WITH some of Guyana’s leading athletes in the camp, including Olympian and Commonwealth Games representative Winston George, the Guyana Police Force Sports Club were crowned Champions of the 2014 Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic, which came to a fitting climax at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in Linden on Sunday night. 

Behind George’s sensational 100, 200 and 400M performances, the Lyndon Wilson-coached Police Sports Club amassed a total of 406 points, beating their arch rivals Guyana Defence Force by a whopping 248 points as the army men and women had to settle for second place.
Mercury Fast Laners were third (114) and Christianburg/Wismar Secondary Track Club were a surprising fourth (102) with Upper Demerara Schools (80) rounding off the top five.
For their dazzling display on the track and on the field, the Police won $600 000. The GDF team took home $400 000, Mercury Fast Laners $250 000 and Christianburg/Wismar Secondary Track Club $150 000.
The Boyce and Jefford meet celebrated their fifth year and the meet has established itself as Guyana’s premier Track and Field championship, since it attracts some of the country’s and the Caribbean’s top athletes.
Commonwealth Games gold and silver medallist Aliann Pompey, Olympian and World Championships attendee Marian Burnett are two of the big names who have so far competed at the event.
This year, World Junior Championship representative Brenessa Thompson and Winston George were the stand-out athletes who thrilled the massive crowd in Linden with some sensational performances on the track, while on the field, Natasha Alder was unstoppable.
Patrick King did well enough to claim the Long Jump title while Linden’s Winston Caesar had no match on his way to winning the men’s triple jump.