The Guyana Defence Force this afternoon, provided celebrated national distance athlete Cleveland Forde (left) with the sponsorship necessary, to enable his participation at Sunday’s Association of Athletic Federation (IAAF) South American 10km Road Race Classic, in Panama.
Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Mark Phillips (right), said that it would have been a travesty, had Forde not been able to gain the opportunity to participate at this the third and final leg of the Classic, a release from the GDF said. “After reading of Cleveland’s predicament in one of the dailies this morning, I decided that this young man who has worn Guyana’s colours with dignity and integrity, always delivering excellence, deserved the opportunity to once again represent himself and the nation at this prestigious race,” he said.
