The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission (NSC) in collaboration with the Regional Democratic Council of Region Three successfully hosted a Day of Interaction last Sunday at the Goed Fortuin Community Centre ground, West Bank Demerara.
This event was the second in a series of interactive community sports activities planned and organized by the National Sports Commission.
The event attracted over 1,100 participants from West Demerara and East Bank Essequibo with participants coming from villages such as Wales, Goed Fortuin, Parika, Crane and Cornelia Ida.
The event was part of the NSC’s programme to engage communities across the country by highlighting the importance of exercise and a healthy lifestyle. It is also hoped that this will encourage communities to make use of the many community grounds, playfields and other sports facilities available to them.
Present were Director of Sports Neil Kumar and Region Three Chairman Julius Faeber along with members of the Region Three Council.
Both Kumar and Faeber when addressing the participants expressed appreciation for the large turnout which was seen as an indication of the interest of the communities in the development of sports as well as closer community bonds and a deeper understanding of each other.
The football games were played at the playfield on the public road at Goed Fortuin. Goed Fortuin youths won their semi-final game and played Crane in an exciting final. They scored three goals to narrowly defeat Crane ‘A’ Team. The score at whistle time was Goed Fortuin 3 and Crane 2.