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Juvenile upsets field to take feature 40-miler in Berbice
Sixteen-year-old juvenile cyclists Romallo Crawford of Fyrish, Corentyne, Berbice scored the biggest win in his short 2½ years cycling career when he beat a star-studded field to score a big upset victory in the annual
The outstanding riders pose with the sponsors and organisers after the prize giving ceremony.
Mashramani 40-mile cycle event sponsored by the Sha’veh Restaurant, Night Club and Bar of Rose Hall Town in collaboration with Benjamin Sports Store of Fyrish and organised by the Flying Ace Cycling Club FACC of Berbice. The win by Crawford was his first in a major event featuring most of the top riders. Crawford, riding for the Trojan Cycle Club, won in a time of 1 hr: 31:33:02 seconds.
The 40 riders were sent on their way around 10:30 hrs from in front of the Sha’veh Restaurant Night Club and Bar at Rose Hall town by owner of the business entity. As the race got underway a leading pack of four cyclists including Alonzo Greaves, Jebon Crawford, Andrew Hicks and Junior Niles took to the front and opened a lead on the rest of the field. However, the chasing pack came hard and connected in the vicinity of Whim. That pack included Romello Crawford, Paul De Nobrega, Jamal John and Stephano Husbands.
There was another break at Aucklyne as the quartet of Crawford, De Nobrega of Lucozade Cycling Club, Husbands and John of Team Coco took to the front and extended a handsome lead on the rest of the field.
The race continued at a blistering pace as the cyclists continued their battle on the upward journey until the turn back point at No 51 Police Station.
As the race got deeper on the downward journey the leading quartet of Crawford, De Nobrega Husbands and John continued to press forward as they extended a handsome lead on the rest of the field.
As the riders neared home there was a sprint for home with all four going for gold. It was Crawford that was leading towards the line with De Nobrega closing in fast, but it was a little too late who came out on top. Husbands took third with John fourth. The chasing pack saw Greaves beating off Eastman to decide fifth and sixth positions.
Crawford also claimed the top spot in the junior category with John second and Andrew Hicks third.
Among the veterans, Junior Niles won with Jaikarran Sookai second and Syborne Fernandez third.
Marica Dick continued her dominance among the females as she rode home easily ahead of Christine Matheson second and Whitney Poyer third.
The sprint point prizes were taken by Crawford, John and Husbands with two each, while there were one apiece for Niles and De Nobrega.
While the veterans rode from the start point to Nanad Persaud and back, the females rode from Adventure to the finish line in front of Sha’veh Beer Garden.
Among some of the seasoned campaigners that took part in the event were Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams, Michael Anthony, Hamza Eastman, Alonzo Greaves, Christopher Holder, Shaquel Aguard, Akeem Author, Paul De Nobrega and Orville Hinds.
The events were jointly sponsored by Sha’veh Beer Garden, Benjamin Sports along with Banks DIH Limited, CJ Lewis and Sons, Colin El Cock Racing Stables, Jumbo Jet Racing Stables, Chris Jagdeo Racing Stables, Spread’s Supermarket, Banks DIH, Hamid Hardware Store, Shabba Carrington, Annirude Construction and Archway Snackette, Dennis Deoroop, Home Line Furnishing, P Jai Jai Ram, Imran and Sons, Bara Rice Company, Sankar Wholesale, Poonai Pharmacy among them.
The coordinator was Randolph Roberts. (Samuel Whyte)
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