WITH strong wins throughout the day Headquarters (HQ) had an easy time defending their title against ‘A’ Division, when the Guyana Police Force Inter-Division Track and Field Championships came to an end late last evening at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary. 

HQ amassed 501 points to keep ‘A’ Division at bay and to walk away with the $150 000 top prize and trophy, as the two divisions battled for the top spot.
Without too many leading positions, and through participation in as many events as possible, ‘A’ Division managed to end in second place with 402. Third place went to Country Division who ended with 206 points while ‘B’ Division took fourth with 191 points.
Meanwhile, in the international category which saw the participation of teams from Trinidad and Tobago, St Vincent, Suriname, and Antigua vying against a Guyanese team, Guyana walked away with a massive 322 points lead ahead of the second place Trinidad team which stood with 150 points at the end of the competition.
Antigua placed third with 30 points, St Vincent finished fourth with 25 points and Suriname fifth with 11 points.
Headquarters entered the day with a reasonable 29 points lead, with 50 finals still to be contested and managed to build their way up to their 99 points, banking on the wins amassed by champion girl runner-up Leota Bobb who ran away with the women’s 100m (12.2s) and 200m races (25.4s).
The champion girl title went to Country’s Jonella Jonas who amassed 30 points to edge out Bobb. Champion boy was shared by Marvin Tinnis and Grivon Grant, while in the international A Class category champion boy went to ‘A’ Division’s Shawn Semple.

(Tamica Garnett)