Demerara/Kwakwani confident of retaining Championship
DEFENDING National Schools’ Track and Field, Swimming and Cycling and Teachers’ Champions, District 10 (Upper Demerara / Kwakwani), yesterday afternoon departed Linden confident of making a successful defence of their overall title at this year’s National Championships which start today at the National Track and Field Centre in Leonora, West Demerara.
The team of 107 athletes and officials is accompanied by the Guyana Teachers’ Union Upper Demerara Sports Secretary, Ms. Tomika Lewis.

Upper Demerara/ Kwakwani, the multiple-times and most successful champions at Nationals will be spearheaded by Guyana’s recent Inter Guiana’s Games athletes in Gold Medalist, Kaidon Persaud, who won the javelin and was second in the 800m; Jaheem Henry who took Gold in the shot put and Silver in the Discus; Ronell Greene who copped Gold in the triple jump and was fourth in the long jump and Danelle Fraser who placed third in the 3,000m.

National Athletics Coach, Johnny Gravesande and Moses Pantlitz are in charge of the over 100 athletes who wrapped up their training at the newly laid Linden Synthetic Track at Bayrock in Wismar, on Thursday afternoon where, for the first time, the Upper Demerara Inter-schools track and field championships were held, after permission was granted to have it staged there, since the traditional venue for decades, the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, was not available.

The team seemed confident when they left the Department of Education building as the parents of most of the athletes came with other well-wishers to boost the morale of the District 10 track and field athletes, cyclists and swimmers who, over the years, have made the district the most decorated in the history of Nationals.(Joe Chapman).