Four runners to get tickets from organizers of Southern Games

Former 400 metres Schools National Champion, Philip Drayton is believed to have misled a host of Guyanese athletes via Facebook into thinking that the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will be sending a contingent to the 2011 Southern Games to be staged this weekend at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad.

Drayton, who now resides in Trinidad, via a Facebook group chat named ‘Guyana Track Family’ expressed his disappointment with the AAG’s administration and the means by which they select athletes for international meets while condemning the AAG for his non-inclusion on the team.

While Drayton’s comments on Facebook caused some unrest among national athletes, Stabroek Sport in a subsequent telephone interview