Through the sponsorship of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), the Golden Arrowhead will be represented in nine disciplines at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Veracruz, Mexico from November 14-30.
This and other details surrounding the 22nd edition of the Games were disclosed yesterday during a press briefing at GOA’s headquarters in Kingston.
According to president of the GOA, K Juman-Yassin, who chaired the briefing, Guyana will be sending a contingent of 37 local and overseas based athletes to compete in the disciplines of track and field, cycling, squash, table-tennis, swimming, judo, taekwondo, badminton and hockey.
Phillip Fernandes, president of the hockey board stated yesterday that he is excited to have his female players attending the Games once again. He also stated that “hopefully we can upstage the competition and bring home some medals.”
Similar sentiments were voiced by president of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) Aubrey Hutson, the Guyana Cycling Federation’s president, Cheryl Thompson, Ramjeet Ramphal and Gokarn Ramdhani.
The Games will feature 36 sports, with most occurring in Veracruz, but some occurring in Boca del Río, Xalapa, Córdoba, Tuxpan, and Coatzacoalcos.
Deion Nurse is the Chef-de-Mission.
The entire contingent is listed below:
Track and Field: Coach Mark Scott, Athletes: Winston George, Stephan James, Adam Harris and Jeremy Bascom
Cycling: Coach Dwayne Gibbs, Riders: Geron Williams and Raynauth Jeffrey
Squash: Coach Ramon Chan-A-Sue, Players: Ashley Khalil, Ashley DeGroot, Mary Fung-A-Fat, Jason Khalil, Alex Arjoon and Sunil Seth
Table Tennis: Coach Idi Lewis, Players: Chelsea Edghill, Natalie Cummings, Trenace Lowe and Akecia Nedd
Swimming: Official Isabel Couso Fals, Swimmers: Hannibal Gaskin and Brittany Van Lange
Judo: Coach, Athlete: Delroy Murphy
Taekwondo: Official: Ramjeet Ramphal, Athletes: Kenrick Lorrimer and Jibreel Malik
Badminton: Coach Gokarn Ramdhani, Players: Narayan Ramdhani and Jonathan Mangru
Hockey: Officials: Phillip Fernandes, Devin Hooper and Peter deGroot
Players: Alysa Xavier, Ulrica Sutherland, Tiffany Solomon, Ashley deGroot, Trisha Woodroffe, Leigh Sandison, Marzana Fiedtkou, Chantelle Fernandes, Gabriella Xavier, Kerensa Fernandes, Aliyah Gordon, Samantha Fernandes, Maria Munroe, Shebiki Baptiste, Tekeiksha Deleon and Princessa Wilkie.
Approximately 5700 athletes will attend the Games from 31 countries. (Emmerson Campbell)
