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Five discipline IGG team gearing up to invade Suriname

Oct 21, 2014 Sports

Guyana will not compete in football

Close to 50 athletes coming from the disciplines of cycling, volleyball (male & female), chess, Table Tennis and Badminton will leave Guyana on Thursday overland for neighboring Suriname where they will battle their counterparts from the host nation and French Guiana in the aforementioned disciplines in the second leg of this year’s Inter Guiana Games (IGG).
Guyana will not be competing in male and female football according to the National Sports Commission (NSC).
The confident Guyana contingent will be aiming to maintain their overall dominance having blown away the opposition following Track & Field, Basketball and Swimming to be in pole position after those disciplines were contested here.
The Guyanese won at athletics against old rivals Suriname, came second in male and female basketball and third in swimming. Suriname is trailing the Guyanese overall with French Guiana third; the latter did not take part in athletics.
Following is the official list of athletes selected.
Cycling Team
Name                                          School
Kravitz Jeffrey             Mackenzie High School
Akeem Arthur             Linden Technical Institute
Alanzo Ambrose          St. Mary’s High School
Shaquel Agard             Linden Technical Institute
Ronella Samuels          Hope Secondary School, ECD
Toshawnna Doris        Chase Academy
Badminton
Narayan Ramdhani              Marian Academy
Priyanna Ramdhani             Marian Academy
Krystal Peters                         Marian Academy
Jonathan Mangra                 Marian Academy
Ambika Ramraj                      Queens College
Chess
Haifeng Su                          School of the Nations
Jessica Clementson          School of the Nations
Roberto Neto                      Diamond Secondary
Sheriffa Ali                        St. Joseph Secondary
Table Tennis
Elishaba Johnson              St. Stanislaus College
Kyle Edghill                                      Mae’s
Priscilla Greaves                    Marian Academy
Selenas Jackman                   St. John’s College
Volleyball (female)
Onica Felix                               Canje Secondary
Vashti Pooran                 JC Chandisingh Secondary
Rafaella Richardson              Chase Academy
Kelshine Griffith                 Houston Secondary
Tenisha Cort                   Corentyne Comprehensive
Melisa Marks                 New Amsterdam Technical Institute
Lisa Marks                      JC Chandisingh Secondary
Akeila Brown                            Saint Ignaisius
Padmini Nankoo         Corentyne Comprehensive
Dian Mandokin                        Saint Ignaitius
Cassie Junor                Saint Cuthberts Secondary
Volleyball (Male)
Davendra Latchman   Guysuco Training Centre Port Mourant
Anthony Fraser           “
Kumar Budhram         “
Anthony Veerapen      “
Muaaz Inshan              “
Rolwyn Heywood      “
Daniel Ritchie             “
Klondyke Rodney      “
Joshua Jagmohan        “
Ravi Rampartab          “
Xavier Lambert           “
Yoganand Dhoray      Lower Corentyne Secondary
Ryon Mangrau            Professional Learning Institute

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