THE Boyce/Jefford Committee earlier this week donated a number of new medals to the Upper Demerara/Kwakwani District 10 (Linden) Inter-School Championships, which will be awarded to the top performing athletes.

Chairman of the Boyce/Jefford Committee, Colin Boyce, noted that the donation was made following a request from the District.
“The Committee saw it most appropriate to continue to contribute to the development of young athletes in the community,” he said.
The Championships school sports is currently underway at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground and is expected to conclude tomorrow.
According to Boyce, such contributions are not alien to them, since they are in the habit of making such donations.
This year, following the eighth edition of the Boyce/Jefford Classic athletics meet in August, an undisclosed sum of cash was given to Linden and Guyana’s top three athletes at the MSC ground.
The signature track and field event in Linden had opened the fund with a lucrative first financial donation. Following that pioneering initiative, several individuals, groups and businesses present made pledges that were accumulated and divided among the three athletes.
Those who benefited from the funds included multiple CARIFTA Games medallist, Chantoba Bright, World Junior silver medallist, Daniel Williams and Guyana’s first sprint gold medallist at the CARIFTA Games, Compton Caesar.
This donation to the District 10 camp follows one made by bakery giant, Bakewell, earlier last week.