The inaugural Inter Schools Kayaking competition will take place today in Linden following its launching on Friday.
According to a press release the event, which is a part of the Linden Town Week celebrations, has been fully endorsed by the Ministry of Education.
While the event has attracted all the secondary schools in region 10, two of the country’s top City schools, Queen’s College and St Rose’s High, will throw down the gauntlet to the Linden schools in the battle for cash prizes and trophies which will be at stake.
“The two city schools will go neck-and-neck with all the secondary schools in Linden and Kwakwani as they compete for the best Kayaker prize,” said Deon Anderson, propriety of Elite Kayaking and Nature Tours, the organisers of the event.
“The intention of this pioneering event is to highlight the concept of sport-tourism, build social cohesion and catapault Guyana towards the achievement of transformational development and holistically building the ideals of `One Guyana’ a release from the organisers stated.
The competition will commence from 10am with three categories, male, female and relay, starting from the Egbert Benjamin Hall to the Watooka Guest House.
The awards ceremony will take place at the conclusion of the event, the release stated.
