US-based Guyanese Rugbeer swims Demerara River in 24 minutes

America-based Guyanese Deryck Rugbeer returned to his homeland recently with one main goal: To swim across the Demerara River.
He did just that yesterday, clocking a time of 24 minutes and adding the feat to his ‘bucket list.’
Family members and onlookers who were in a boat encouraged him along the way, and congratulated him afterwards.
He said that he would have completed it in a faster time if he hadn’t to swim against the tide. Despite the time set back he claimed that “I feel good after my swim despite a bit being nervous.”
Deryck’s mom Lucille Baldeo Rugbeer told Kaieteur News that when her son informed her he was coming home to swim across the Demerara River, she decided that she wanted to be with him when he accomplished one of his dreams
The 52 year old grew up in the vicinity of the Stabroek Market, and as a child, he would often venture to the back of the market and look across the Demerara River and ask himself: Can I swim over that?
He attended the Mon Repos Primary, where he wrote the National Grade Six Assessment and was awarded a place at the St. Stanislaus College.

Nuff guys from the swim Team at my high school IETC did this !

wayyyyyy back in the mid 70s

It's amazing what some people on GNI will do to get themselves in the news papers. DrugB must be in Guyana to check out the latest way to escape Guyana.

oh crap...that is Belle and Mes favorite site....

complete with dinner hangs et cetera !

do they have a shout box  :-\

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do they have a shout box  :-\
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Yes. It's called political.

LoL ....cant get into their convo line. :-[

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LoL ....cant get into their convo line. :-[
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You are not supposed to try to understand any of the conversation. You are supposed to just make a comment, eve if it has nothing to do with the subject matter.
So for example: if someone say what's for lunch, you could replay it's all the fault of the PNC that the chicken pieces served in the restaurants are so small.

Gotcha !

My style of threads and responses would disappoint them.

I can join up and roll over dem apple cart  ;D

I saw Rev over there sometime back...

omig long time i didnt hear that name ...DrugB 

Quote:[size=14px]So for example: if someone say what's for lunch, you could replay it's all the fault of the PNC that the chicken pieces served in the restaurants are so small.[/size]

hahahahhaaaaaa


sooo true!




Ketchim you dont stand a chance on that political forum...there were some very very very classic fights and lines on that forum.


Krishna was in a few...