The cycling season will resume tomorrow in the National Park with the staging of the 14th annual Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company’s 11-race programme.
According to organiser of the event, Hassan Mohamed, the day’s activities are scheduled to pedal off at 9am and is geared towards attracting the cream of the nation’s wheelsmen.
Cash incentives along with trophies will be awarded to the top riders in each event. Mohamed also noted that a fiercely contested day of racing is anticipated since all the riders will be keen on taking pole position.
In-form riders, Curtis Dey, Paul DeNobrega and Michael Anthony along with Alonzo Ambrose, Chris Griffith and Shaquel Agard are some of the senior cyclists who will be pedalling for the top honours in the feature 35-lap event.
Geron Williams took the top honours at last year’s feature event with a time of one hour, 16 minutes and 16 seconds. He will also be one to watch if he mounts his saddle.
Other events scheduled to roll off include the 12 to 14 years boys and girls (three laps), veterans over 50 years (five laps), veterans over 60 years (five laps), upright cyclists (five laps), BMX boys open (three laps), BMX boys 12 to 14 years (three laps), BMX boys 9 to 12 years (three laps) and BMX boys 6 to 9 years (three laps).
The Juveniles along with the Veterans Under 50 races are slated to be keenly contested.
Warren ‘40’ McKay (Veterans Under 50) Nigel Duguid (Juvenile) and Shane Bourne (Mountain Bikes) were the top bikers in their categories last year.
Staff members of Hand-in-Hand are expected to be on hand to assist in the presentation of prizes to the top performers. r
