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IN an effort to lend support to its members, Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), yesterday handed over $50 000, along with healthcare supplies to several sports associations.
At the GOA’s Liliendaal location, face masks, hand sanitisers and thermometer guns were distributed, as the association’s long-serving president, K. Juman-Yassin pointed out that the officials are “cognizant of the fact that sports has returned and we wanted to be able to help it to commence in a safe manner.”
Following November’s COVID-19 Task Force restrictions which paved the way for the return of non-contact sports, cycling, bodybuilding, cricket and athletics were the few to have staged events, while an ‘okay’ was given for Guyana’s Olympic boxing hopefuls to return to training.
Meanwhile, Yassin was not too happy in seeing only six – bodybuilding, boxing, cycling, track and field, volleyball and weightlifting – of the almost 20-affiliated sports associations present at yesterday’s presentation event.
Vice-president of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Amanda Hermonstine, along with president of Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle, on behalf of the associations, thanked GOA for what was a timely donation.
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