Guyana will once again make another stride in the world of cycling this time off the track with the inaugural International Cycling Union (UCI) Commissaire programme on the country’s soil.
Commissaire is a generic term used in cycling for officials similar to that of an umpire or referee and most cycling events require two or more.
President of the Guyana Cycling Federation, Horace Burrowes informed Stabroek Sport of the historic opportunity while pointing out that there is no one that is qualified at that level in Guyana.
Burrowes explained, “UCI has a solidarity programme for a lot of different things and I see the need for having Commissaires in our country because we never had a programme or a Commissaire in our country… so I sat and filled it [the application] out and sent it before the deadline and they had the management committee meeting and they responded back to me very good stating that they granted us that Commissaire programme.”
He added that he will be notified by the Head Commissaire when the programme will be held but said it should be by the end of the month.
According to Burrowes 20 persons are expected to take part in the programme.
Usually, when races are held locally Joseph Briton or William Howard functions in the capacity of race officials.
When Guyana hosted the Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships last weekend, Commissaires Henry Bonafacio and Neves Viceate officiated.
Guyana is earmarked to host the Senior Caribbean Cycling Championships next year.
