SUR includes Berbice affiliate for Boyce/Jefford Classic VII

Aug 24, 2016 Sports

-in bid to challenge for top placing

The Super Upcoming Runners (SUR) Athletics Club is hoping to steal a bit of the spotlight at the 2016

Carla Rodney

Edition of the Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic, scheduled for this weekend at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Ground, Linden.
While not in the top tier clubs in the country, the budding athletics club is hoping to make a big statement when the seventh edition of the Classic begins on Saturday in the Mining Town with about eight Finals, including the 200m Men and Women.
All the other preliminaries are also set for Saturday. Coach of the Club, Carla Rodney sat down with News Room Sport and spoke of preparation for the two-day athletics event. Guyana’s most lucrative athletics event continues on Sunday at 1pm.
“Well preparations are going good so far, we have athletes from Berbice as part of our team, I expect them to do well, we may not get the million, but I expect them to do well at these games,” the confident Rodney noted.
“They train everyday at several different grounds depending on the work they have to do, but they really need a facility up there and somehow I think the Government needs to get a facility there that is the only way they will get better athletes,” Rodney continued, shedding some light on the challenges of their Berbice affiliate.
Nevertheless, she wants her athletes to remain focus as the club aims for success. “I just want everybody to put their best foot forward, I don’t want them to let a name in a race put them off their guard, they need to remain focus and perform,” she said.
Rodney believes that going up against big clubs such as Police Progressive Youth Club and Guyana Defence Force will only help them improve. “We see this as an opportunity to better ourselves even though we have Police to contend with, GDF to contend with,” she added.
“We also know that Mercury Fast Laners and Linden will be there, but we will make that extra effort to make sure we are in that top bracket this year,” Rodney committed, bringing into focus an epic battle among the five registered clubs for the four prizes.
The winner of the 2016 Classic runs away with $1 million while second place pockets $500,000 and third place $300,000. The fourth place team takes home $200,000. There is also $100,000 up for grabs in eight International events.