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Wilbert Benjamin, Flying Ace team for season opening cycle event January 12th in Berbice
For the third consecutive year, overseas based Guyanese and former national cycling champion, Wilbert Benjamin, will be staging the season’s opening cycling event in Berbice, when he teams up with one of Guyana’s top cycling club, the Flying Ace Cycle Club to stage the annual “Benjamin Sports” open event on Sunday 12th January.
The 40 mile event is once again open to cyclists throughout Guyana and will give the country’s cyclists the opportunity to compete for top dollars early in the season. The 40 miles event will pedal off from Fyrish Village, in front of the Benjamin Sports Store and proceed to No 51 Police Station before returning to its place of origin.
There will be more prizes this year as the organisers up the ante in an effort to set the stage for the rest of the year. There will be prizes for the first six finishers, the top three juniors, the first three veterans U45 and the first four beginners, while there will also be eight sprint point prizes up for grabs. The organizers are also pondering on presenting special incentives for females according to entries for that category.
Benjamin a native of Berbice was a former national cyclist who represented Guyana at both the junior and senior levels including the Pan Am and the Texaco games. In the junior division he was on the bike at Inter Guiana games among other sojourns. He was also a former school and junior champion who won the national school championship on three consecutive occasions. He still rides in his adopted home land of Canada where he also operates sports stores. He along with his brother Gary, who still rides in the veteran category, made a potent combination for Berbice in their days. He returns home on a regular basis and would assist his club and teams in whatever way possible including sponsorship of races.
All the top cyclists in the country are expected to participate. The race will be coordinated by cycling coach Randolph Roberts.
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