THE 2025 EDGE Series is taking place from July 12–20 in Georgetown. Edghill says that they have begun the ground work for the series set to showcase the Region’s top athletes in a major way.
“In cycling, the cycle race, we have about 15 athletes that have
registered already, we have a couple of countries registered as well, we have one cyclist from the USA….we have the big names like Britton John, Alex Newton, the big names that usually compete in Guyana they have already registered.”
The two time table tennis Olympian says that her sport will see an uptake in top regional competitors.
“Table tennis, what we did we invited a lot of the guys from the Caribbean and currently we have two teams from Trinidad and Tobago and then we have Shemar Britton and his team, which he wants to be a surprise, we
have some of the Caribbean champions and Caribbean top class players and one confirmed player from Cuba coming to join one of the teams as well as one team from St Lucia.”
Several 3×3 basketball teams are also set to turn out for top prizes.
“We have some of the teams that usually compete in tournaments in Guyana, we currently have Pacesetters, we have Mambas, we also have some new teams like on the rise, ATML, some of the Guyanese that played for teams in Guyana but they have started their own teams, they are the ones that are competing, like Brandon Bento, Stanton Rose.”
The events will be hosted in collaboration with the Guyana Basketball Federation, the Guyana Table Tennis Association, and the Kaieteur Attack Racing Cycling Club.
Events will take place at major venues in Georgetown, including the National Gymnasium and downtown race routes for the night racing.
The Edge Series is sponsored by KFC Guyana and SQ apparel with What’s Happening Guyana the broadcast partner proving all the streaming and Social Media Services.