma
Sch, Boys & Invitation 35-Laps – Raynauth Jeffrey, Junior Niles, Paul DeNobrega, Kestor
Croal, Raul Leal, Hector Edwards Jr.
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