Distance athletes get ready, the annual Courts (Unicomer Guyana Inc.) 10km road race billed for September 20 was launched on Thursday at its Main Street head office.
The fifth running of the event will see a record $1.3M going towards the top finishers and logistics. Logistics for the events will be upgraded according to president of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson.
“We are to ensure this year that our logistics team is much better than last year, we plan to have at least three medical teams a part of this event” Hutson stated on Thursday.
Clyde de Haas, Managing Director of the company, then noted that the he is looking forward to seeing Guyana’s best athletes performing as Courts does their part in helping to develop the discipline.
“It is part of our corporate social responsibility to help develop sport and we want to further develop athletics in Guyana,” de Haas noted.
The winners of the open male and female categories will pocket $100,000 each, while the immediate runners up will take home $75,000, $50,000, $30,000 and $20,000 respectively.
The fixture which is expected to attract usual suspects, Cleveland Forde, Cleveland Thomas, Alika Morgan, Andrea Fortune and Euleen Josiah-Tanner will run off at 06:00hrs in front of Courts.
Athletes are urged to register at the Guyana Olympic Association headquarters in Kingston no later than September 18.
