National School Cycling Championships 2018 Corentyne unofficially top cycling district

Nov 27, 2018 Sports

The second day of the 58th National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships saw Corentyne (District 6) pip

Abigail Jeffrey of Linden won two Gold and one silver medal yesterday.

UpperDemerara/Kwakwani (District 10) by eight points to unofficially defend their cycling championship title.Following the first tally, Corentyne finished with a total of 245 points, trailed by District 10 with 237 and New Amsterdam (District 15) third with 130 points.
Despite a tardy start at the National Park, the cyclists treated the small crowd to a day of thrilling action under fair weather conditions.
Ajay Gopilall, David Hicks and Shabina Ramoo were some of Corentyne’s most consistent performers along with their fellow District 6 athletes who all pitched in to ensure that at the end of the day, the Berbician would finish on top for a

Corentyne’s Shebena Ramoo crosses the finish line way ahead of the pack in the girls’ 2000m Open.

second consecutive year.
District 10’s challenge was spearheaded by O’Neal Rose and Abigail Jeffrey who were in fine form.
Rose won Gold in the 5000M boys’ open, 800M boys’ open and 1000M boys’ Open races, while Jeffrey who had won the girls’ 25Km road race on Sunday, added Gold to her name in the 3000M girls’ Open and 400M girls’ Open, while finishing second in the 800M girls’ Open.
The day’s action saw some thrilling encounters especially in the 1500M events; first Denzil Huntley (District 10) edged District 14’s Roy Wilson to cop Gold in the boys’ Open event, while District 6’s Roy Wilson had to settle for Bronze.

On the distaff side of the 1500M Open event, Maria Carrington (District 7) was the surprise package as she convincingly beat Shabina Ramoo (District 6) to Gold while District 10’s Crystal

District 10’s O’Neal Rose that won three races yesterday at the National Park.

Hutson had to settle for Silver.
The unofficial points standings are as follows:
District 6 (Corentyne) – 245, District 10 (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) – 237, District 15 (New Amsterdam) – 130, District 13 (South Georgetown) – 114, District 11 (North Georgetown) – 93, District 4 (East Coast Demerara) – 78, District 3 (West Demerara) – 75, District 14 (East Bank Demerara) – 61, District 7 (Bartica) – 42, District 8 (Potaro/Siparuni) – 20.
The tallies for districts 1, 2, 9 and 12 were unavailable up to press time.
The National Schools’ Track and Field Championships continues today at the National Track and Field Center (NTFC), Leonora and will have four days of anticipated keen clashes before the closing ceremony on Friday evening.
District 10 (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) District won their second consecutive and 16th overall title last year, while South Georgetown (District 13) finished second and North Georgetown (District 11) third.