THE annual Inter-Service Annual Athletics Championships (ISAAC), formerly known as the Joint Services Championships, will not take place this year, after the operations surrounding recent prison breaks put a lot of demand on the Joint Services.

Chairman of the Joint Services Sports Committee, Dale Alves, yesterday confirmed that the annual athletics and swimming events will not be held this year.
“No it will not be held this year,” Alves related to Chronicle Sport via telephone yesterday.
Massive joint services operations were launched earlier this year following the escape of six prisoners from the Camp Street prison in July, and the escape of a further 13 from the Lusignan holding area, later the same month.
Most of the escapees were later recaptured, with just three still on the run.
The July prison fire, had earlier mandated the cancellation of the individual inter-divisional championships of the Guyana Defence Force and the Guyana Police Force
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 with the Joint Services Championships usually contested between the GDF, GPF, Guyana Fire Service, Guyana Prison Services, and City Constabulary.
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. (Tamica Garnett)