• GOA Head Munroe says allocation based on performance

THE Guyana Olympic Association on Wednesday announced 75 athletes and coaches from several sports disciplines that are set to receive the remodeled Panam Sport support grant.

President of the Guyana Olympic association Godfrey Munroe says the stipend programme which began in 2016 has been crucial to athletes training regimen by providing tangible support

“What we found is that athletes wanted it, needed support and we know more support is needed for all of us. However some persons were not treating it with the respect it required and so we said for this iteration of the grant we want to make sure we enforce the parameters so that one we can improve performance, we can hold each other accountable as we move forward to develop ourselves in the sport.”

He said the parameters of the grant will be progressive and tiered in nature to have the best possible outcomes for athletes.

“Our central premise of allocating different amounts of scholarship or grant support for each discipline was premise primarily on the prospect of athletes or sports disciplines in regional or international competition. As an example, athletics the sport, has been performing well internationally and we felt as an executive committee we should put more support into that sport because they are bringing the reward and they have a lot of athletes with potential and that went across the board in the different disciplines so it is a tiered system of how we allocate funds and resources. So as you improve, you get more in terms of numbers.”

The 72 confirmed athletes and coaches were chosen from varying disciplines.

Tennis: Kalyca Fraser, Leyland Leacock, Jonathan Fagundes, Kimora Erskine, Afruica Gentle, Gavin Lewis, Nathan DeNobrega, Paula Kalekeyzi, and Zephan Henry.

Table Tennis: Colin France, Candacy McKenzie, Jasmine Billingy, Thuraia Thomas, Samara Sukhai, Jonathan Van Lange, Elishaba Johnson, and Niran Bissu.

Squash: Carl Ince, Nyron Joseph, Kirsten Gomes, Emily Fung-A-Fat, Ethan Bulkan, Jason-Ray Khalil, Samuel Ince, Nicolette Fernandes, and Mary Fung-A-Fat.

Weightlifting: Sean Cozier; Tyson English, Delice Adonis, and Shammah Noel.

Badminton: Akili Haynes, Priyanna Ramdhani, and Frank Worrell.

Cycling: Alexander Leung, Aaron Newton, and Sidney Sandy.

Boxing: Michael Parris, Lennox Daniels, Jeff Roberts, Abiola Jackman, Akeelah Vancooten, Terron Wintz, and Ken Harvey.

Athletics: Lyndon Wilson, Johnny Gravesande, Keisa Burnette, Quinse Clarke, Robin Phillips, Moses Pantlitz, Ezekiel Millington, Noelex Holder, Shemar Horatio, Tishawn Easton, Kaidon Persaud, Savannah Adams, Cassie Small, Analissa Redmond, Akeem Stewart, Deshanna Skeete, Kenisha Philips, and Leslain Baird.

Archery: Umasankar Madray, Jeewanram Persaud, Faraad Gani, and Devin Persaud Permaul.

Bodybuilding: Christina Ramsammy, Julio Sinclair, Emmerson Campbell, and Videsh Sookram.

Rugby: Claudius Butts, Ronaldo Griffith, and Lionel Holder.