THE ninth Annual Diamond Mineral Water 11-race Cycle programme, organised by national cycling coach Hassan Mohamed M.S., will be staged tomorrow around the inner circuit of the National Park beginning at 09:00hrs.

The feature race on the card will be the 35-lap event for School Boys and Novices and will see most of the country’s top cyclists vying for top honours.
The defending champion of this event is Raynauth `Obeah Man’ Jeffrey who won the event last year in a time of one hour, 15 minutes 1 second.
However, this year, Jeffrey’s job will be cut out since a host of other riders have been putting in creditable performances in the National Park as well as on the roads of West Demerara and Berbice.
His main rivals include Orville Hinds, Alanzo Greaves, Michael Anthony, Warren McKay, veteran Junior Niles and Marlon `Fishy’ Williams.
Another interesting race would be the 10-lap race for juveniles for which Raul Leal is the defending champion. He returned a time of 25 minutes 12.30 seconds in winning the event last year.
Niles is the defending champion of the veterans Under-50 years five-lap race, but come tomorrow, he will have to withstand the test of Linden Blackman and Kennard Lovell among others, to prevail.
The veterans Over-50 five-lap race is an open contest as is the BMX Boys 12-14 years three-lap event which was won last year by Alfie Soonaram in a time of eight minutes three seconds.
Other races on the day’s programme include two- and three-lap races for BMX boys nine to 12 years old and two-lap events for BMX boys and girls six to nine years old.
There will also be a five-lap mountain bike race for which Ozia McAully is the defending champion, having won the event last year in a time of 13 minutes 55 seconds.
Marketing executive of Demerara Distillers Limited Larry Wills will witness the day’s activity and assist with the presentation of prizes to the respective winners.