AP Invitational to honour past Olympians

Jun 26, 2019 Sports

Aliann Pompey will be partnering with the World Olympians Association (WOA), the Guyana Olympic Association and the National Sport Commission to honour past and present Guyanese Olympians at the Aliann Pompey Invitational on July sixth during a special ceremony.
A number of Guyana’s greats will start to arrive on July fourth for the special award ceremony that will allow all those that represented Guyana to use the ‘OLY’ title as part of their names.
At a later date a schedule of activities relating to the Olympians will also be provided to the media.
Director of Sport Christopher Jones also spoke on the occasion, “We are honoured to give recognition to our past Olympians especially to those that might not have gotten the recognition that they so rightfully deserve, especially to the likes of James Wren-Gilkes that we all would agree would have medaled at the 1976 Olympics had it not been for Guyana’s stance at the time.
“But we count it a privilege and honour to give recognition to our athletes that started the process of putting Guyana on the map globally,” Jones mentioned.
Further, host of the meet, Aliann Pompey shared that something of this nature is important to cultivating a rich sporting culture in Guyana.
Olympians confirmed so far are:
Present:
1. Jeremy Bascom
2. Winston George
3. Troy Doris (To be confirmed)
4. Brenessa Thompson
5. Aliyah Abrams
Others:
1. Geoffrey Sankies
2. Aliann Pompey
3. Richard Jones
4. Adam Harris
5. Niall Roberts
6. Andrew Harry
7. James Wren-Gilkes
8. June Griffith
9. Jennifer Innis
10. Michael Parris
Geoffrey Sankies is also the President of the National Olympians Association in Guyana.

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