Guyana’s only internationally rated athletics meet, the Aliann Pompey Invitational makes its return today at the National Track and Field Centre (NTFC), Edinburgh, West Coast Demerara. This is the first time that the meet will be staged since 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic brought the world to a halt. At a pre-meet press engagement yesterday, Minister of Culture, Youth & Sport. Charles Ramson Jr. underscored his Ministry’s commitment to help build the AP Invitational into a legacy.
In stating his commitment to that ideal, Ramson Jr. said; “We are making a long- term commitment to this event to, so that it becomes a marquee event in our calendar for our sports events for the country and that it remains so, even long after I would’ve departed from here. So, we’re going to make sure things are in place so that that remains so”.