Defence HQ takes road relay honours

A baton pass (GDF photo)
A baton pass (GDF photo)

Defence Headquarters (DHQ) took the top spots in the Annual Inter Unit Male and Female Road Relay Championship which took place on Thursday.

Twenty one teams participated in the competition which commenced at approximately 0545 hours at ECO Fun Park on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway and proceeded to the Soesdyke Junction and concluded at Base Camp Stephenson.

A release from the Guyana Defence Force said that during the competition the male teams covered nine miles while the female teams covered a distance of five miles. Defence Headquarters took the lead in both categories. The males of Three Infantry Battallion placed second while Base Camp Stephenson came in at third place.

The DHQ females led their counterparts from the Coast Guard and the team from the Guyana National Reserve finished third.