CARLTON Wheelers Cycle Club’s (CWCC) Robin Persaud rode away with the feature event at the 14th Annual Roraima Bikers Club (RBC)-organised Troy Humphrey Memorial cycle programme held around the inner circuit of the National Park on Wednesday. Persaud, who once held the record for the fastest time in a 35-lap event following the newly re-laid surface, clocked 1 hour 15 minutes for the race which saw Paul De Nobrega of Continental Cycle Club and Michael Anthony finishing second and third respectively.
RBC’s Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams, Eric Sankar, who had earlier won the Category 1 to 4 10-lap event from Marlon Morrison and Rastaff O’Selmo respectively with Orville Hinds, Raynauth Jeffrey, Ian Jackson, Kurt La Rose and Morrison rounding off the top 10 positions.
There were 35 sprint prizes up for grabs in the feature event and Williams did enough to ride away with 10 of them, while Jeffrey had 8, Persaud 6, Hinds 4, Anthony and Sankar 2 each while De Nobrega, Raul Leal and Akeem Arthur took one each.
In the first race of the day, Jeffrey broke away from the pack which included De Nobrega and Leal midway the second lap to take the Junior/Juvenile 10-lap event, with De Nobrega outsprinting Leal for second place.
Sankar took the Seniors Category 1 to 4 10-laps event after breaking away from the peloton midway the first lap to win from Morrison and O’Selmo, while Raymond Newton took the Veterans Under-50 five-lap race from Ian Jackson and Phillip Piggott.
The Veterans Over-50 five-lap event was won by Walter Isaacs from Wilfred Thom and Monty Parris respectively while Junior Niles took the Mountain Bike Open 10-lap event from Jude Bently and Mario King.
Jamal Arthur won the BMX 6 to 8 years old one-lap event, with Phillip Birth and Nicholas Dhanraj placing second and third respectively. John La Rose, Sanjay Baboolall and Deeraj Garbarran were the top three finishers in the BMX 9 to 11 two laps race.
Hamzah Eastman won the BMX Open three-lap event from Jornell Heywood and Julio Melville respectively while the RBC team won the four-lap Team Time Trial event from Continental Cycle Club and Flying Stars Cycle Club respectively.
“It is always a pleasure to see the best cyclists in Guyana converging on the National Park to remember Troy who was an outstanding rider in his day.
We will continue to make our contribution to the sport in Guyana and we would like to wish the riders the best of health as they continue their respective careers – including the young and promising brigade.”
Those were the words of Managing Director of Humphrey Products and Farm Limited, George Humphrey, the father of the late Troy Humphrey, who later vowed to continue supporting the event in the future which had over $515 000 up for grabs in Wednesday’s event.
He also expressed gratitude to all who contributed to the success of the event which was postponed from last Saturday because of the inclement weather, including club officials and cycling enthusiasts who came out in their numbers to add energy to the event and make it a success.