THE 10th Annual Hand-In-Hand Insurance-sponsored 11-race cycle programme will be held this Saturday around the inner circuit of the National Park beginning at 09:00hrs.

The activity, which will be coordinated by national cycle coach Hassan Mohamed, promises to be very exciting since a number of local pedal-pushers will be absent due to national engagements.
The feature event (35-lap) on the day’s programme will see a new champion being crowned as the defending champion, Alanzo Greaves, will be representing Guyana at the Senior Caribbean Cycling Championships in Puerto Rico on the same day.
This paves the way for a new champion and most likely it will be one of the more senior cyclists, unless Michael Anthony returns from neighbouring Suriname from the Junior Caribbean Championships in time for Saturday’s programme.
Greaves won the feature event last year in a time of one hour 21 minutes 27.58 seconds, but eclipsing the time might pose a problem since the more junior riders might not be up to scratch.
Apart from the feature event, the juvenile riders will also be in action in a 10-lap race. The defending champion is Anthony who won last year’s event in a time of 25 minutes 50.38n seconds.
The veterans Under-50 five-lap race is also to be keenly contested since defending champion Junior Niles will have keen competition from Linden Blackman and especially Kennard Lovell. Niles won the event last year returning a time of 27 minutes .06 seconds.
Richard Charles, who won the five-lap race for Mountain bikers last year in a time of 13 minutes 13 seconds, is expected to make a successful defence.
The other events on the day’s programme include three-lap races for BMX boys and girls nine to 12 years old as well as BMX boys open and BMX boys six to nine years old.
A five-lap race for veterans over 60 years of age is also on the day’s card as is a two-lap event for BMX boys six to nine years old.