Linden Foundation Secondary win ExxonMobil Elite Kayaking tournament - Guyana Chronicle

Source: Guyana Chronicle

LINDEN Foundation Secondary (LFS) with 71 points toppled last year's champions, Kwakwani Secondary, to take top honours in the third edition of the Inter-Schools Kayaking Competition.

Sponsored by ExxonMobil, the 2024 edition saw the defending champions pushed to third place on 56 points, as Harmony Secondary ended second with 63 points.

The event, which was organised by Elite Kayaking and Nature Tours, was staged last Sunday on the Demerara River outside the Watooka Hotel in Linden.

The overall performance by LFS, which copped $400,000 for winning, was aided by the fact that the school gained points in ten of the eleven events which were completed.

They picked up two wins in the Under 18 Female and the Open Female Relay races and got two second place finishes and four third positions in the process.

Harmony Secondary who got $200,000 for placing second, must be commended for gaining the most first positions with three victories and one second place to aid in its 63-point final total.

Kwakwani Secondary could not gain any first-place finishes, gaining three second positions instead and still placed third overall with 56 points; they walked away with $150,000.

Wisburg Secondary was next on 52 points for fourth place, with one win and one second place and three third place finishes in the events they contested.

New Amsterdam with 46 points finished fifth, their points gained from two wins and a third place while Christianburg Wismar Secondary, New Silvercity Secondary, Mackenzie High, North Georgetown, St. Stanislaus and debutants Uitvlugt finished in that order.

There was admirable support from SLB, the Ministry of Education, Guyana Tourism Authority, Rain Forest Water, Minute Made and Power Ade. (Joe Chapman)