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Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon coming strong for National Schools’ Championships
-District goes into Camp today
The Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon, District Two will be coming strong for the Nationals Schools’ Championships, hoping that they finish higher than usual at the National Aquatic Centre and the National Stadium,
Flashback! Districts line-up after the March-Past ahead of the commencement of the National Schools’ Championships at the National Stadium; District Two is second from left.
Providence, next week.
District Two’s Sport Representative, Andy Ramnarine believes that the squad is finishing a few places higher than their regular 6-10 finish. “For the past three to four years we have been doing well, finishing around sixth or seventh place, but we’re hoping to move up a couple places at this year’s event,” Ramnarine informed.
When it comes to team preparation, while the District is short on coaching, Ramnarine is of the view that the athletes are usually gifted enough to represent them well.
“As it stands right now, we don’t have coaching, but usually the athletes are naturally gifted and over the years they have proven that they can win medals,” he said, pointing out that everything is on stream for the hinterland team to be competitive.
“We have selected the team and they will be encamped from tomorrow (today) and then we will break camp on Friday before travelling to Georgetown on Sunday,” he continued, adding that the team has “calculated our budget and everything seems to be ok so far”.
The Swimming Championships will be held on Monday, November 23 at the National Aquatic Centre at Lillendaal. 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 all Districts expected to be ready to compete on Monday. The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for November 24 at 10:30am at the National Stadium.
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