National weightlifting c/ships on tomorrow

The Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) will stage the annual Vita Malt National Senior championships sponsored by Banks DIH tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Secretary of GAWA Deion Nurse disclosed that twelve seniors and 10 schoolboys drawn from Berbice, Linden, East Bank Essequibo and Georgetown will be vying for top honours.

The seniors will include Bhojnarine Persaud who recently returned from the Cliollo Weightlifting championships in Puerto Rico, veteran Sean Cozier and Fazim Abdoo.

The senior lifters will be battling for the title of the strongest man in Guyana.

The juniors are Odel Persaud and Fitzgerald Maxwell of East Bank Essequibo.

Lift-off is at 18:00h.