Mackenzie High takes two first prizes in ‘Skip to My Lou’ contest

Winners with trophies and prizes

Mackenzie High School won two events in the Skip to My Lou Jump Rope Freestyle Competition held earlier this week at the Amelia’s Ward/ Wisroc Car Park, Mackenzie, Linden. According to a press release from the Region 10 Department of Education, the competition, now held for the third year has become one of the more exciting features of the Linden Town Week celebrations.

Competitors from 15 primary and secondary schools across the mining town participated in Individual Freestyle, Pair Freestyle, Last Man Standing and for the first time in Guyana the exhilarating Double Dutch Freestyle competition at both levels, the release said.

At the primary level, Regma won the Pair Freestyle segment with