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GASA’s Republic Meet to start their 2023 calendar
Kaieteur News – In their efforts to progress back to some form of normalcy months after the pandemic restrictions were completely lifted, the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) has identified their Republic Meet as the first National event for 2023.
GASA President, Dwayne Scott
This Championship was last contested in March 2019, just under two weeks before COVID-19 restrictions came into effect. Dorado Speed Swim Club amassed 2374 points over the 56 events at the National Aquatic Centre to claim the title ahead of Dolphin (1974) and Sea Otter Swim Academy (1221).
February 16 – 19, 2023 has been earmarked as the period that the Meet is set to unfold at the same venue. It will serve as the catalyst from which GASA’s team for the 2023 CARIFTA Aquatics Championship is selected.
This year’s CARIFTA Aquatics Championship is billed for April 8 – 11 in Curaçao; it was initially scheduled for St. Lucia but the CARIFTA Congress was not satisfied that St. Lucia’s facilities would be ready in time for the meet.
GASA President, who recently disclosed the dates for the National Meet, said, “Well, we’ve had that discussion with the clubs. I think they’ve all committed to doing that this year. We will start off, of course, with the Republic Meet and right after that we hope to have Dorado having their meet.”
“Of course Dolphin had theirs; they will schedule to have theirs around the same time. Sea Otters again, right after the summer and we will go back to Linden for the Open Water Programme that they would have had last year.”
From left: Vladimir Woodroffe, Jaleel Anderson, Stephen Ramkhelawan and Elliott Gonsalves were a part of Guyana’s Goodwill Team in 2019.
He added, “Silver Sharks and Orca are hoping to do theirs sometime around Easter. In addition to that, we have a few clinics that we had planned to do last year; we didn’t get to pull it out. But the plan is to pull off those clinics so we can work on administrative and coaches’ development within this year.”
The championships will also be used to select Guyana’s Goodwill Training Squad for the 26th edition of the event in Suriname.
At the conclusion of the 25th Goodwill Swim Meet, Guyana walked away with a tally of 43 medals, 23 of which came in the individual categories with 20 coming from the relay teams. Their catch included six gold, five silver and 12 bronze in the individual categories while the relay teams secured two first, one second and two third place finishes.
Following the Republic Meet, GASA has a challenging list of International engagements which include the CARIFTA Aquatics Championship, PANAM Aquatics Open Water Swim Series, XXIV CAC Games, FINA World Championships and the Commonwealth Youth Games, to name a few.
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