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Johil Commercial renews sponsorship for fourth year
Johil Commercial yesterday disclosed that it has renewed its sponsorship of the Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic for the fourth year.
Guyana’s premier track meet will be held at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, August 17, with heats and three finals and Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Ground, Linden on August 18 with all other finals.
Johil Commercial, a renowned local supplier of Mining and Farming equipment located on North Road, said that it will be sponsoring the event for the fourth year because they are pleased that an initial
Sales Supervisor at Johil Commercial, Suppliers of Farming and Mining Equipment, Mark Persaud (right) hands over the sponsorship cheque to Chairman of the Boyce & Jefford Classic Management Committee, Colin Boyce.
investment has helped sustained the development of the sport.
“This event has shown that there is a serious effort to develop a place for track and field, and that is to our mind, a very good way to go. We’ve been privy to several ideas behind the scenes of the event and we continue to be impressed,” Proprietor, Jennifer Desarz said.
According to Desarz, who is Brazilian, Johil believes that the event will accomplish great things for the sport in Linden and Guyana by extension, adding that Johil is pleased to be there from the beginning and happy to be part of the event’s growth over the years.
Chairman of the Management Committee for the Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic, Colin Boyce, thanked Desarz for her initial confidence in the meet and their continued support over the years in developing Guyana’s must lucrative athletics competition.
“We are committing to all our sponsors; we will continue to raise the bar for athletics in Guyana with the aim of making this event a signature event. We cannot do that without such support and we are very grateful for your unswerving support,” Boyce indicated.
Apart from dolling out lucrative cash prizes to clubs and athletes, the Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic IV is aimed at continuing to establish a prominent place for athletics in Guyana and as was evident last year, leading athletes from the Caribbean are expected to compete against the crème de le crème in Guyana.
The second edition in 2011 created history when Guyana’s most successful female athlete Aliann Pompey competed for the first time in Guyana since becoming a double Commonwealth Games medallist. The meet in its third edition last year featured Linden’s international track campaigner, Marian Burnett against Caribbean counterparts.
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