{"id":20083,"date":"2024-05-30T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20083"},"modified":"2024-05-30T13:21:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:21:47","slug":"annual-road-race-set-to-energize-independence-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/annual-road-race-set-to-energize-independence-day-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Road Race Set to Energize Independence Day Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tyriq Walters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Ex-Athletes and Friends Inc. in partnership with the Athletics Association of Guyana is gearing up to host its eighth annual one-mile, 5K, and 10K road races on Independence Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 200 participants have already registered for the event, which will take place at the Eve-Leary Ground in three categories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burgette Williams-Forde, speaking at the launch event, emphasized the importance of youth participation and encouraged everyone to join in the festivities, assuring that there will be something for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams-Forde outlined the prize structure, highlighting that while the focus is on the youth with prizes like tablets, bicycles, and backpacks, lucrative rewards await participants of all ages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top male and female finishers will each receive a 43-inch smart television and $60,000, with generous cash prizes for the subsequent runners-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Coles, the General Secretary of the Athletics Association of Guyana, expressed gratitude for the collaboration and emphasized the importance of such events in advancing athletes&#8217; skills in road racing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He mentioned that the federation has added more prizes to ensure that all participants receive recognition for their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is scheduled to start at 3:00 PM at the Eve-Leary Police ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested individuals can register online through the Athletic Association of Guyana\u2019s Facebook page or in person at the Eve-Leary ground before Sunday at 2:30 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters The Guyana Ex-Athletes and Friends Inc. in partnership with the Athletics Association of Guyana is gearing up to host its eighth annual one-mile, 5K, and 10K road&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20083","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\/20083","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=20083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20085,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20083\/revisions\/20085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}