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Cyclists off to Columbia for One Month High Performance Training Stint
– fully sponsored by Team Cocoa’s Miami
The future of Guyana’s cycling seems destined for days of glory with the continued intervention and vision of USA based Guyanese Ian ‘QB’ Davis who is the CEO of Team Cocoa’s Miami, a professional Cycle Club.
Raul Leal
Yesterday, the quartet of 2012 Junior Sportsman of the Year and Junior Caribbean Champion Paul DeNobrega, Raynauth Jeffrey – the reigning National Junior Road Race Champion, Raul Leal – 4th in the 14-16 Years category at the Caribbean Cycling Championships and Christopher Holder, all members of Team Cocoa’s Guyana, left these shores for Columbia where they will participate in a One Month High Performance Development Programme.
Missing from this bunch is Caribbean 14-16 Years Champion Michael Anthony who couldn’t make it due to school commitments.
The riders are expected to return to Guyana on May 16 in time for this year’s Three Stage Meet which is eagerly looked forward to.
Speaking with Kaieteur Sport, President of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Cheryl Thompson expressed delight at the opportunity afforded the young riders by Mr. Davis and Team Cocoa’s.
“The Guyana Cycling Federation has fully endorsed this opportunity for our young and promising riders to gain high level exposure that will only aid in the continued development of these riders.
This is something that we are very happy about, we know that these riders are very talented and disciplined. They have shown their worth locally and at the Caribbean level so it follows that they now need to get the requisite exposure at a higher level for them to realize their true potential”.
The aim of Team Coco’s Guyana and Miami is to see Guyana represented at the Olympics in Cycling.
These said riders have been supported not only locally but at events throughout the Caribbean aimed at affording them high level exposure consistently.
Paul De Nobrega
The GCF President is looking forward to other local riders seeking to emulate DeNobrega, Jeffrey, Leal and Holder and aim for even higher heights.
It was further disclosed that Team Cocoa’s has formally applied for full membership to the Guyana Cycling Federation. (Franklin Wilson)
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