North Georgetown confident of retaining National Schools’ Championship title

Nov 06, 2015 Sports

Defending National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field champions,

Flashback! Digicel’s, Jacqueline James
presents the overall C/ship Trophy to North
Georgetown’s, Mariska Williams.

North Georgetown, District 11 is brimming with confidence ahead of the 55th Schools’ Championships that is scheduled for November 23-27 at the National Stadium, Providence.
District Manager, Mariska Williams related that North Georgetown is very confident of retaining their title. “We are very much confident as we always are; we have submitted the team list already and we believe we have a strong team. We have a few concerns with the female cycling it’s not as strong as it normally is and we have a new breed of swimmers,” Williams told the Public Relations Unit of the Championships.
“Our track and field is very strong because of the incoming runners from other zones,” Williams, who has always been a part of the management team for the most successful District in the Championships’ history, continued.
She revealed that preparations are in place for the squad of 101 athletes and six officials. In addition, she informed that one of the major part of the District’s preparation will be an Inter-Georgetown meet among South, North and East Georgetown as well as East Coast on November 15 at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.
Williams noted that while the teachers are not as strong as she hoped they would have been, she expects the teachers to put on top performances when the event commences. She also used the opportunity to highlight a few concerns. Williams said that she hopes uniforms arrive on-time compared to last year, which forced the defending champions to participate in the march past with their track pants alone.
The long-time team manager also stressed that team officials are bombarded when some athletes are not chosen because of downsizing. “We hope that the Committee can look at ‘Nationals’ and make a few adjustments because not all the athletes that win a race might be chosen because we have to downsize and parents who might not understand process bombard us,” she said.
“We hope that a few adjustments can be made so that every child who wins an event can be chosen to represent,” Williams noted.
The Swimming Championships will be held on Monday, November 23 at the National Aquatic Centre at Liliendaal.
In addition to the swimming competition, two field events, Long Jump and Shot Putt, along with the 10km road race, 40km and 25km cycle road race will also take place on November 23.
The Games Village will be established on Woolford Avenue. Tutorial High, North Georgetown Primary and Secondary Schools and Richard Ishmael Secondary will house the 15 Districts from across Guyana that will compete at the Championships.
The Games Secretariat has been officially opened at GTU Headquarters, Woolford Avenue, with Districts submitting their entries. The Opening Ceremony for the championship is scheduled for November 24 at 10:30am.