A number of persons in Guyana’s sports fraternity were on Friday evening conferred with National Awards by His Excellency David Granger at the Investiture Ceremony held at the National Cultural Centre.
Among those awarded were President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), Kalam Azad Juman Yassin and Garfield Wiltshire who is the current Treasurer of the GOA and a former Caribbean men’s singles squash champion. They were recipients of the Golden Arrow of Achievement.
Also honoured were; Cricket Administrator and President of the Berbice Cricket Board, Hilbert Foster, Ian Jardine, and Lawrence `Sparrow’ Griffith who were all presented with the Medal of Service.
Additionally, Guyana Jaguars’ skipper Leon Johnson, Nasrudeen Mohamed, National boxing coach Terrence Poole and Leslie Black formed part of a list of 36 Guyanese who received the Golden Arrow of Achievement.
Meanwhile, Johnson in a previous interview upon the announcement of the list of awardees in February last noted that he was honoured to have copped the award and that it ranked among his top achievements to date.
“‘I’m very honoured to receive this prestigious award,” the 31-year-old revealed.
He added: “I have won many awards during my career but this one surely dwarfs the others. I’ve always represented Guyana with pride and passion and I’m elated that the powers that be, chose me for this award.
