Smalta for boosts

Aug 07, 2013 Sports

“It is a great opportunity to be on board”- Ansa McAl

Ansa McAl Limited, distributors of a wide range of products, including Smalta, has provided yet another year of sponsorship for the upcoming Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic IV under that very brand for the August 17-18 local and regional competition.
Public Relations Officer at Ansa McAl, Darshanie Yussuf, during the Presentation Ceremony at the company’s Beterverwagting Headquarters yesterday, said that they are proud to be aboard an

Co-Chairman of the Management Committee for the Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic IV, Edison Jefford collects the sponsorship cheque from Ansa McAl’s PRO, Darshanie Yussuf yesterday at their BV Headquarters.

emerging event on Guyana’s annual calendar of activities.
“It is a great opportunity to be on board and not only because it’s a good competition for athletics but it is also a competition that we see lots of results from; we hope that it continues to grow, and that it will move across Guyana,” Yussuf said at the presentation.
In accepting the company’s unswerving support for the meet since its inception in 2010, Edison Jefford, who is Co-Chairman of the Management Committee for the Classic, made it clear that it would not have been possible for them to grow without Ansa McAl.
“We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Ansa McAl; they have been with us from the very beginning in 2010 and it is their support that has helped us to grow into the mega event that Boyce & Jefford Classic is now,” Jefford told the media.
He said that from a local platform, the meet now features top athletes from the Caribbean against Guyana’s best for lucrative cash prizes. “Ansa McAl’s support is widespread and it’s unmatched in local sport,” one of the founding members of the meet reiterated.
The Boyce & Jefford Classic will feature four international races for a total purse of US$2000 at US $500 per race with the top finisher earning US$250, second place US $150 and third US$100 along with plaques that will accompany the cash prizes.
Trinidad and Tobago’s national 400m and 800m athlete, Mark London, who is a multiple Junior CARIFTA Games gold medallist, has been scheduled for the line-up of regional athletes for the meet, along with Trinidad’s top distance athlete, Tonya Nero.
In addition, top athletes will also be arriving from Grenada, and Suriname, to match strides with the locals in the four international races. Apart from those races, the other events will feature the local clubs in a tense battle for supremacy and a year’s bragging rights.
The top club will pocket $500,000 while second place gets $300,000 and third place $200,000; it does not stop there. The club that places fourth will get $100,000 while fifth and sixth places get $60,000 and $40,000 respectively along with trophies.
The Champion Male and Champion Female athletes will receive $50,000 each with trophies and other prizes. There will be two Masters’ events (male and female) set to roll back the years and a ‘Media 60m Classic’ on and entertaining programme of events.