Niles carts off 46-mile race in B/ce

Former Flying Ace Cycle Club cyclist and sponsor of the event Franco Crawford, makes the presentation to Junior Niles.

Top cyclist Junior Niles carted off the Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice, third annual Franco Crawford 46-mile cycle road race on January 3.

Former Flying Ace Cycle Club cyclist and sponsor of the event Franco Crawford, makes the presentation to Junior Niles.

Niles won the event in a time of one hour, 55 minutes and 27 seconds.

In second position was Raymond Newton while Danny Ramchurjee was third.

Marlon Morrison, Neil Reece and Leer Nunes occupied the next  three positions.

Reece was the first Berbician to finish with Nashane  Jaundoo, Rohan Persaud and Sherwin Giddings rounding out the top four.

Newton, Morrison and  Marlon Williams captured two sprint prizes each with Ramchurjee and  Warren Mc Kay picking up one each. Meanwhile, Crawford, a former member of the Flying Ace Cycle Club, who now resides in England, handed over some $60,000 worth of gear to the club recently.

And, Flying Ace Cycle Club coach Randolph Roberts, thanked Crawford for the support and urged other businessmen to follow Crawford’s example.

The club also thanked the Guyana Police Force for its assistance over the past year.