United We Stand wheelsmen, Alex Leung and Aaron Newton along with Clivecia Spencer emerged victorious in their respective categories when the Guyana Cycling Federation’s flagship National Championship got under yesterday at the National Park.
Leung, rode off with the spoils of the juvenile category while Newton raced away with the first place junior trophy.
As expected, Team Coco’s Spencer won the female 25-lap event in 1:10.52s leading Savannah Hyles and Abigail Jeffrey onto the podium.
Newton won the junior championship, doing 40 laps in a time of 1:46:51s. Leung was crowned champion with a time of 1:08:01s over a distance of 25 laps.
The road race for the Masters will be held today from CARIFESTA Avenue to Half Way tree and back (61.5 miles).
That race is scheduled to pedal off at 07:00hrs.
Next Saturday, the Time-Trials for all categories will commence from 08:00hrs at the KK Gas Station, Mahaica Circuit. A day later, the road race for the Elite men will ride off to a blistering start from 07:30hrs in the hills of Linden.
Quick Results- National Cycling Championship 2023
Juniors
1 Aaron Newton, Team We Stand United
2 Ajani Cutting, Team Kaieteur Attack
3 Sebastian Nathan, Team Kaieteur Attack
Juveniles
1 Alexander Leung, Team We Stand United
2 Sydwel Sandy
3 Alex Newton, Team We Stand United
Females
1 Clivecia Spencer, Team Coco
2 Savannah Hyles
3 Abigail Jeffrey, Team Kaieteur Attack
Bancroft adjudged best boxer at GBA Pepsi/Mike Parris schoolboys tournament
The Rose Hall Jammers and prospect Eon Bancroft Jr. earned the marquee trophies when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) staged its Pepsi/Mike Parris School Boys and Juniors tournament yesterday at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym.
Bancroft, a standout from the very gym, outboxed Shaquan Sampson in a thriller to earn the coveted best boxer award at the event.
In what was adjudged as ‘the fight of the day’, the junior Bancroft and Sampson of the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) gym stood toe-to-toe, fighting in a ‘phone booth style’, trading punches in bunches, much to the jubilation of the small but raucous crowd that circled the ring.
However, at the end of the three exciting rounds, the judges awarded Bancroft the ‘W’ via split decision against his arch rival.
The visiting Rose Hall boxers stole the show however and tallied four points on the 11-fight card which included two exhibition bouts to lift the Best Gym trophy ahead of runner up, Vergenoegen Boxing Gym.
Other winners on the card included: Jayden Lewis, Keon Britton, Shaquane Marshall, Travis Sancho, Clifhon Jackson, Kenyon Hamilton, Akeelah Vancooten and Joel Hinds.
At the conclusion of the event, medals and trophies were presented to the boxers and officials which included Best Coach, Gregory Cort of Rose Hall and Best Referee/Judge, Shereece Agard.
