{"id":14155,"date":"2023-11-22T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14155"},"modified":"2023-11-22T14:30:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T14:30:49","slug":"igg-56-kicks-off-in-suriname-with-guyana-fielding-171-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/igg-56-kicks-off-in-suriname-with-guyana-fielding-171-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"IGG 56 Kicks Off in Suriname with Guyana Fielding 171 Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The 56th edition of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) commenced on Thursday evening in Suriname, with Acting President Ronnie Brunswijk extending best wishes to the participating junior athletes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brunswijk urged them to recognize their roles as sports ambassadors in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this report, it was revealed that Guyana has sent a contingent of 171 athletes to participate in various sporting disciplines at the IGG. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The games feature competitions in Chess, Futsal, Football, Lawn Tennis, Swimming, Basketball, Volleyball, and Athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, commended the host nation for its presentation at the games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ninvalle highlighted the longstanding bonds that have developed over the years among Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Inter Guiana Games foster mutual respect and collaboration in the regional sports arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French Guiana&#8217;s Director of Sport and Youth Affairs, Elodie Arras, emphasized the importance of the Inter Guiana Games in promoting mutual respect among the participating nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Inter Guiana Games made a triumphant return in 2022 after a five-year hiatus, with Guyana hosting the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The games serve as a platform for athletes to showcase their talents in various sports and strengthen the bonds of friendship and cooperation among the Guiana countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 56th edition of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) commenced on Thursday evening in Suriname, with Acting President Ronnie Brunswijk extending best wishes to the participating junior athletes. Brunswijk urged&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14155","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=14155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14157,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14155\/revisions\/14157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}