A DECISION is expected to be taken today as to whether or not an edition of the annual Inter-Service Annual Athletics Championships (ISAAC), also called the Joint Services Championships, will be held this year.

According to sources, the recent prison break with extra demands on the Joint Services has made the swimming and athletics championships somewhat of a strain.
Neither of the major teams in the championships, the Guyana Defence Force nor the Guyana Police Force, held any individual championships so far for the year, and sources confirm that neither will be held.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) usually hosts its Inter-Division Track and Field Championships during late July or early August, while the GDF’s is also held in August.
The Joint Services Championships usually follow in October. Thus far a tentative date, in October, is said to have been set. However, nothing has been confirmed as yet.
Even if the Joint Services championships are held the forces will now have to determine their teams based on selection, since there will be no preliminary championships.
The GDF are the defending champions of the event, having held the title for the past three years, since wresting it from Police back in 2014.