THE second leg of the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) 2015 has been cancelled according to the Director of Sport Christopher Jones.Jones, yesterday confirmed that the second leg, set for French Guiana had been cancelled on the same basis of the first, with the host country indicating that it was heading into election mode and would thus be unable to host.
The Ministry of Education Department of Sport’s National Sport Commission (NSC) has also confirmed that the Guyanese contingent, prior to the announcement of the cancellation, stood ready to compete at the October event, if plans had progressed as proposed.
Nonetheless, the governments of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana have committed to upkeeping the viability of the tri-nation games, oftentimes seen as the stepping stone for many of Guyana’s athletes.
In this regard, the NSC confirmed that once elections have been held in the French territory, talks will resume on the way forward for the 2016 edition.
In brighter news for athletes, those discussions could commence as early as January of 2016, said the NSC.
Also expected to be discussed at the 2016 meeting is the revision of some of the protocols of the mutli-discipline tournament.
Jones, during a recent media conference, indicated that Guyana is more than happy to review the Protocol for the games, adding that under the current document, Guyana often drew the short straw.
“There are certain aspects of the protocol that put Guyana at a disadvantage, for example, there’s an aspect that speaks to participants being school-aged children, being 19 and under, and as you would know, Guyana’s academic year ends at 17-18 years old.
Suriname and French Guiana would be at an advantage because their athletes would be much older. That aspect of the protocol I would want to see changed to accommodate our athletes that are currently in school.”

By Stephan Sookram