{"id":13260,"date":"2023-10-17T21:09:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13260"},"modified":"2023-10-17T21:09:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:09:48","slug":"leonoras-synthetic-track-upgraded-for-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/leonoras-synthetic-track-upgraded-for-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonora&#8217;s Synthetic Track Upgraded for Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The National track and field centre at Leonora is set to resume operations on Thursday, following a comprehensive upgrade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Sport, Charles Ramson Jr., announced the reopening during a recent visit to the facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project included the resurfacing of the synthetic track at a cost of 77 million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Efforts to revamp the facility began with the relaying of a synthetic track and the construction of additional stands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Ramson emphasized the importance of proper maintenance to ensure that athletes benefit from competing on surfaces that meet international standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the construction of the seating area, the minister mentioned that they are awaiting the delivery of plastic bucket seats for installation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing concerns about the condition of the pitch used for football, following a Concacaf home game, Minister Ramson assured that the ministry is committed to rectifying the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The improvements are part of ongoing efforts to enhance sports facilities in Guyana, providing athletes with top-quality venues for training and competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reporting by Eric Collymore<\/em>, <em>NCN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National track and field centre at Leonora is set to resume operations on Thursday, following a comprehensive upgrade. Minister of Sport, Charles Ramson Jr., announced the reopening during a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13262,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13260\/revisions\/13262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}