As day one of the 2017 Bartica Regatta Speedboat competition kicked off yesterday there were a number of fiercely-contested races witnessed by a relatively large turn out as a number of veteran and popular racers competed for several of the attractive prizes at stake.
The event was officially declared open by President David Granger and some of the persons that were in attendance included Joseph Harmon, Dr. George Norton, Dawn Hastings, Sydney Allicock, Dr. Terrence Smith, Jermain Figueira, Roderick Edinboro, Gordon Bradford, Gifford Marshall, Brian Tiwari and a number of other top public and private sector officials.
The first race commenced at 10.50am due to the late start of the opening ceremony and was contested over three laps.
The 25-40HP race, sponsored by B. Lalta and Sons was won by three-time defending small category champion Jose Jardine after a fiercely contested battle with Ravie Dookie and Romeo B. Randolph who were second and third respectively.
Race two, sponsored by R. Ramnarine, was won by five-time defending overall champion Dave Scott. The race, for 225 Unlimited, was contested over four laps.