GTC Annual Athletics, Cycling and Swimming Championships roll off in Berbice

Sep 28, 2013 Sports

By Leon Suseran
The 28th Athletics, Cycling and Swimming Championships of the Guyana Sugar Corporation/GuySuCo Training Centre Port Mourant (GTC/PM) commenced on Monday on the Corentyne. The programme began with field events and swimming. On Tuesday, there was the Inter- House Softball Cricket Competition. The final day of the 3- day sports culminated with the cycling and other track events.
Student Welfare Officer attached to the GTC/PM, Mr. Levi Nedd, speaking to the media at the launch of the event on Monday added that, “At this training institution, we try to round our apprentices off to be able to cope with the challenges of everyday life, and the sports aspect does not differ from the education and spiritual aspect. We inculcate culture, academics and other talents at the school and this is one of the aspects that we have every day. It is part of the training.”
He noted that sooner, or later, the apprentices will be required to be marked on competency- based skills and that the annual sports at GuySuCo/GTC/PM are a “good start” for them.
The annual sports, he added, forms part of the training of the apprentices currently pursuing academic as well as technical training at the facility. The apprentices are placed into five houses which compete for the winning positions. They are Baboolall House; Hanie House; Thompson House; Fletcher House, and Molten House.
Scores thus far for the events are: Baboolall- 26 points; Hanie, 29 points; Thompson, 29 points; Fletcher, 13 points; Molten, 13 points. The winners of the simmer events were: Baboolall won with 23 points; 2nd place was Thompson with 18 points, third place Hanie with 17 points, and fourth place Molten, 5 points and Fletcher with 3 points.

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