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West Coast Berbice believes it is the ‘dark horse’ of the National Schools’ Championships
West Coast Berbice, District Five is confident that it can create some upsets when the National Schools’ Championships begin on Monday. The District, known for producing some top distance athletes, believes it is
Flashback! West Coast Berbice’s, Jaquan Boyce (lane 4) dips at the finish line with Keifon Jack (on his right) at the National Stadium two years ago in the U-10 Boys 150m Final.
the ‘dark horse’ of the Championships.
The District, which is credited with winning the Championships once under the name of Western Berbice back in 1974, believes that while they might not win it all this year, they are confident in their athletes to do well.
“From past years we have had a few records broken, but we just have the smaller children right now, but the older athletes are not taking it serious so we are really trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents. We will go out, and do what we have to do; I’m not saying we will shine, but we have confidence in our athletes,” District Sports Representative, Michelle Archibald said.
The athletes are preparing for the Championships, albeit not as consistent as Archibald would’ve liked. “Well we don’t have a ground here, so some of the athletes would have to go to Belladrum to train and some would train in the mornings before school. We encourage the cyclists to use the roads to train, but for our swimmers it is tough because we don’t have a pool,” she lamented.
“I would not say that they are not preparing, but things are not up to date with them,” Archibald shared. Meanwhile, from the managerial standpoint, all the logistics are in place for the team to compete successfully, according to Archibald.
She said that the entire squad is looking forward to the Championships, which begins with the Swimming Championships on Monday 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 is scheduled for 10:00am on Tuesday at the National Stadium.
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