Great sportsmanship and camaraderie was shown last night at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium when the curtains came down on the 47th edition of the CARIFTA Games here in The Bahamas.
Each athlete gave their all to represent their territory and to try to return home with precious metal.
Team Guyana finished with a record nine medals, a gold, a silver and seven bronze compliments of long and triple jumper, Chantoba Bright (gold, silver and bronze) 1500m runners, Shaquka Tyrell (bronze), Murphy Nash (bronze) and Kezra Murray (silver and bronze) triple jumper, Princess Brown. 800m specialist, Joanna Archer (silver and bronze) and 200m bronze medalist, Deshana Skeete along with Bright’s 4x400m teammates, Murray, Archer and Kenisha Phillips.
The Austin Sealy award for the
