By Daniel Haynes

THE Xercise Group alongside the Value Academy on Wednesday held a successful sport workshop in keeping with the United Nations (UN) International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP).The workshop was held at the Ministry of Education Department of Culture, Youth & Sport on Main Street and saw the attendance of students from various schools around Georgetown.
Speakers included former West Indies player Roger Harper, Executive Director of Value Academy Ryan Hoppie and The Xercise Founding Director Royston Alkins.
“When you look at the Messis of the world and other top international players, they are ambassadors and that’s what sportsmen should ultimately be,” said Alkins.
He further added, “We are trying to get students and athletes to become ambassadors.”
Meanwhile, Harper also spoke to the students about cricket and the resurgence in West Indies Cricket saying, “In my time we played cricket all the time, I represented my school, county and country.”
According to Harper, having Guyanese represent their country and being ambassadors in different disciplines is the key to success.
Finishing off the workshop was Ryan Hoppie who conducted an exercise with the students, which required them to fold a page in half and tear pieces to demonstrate the difference in which each person thinks and acts.
“The Xercise is a non-profit initiative that seeks to enhance the involvement of Guyanese athletes in multi-tiered activism within society,”
The UNOSDP campaign, “Let’s play for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)” encourages organisations and individuals who carry out SDP (Sport, Development and Peace) initiatives to take a picture or a short video of their team or beneficiaries with a SDG card that best describes their activity.