Dr. Karen Pilgrim, the Chef de Mission of Team Guyana’s delegation to the Commonwealth Games, is scheduled to arrive in Birmingham, England today for the Delegation Registration Meeting (DRM) tomorrow ahead of the event which kicks off next Thursday.
According to Dr. Pilgrim, who is also accompanied by General Team Manager, Nalini McKoy, the DRM will encompass all final arrangements for the local delegation.
Along with the 32 sportsmen and women, coaches, officials, media and medical staff numbering 16, will comprise Guyana’s 48-member outfit to the XX11 Commonwealth Games.
Said Dr. Pilgrim from New York yesterday “During the meeting, all final arrangements are made for the arrival of the team including room allocations, ensuring all of their accreditation information is in place and getting all necessary information in place for the team members.”
The quadrennial event will commence on July 28 and conclude on August 8.
Team Guyana will compete in the following disciplines at the games: athletics, which will be represented by 10 persons; boxing (3); cycling (one); swimming (4); squash (4), badminton (2) and table tennis (8).
Guyana’s team which is made up of 18 male participants and 14 females, will be led by Pilgrim.
The first local female Chef-de-Mission to the Games then disclosed that the representatives from boxing, badminton, swimming, cycling and table tennis will depart for Birmingham on Sunday while the track and field contingent will depart a day later.
The athletes representing Guyana are as follows:
TRACK AND FIELD:
Men’s – Emmanuel Archibald (Long Jump, 100m, 4X100m), Arinze Chance (200m, 400m, 4X100m), Akeem Stewart (100m, 200m, 4X100m), Noelex Holder (100m, 200m, 4X100m) and Quamel Prince (800m).
Women’s – Chantoba Bright (Triple Jump), Jasmine Abrams (100m), Aaliyah Abrams (200m, 400m), Kenisha Phillips (200m, 400m) and Joanna Archer (800m).
TABLE TENNIS:
Men – Shemar Britton (Singles, Doubles, Team, Mixed Doubles), Christopher Franklin (Singles, Doubles, Team, Mixed Doubles), Johnathan Van Lange (Singles, Doubles, Team, Mixed Doubles) and Joel Alleyne (Doubles, Team).
Women – Chelsea Edghill (Singles, Doubles, Team, Mixed Doubles), Natalie Cummings (Singles, Doubles, Team, Mixed Doubles), Priscilla Greaves (Singles, Doubles, Team) and Thuraia Thomas (Doubles, Team, Mixed Doubles).
SWIMMING:
Men – Paul Mahaica (50m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 100m Freestyle) and Sekhel Tzedeq (50m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle).
Women – Patrice Mahaica (50m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle) and Aleka Persaud (50m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 100m Freestyle).
SQUASH:
Men – Jason-Ray Khalil (Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles) and Shomari Wiltshire (Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles).
Women – Ashley Khalil (Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles) and, Mary Fung-A-Fat (Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles).
BOXING:
Keevin Allicock (Featherweight), Desmond Amsterdam (Middleweight) and Colin Lewis (Welterweight).
BADMINTON:
Men – Narayan Ramdhani (Singles, Mixed Doubles)
Women’s – Priyanna Ramdhani (Single, Mixed Doubles)
CYCLING: Christopher Griffith (Time Trial, Road Race)
The coaches are Julian Edmonds and Johnny Gravesande (Athletics), Sebert Blake and Terrence Poole (Boxing), Sean Greene (Cycling), Sean Baksh (Swimming), Garfield Wiltshire and Ramon Chan-A-Sue (Squash), Emelia Ramdhani (Badminton), Idi Lewis and Linden Johnson (Table Tennis).
Vanessa Wickham and Jana Edghill (Medical Staff), Rawle Toney (Press Attache) and McKoy (General Team Manager) complete the outfit.
The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, except in 1942 and 1946, takes place every four years.
According to the organizers, 72 nations and territories will be participating in Birmingham 2022. Around 6,500 athletes and team officials will make their appearance at this event.
