THE 10th Annual Regan Rodrigues Memorial 50-mile cycle road race will be staged on Sunday in the West Demerara area beginning at 08:00hrs from outside the Wales Police Station, West Bank Demerara and is being organised by national cycle coach Hassan Mohamed.

From there, the seniors and juniors will journey to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo before turning back to finish at the entrance leading to the Demerara Harbour Bridge.
The veterans, mountain bikers and ladies will turn back at Uitvlugt and finish at the same spot as the seniors and juniors.
The top six finishers as well as the top three juniors will receive cash and trophies, while the top three veterans, top three mountain bikers and top three ladies will also receive cash prizes as well as trophies.
A special prize will be awarded to the first Over-60 finisher.
Eight prime prizes will be up for grabs.
The defending champion for the event is Robin Persaud who clocked one hour 57 minutes 27 seconds in winning the race last year and he is almost certain to make a successful defence of that title since five of the country’s current top performers are on national duty in Glasgow, Scotland where they are attending and competing in the XX Commonwealth Games.
The five are: Geron Williams, Raynauth Jeffrey, Alanzo Greaves, Scot Savory and Marlon `Fishy’ Williams.
With the quintet absent, Persaud will still have to be wary of Paul DeNobrega and Mario King who are both capable of staging an upset.
The defending junior champion is Hamzah Eastman who will also be keen to win the overall title.
Talim Shaw will be defending the veterans’ title but can expect keen and exciting competition from the likes of Linden Blackman, Raymond Newton, Junior Niles, Stephen Fernandes and Kennard Lovell.
Julio Melville is the defending champion in the mountain bike category, while Hazina Barret will be defending the ladies’ title.
Rodrigues is a former cyclist who served as president of the Guyana Cycling Federation for a number of years. He was also president of the Carlton Wheelers cycle club which is now headed by race organiser Mohamed.
He was also a racing car champion and dominated the South Dakota Circuit for a number of years before retiring.
As head of the Ricks and Sari Group of Companies and Agro Industries, Rodrigues sponsored a number of local races both in the National Park and on the roadways of Guyana.
He was known for his generosity, not only to cycling and cyclists, but to other sport disciplines as well.
Rodrigues’ wife Dianne and other family members will present the prizes to the respective winners.