Team Beacon will become Trinidad and Tobago's first professional track cycling team to participate at a Track Cycling World Cup event, starting tomorrow in Cali, Colombia.
Promising sprinter Quincy Alexander, the Pan American kilometre time trial champion, Christopher Sellier, the current time trial national record holder, and national keirin champ Haseem McLean make up an impressive local-based team, sponsored by Beacon Insurance and Central Navigation Limited.
The team will be coached by Desmond Dickie, with Robert Farrier serving as manager/coach, and Ronald Dickie, manager. They are all under the umbrella of managing company Drive Phase Sport, which also includes Joseph Roberts (team secretary), Christopher Pitt (mechanic) and Don Gibbon (executive member).
The riders, who will compete in all sprint events—match sprint, keirin and kilometre time trial— left T&T on Monday for Colombia.
The team is concentrating on helping its elite riders prepare for qualification events leading to the 2016 Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It will also focus on helping develop local riders.
Source: trinidadexpress.com