… Teams due tomorrow

TEAMS for this year’s Inter-Guyana Games are scheduled to arrive here tomorrow with the opening ceremony set for the Cliff Andersons Sports Hall on Friday.
The games, being held for the 20th year, will see Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana do battle in basketball, athletics and swimming with badminton and lawn tennis scheduled to be added into next year’s games .Talks are ongoing between Guyana and Suriname to have boxing as part of the games sometime in the near future.
Director of Sport Neil Kumar told Chronicle Sport yesterday that the teams have all confirmed participation and are expected here tomorrow, while the opening ceremony is set for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Friday.
The games will get going with swimming on Friday at the National Aquatic Centre while on Saturday basketball will bounce off at the Sports Hall, and athletics at the GDF ground.
Kumar also opined that while GABA executive has tried to ban players from participating in the games this year, it must be made clear that the Ministry’s plan to improve the sport, which is currently in more than one hundred schools, will not be trampled upon by person or persons who have no vision for development.
The Inter-Guiana Games since being resuscitated in 1994 has grown over the years and according to Kumar has brought smiles upon the faces of many athletes not only who have participated but also those who are eager to participate in future games.
Guyana’s strength currently lies in their basketball teams especially the females who proved too much for Suriname last year, whipping them in their own backyard and are expecting nothing different this time around.
Much more is also expected of the swimming team, since they would have had the advantage of practising at the aquatic centre on a daily basis, while athletics at the games over the years have fared well but much more work is still needed according to Kumar.
The opening ceremony will take place at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall at 15:00hrs and Games will be declared open by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds.

(By Jaden Samuels)