WITH THE AIM of winning the overall Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) title, Guyana’s contingent of athletes and officials departed today for neighbouring Suriname where they will engage the Dutch-speaking country and French Guiana in the disciplines of Cycling, Table Tennis, Chess, Badminton and Volleyball with each component having male and female participation. 

The tri-nation games will get on the way on Friday, October 24 and conclude on Sunday October 26 and, Guyana, having won the first leg of the games hosted here earlier in the year will be pulling out all the stops to win the coveted title which is being held on too tightly by Suriname.
The cycling team will be led by Akeem Arthur and Shaquille Agard, along with Alonzo Ambrose, Kravitz Jeffrey, Toshwanna Doris and Ronella Samuels; who have all competed at the just concluded ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage cycle road race.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has selected its best juniors with St. Stanislaus College’s Elishaba Johnson and Mae’s Kyle Edghill being the most notable of the four players, with Priscilla Greaves of Marian Academy and Selenas Jackman as their team members.
The Ramdhani siblings, Narayan and Priyanna, will spearhead a strong badminton team that also includes their Marian Academy school mates Krystal Peters and Jonathan Mangra as well as Ambika Ramraj of Queen’s College.
For long, French Guiana have held a rigid hold on chess but the team of Haifeng Su, Jessica Clementson, Roberto Neto and Sheriffa Ali are all aiming to win Guyana’s first title in the sport, while much is expected of Guyana’s male and female Volleyball teams, since their triumph is seen as a must, if Suriname is to be dethroned for their overall title.
Volleyball (female): Onica Felix, Vashti Pooran, Rafaella Richardson, Kelshine Griffith, Tenisha Cort, Melisa Marks, Lisa Marks, Akeila Brown, Padmini Nankoo, Dian Mandokin and Cassie Junor.
Volleyball (male): Davendra Latchman, Anthony Fraser, Kumar Budhram, Anthony Veerapen, Muaaz Inshan, Rolwyn Heywood, Daniel Ritchie, Klondyke Rodney, Joshua Jagmohan, Ravi Rampartab, Xavier Lambert, Yoganand Dhoray and Ryon Mangrau.