A team of eight young Guyanese athletes represented Guyana well at the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) Games in Bermuda earlier this month (July), winning two gold, a silver and three bronze medals.

One of the gold medals was won with a record-breaking performance after Orlando Carrington set the boys Under-9 cricket ball throw record at 44.75m. Carrington also took a bronze in the 150m dash with a time of 22.57 seconds.

National Schools Championship record-holder, Somaiya Orna, also placed in the cricket ball throw, taking silver in the girls Under-9 category, covering 18.44m. She placed fourth in the 150m (27.67s).

The other gold was landed by Annalee Williams in the cricket ball throw, clearing 37.88m in the girls Under-11 category.

Wesley Tyndall, who was a star junior athlete for North Georgetown last year, took bronze in the boys 200m Under-15 race.

Also doing well on the team was Neron Wilson who accumulated 25 points from his participation to triumph as champion boy in the boys Under-11 category. Wilson won a bronze medal in the boys 300m (1:02.73s), while he placed fourth in the 100 m (14.44), fifth in the 200m  (37.43sec), fifth in the long jump (3.68m) and fourth in the cricket ball (45.65m)

The other athletes on the team were Eurica Blucher (4th in the girls Under-13 shot put) and Ameish Murphy (4th in the girls Under-13 cricket ball throw).

The Games is a two-day event organized by the CUT and is aimed at bringing athletes together from the body’s ten member nations. The championship is for junior athletes from the Under-9 to the Under-15 age categories.

The Guyana team was selected based on their performances at the National Schools Championship held in November 2017.

The team was accompanied by team manager, Ceon Bristol, and chaperone Pauline Williams. Bristol was very pleased with the team’s performance, and looks forward to taking a larger team to future outings.

“The team performance in my opinion was great, taking into consideration the length of time we spent travelling to meet Bermuda. Each athlete was able to score points for the team. Secondly, we need to do some early planning in order to take a larger team to compete for the champion trophy,” Bristol said.