Jereem “The Dream” Richards hypnotises the Hasely Crawford Stadium, but there is pain and drama too on Day Two of the NGC NAAATT Open and Senior Champs. Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens, three titans of local track and field, have an emotional message for Trinidad and Tobago sport …
Read More »Open season: Jereem lives the dream, Keshorn sets new Javelin challenge, and Antoine leaps towards history
It was more than a Dream! As athletes braced sporadic showers and fans “oo-hed” and “ahh-ed” as lightning lit up the overcast skies over the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago’s ace sprinter Jereem “The Dream” Richards smashed his personal best time in the 200m event at the NGC-NAAATT National …
Read More »Write Start: Allen-Agostini calls on young essay writers to develop writing muscle
The following is the full text of the brief address delivered by Lisa Allen-Agostini, chief judge for the 11-15 panel in the Write Start National Essay Writing Contest, at the prize-giving ceremony, held at the bMobile box at the Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday 16 December 2021. Also in attendance …
Read More »‘My story came to life!’ Wired868 Write Start winner, Shara Balkaran, blown away by Brian Lara
There was an unexpected touch of royalty at the inaugural Wired868 Write Start national essay writing prize-giving ceremony yesterday evening at the bmobile suite at the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair. Parvati Girls’ Hindu College student Shara Balkan won the 11-15 category with a fictional story about how her …
Read More »Write Start (11-15): J’Leise Sealey gets a golden lesson from Olympic star, Keshorn Walcott
“[…] The javelin felt weighted in my arms, the back of the iron spear barely touching the tiny blades of grass that held my shifting feet. The field never seemed to end; it seemed longer as beads of sweat drizzled down my face. “[…] The students before me that had …
Read More »Write Start (11-15): Amayiah Joseph bets on Keshorn Walcott, but it won’t be easy to collect
“[…] ‘Trinidad and Tobago will perform a Javelin throw at 2pm!’ the television interjected. “‘Jav- what? That is not a European ting? We does do that?’ Mom stormed off to a pot of spicy aroma of delectable, seasoned meat…” Twelve-year-old Holy Name Convent (Port of Spain) form one student Amayiah …
Read More »Sport Ministry pays out TT$3.3 m in grant funding, describes sport as ‘valuable stakeholder’
The Ministry of Sport and Community Development paid out TT$3.3 m in grant funding to ‘a combination of national governing bodies, community sporting groups, and athletes’ on Monday at the Ministry’s headquarters in Nicholas Tower, Independence Square, Port-of-Spain. The payments, according to a media statement, were made via the Ministry’s …
Read More »Kai, Jonathan and Warren added to Tokyo roster, TTOC take largest ever contingent to Olympics
The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) has added three athletes to its initial contingent for the Tokyo Olympic Games, after ‘a late request for amendment’ by National Association of Athletic Administrators of Trinidad and Tobago (NAAATT) acting president George Commissiong. A release by Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) …
Read More »Walcott, Thompson and Cedenio among four returning medalists in 30-member Team Tokyo
Returning Olympic medalists Keshorn Walcott, Richard ‘Torpedo’ Thompson, Machel Cedenio and Deon Lendore are among 30 athletes who will represent Trinidad and Tobago at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which runs from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC), headed by president Brian Lewis, confirmed …
Read More »CPL 18 (Video): Keshorn Walcott drops in as Jamaica Tallawahs stun TKR
London Olympic Games gold medalist and current CAC champion javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott explains why he loves the CPL lime, as TKR fall to Jamaica Tallawahs in T20 stunner: More from Wired868 RBCPL24: How the CPL took wing to become dominant regional sport event Allen Stanford, remember that name? No? …
Read More »“I can’t argue with gold!” TTOC president speaks on Ahye, St Louis, elite funding and the Commonwealth Games
“I think what has happened is more and more you are seeing athletes in various sports exercising their right to choose or take decisions that they believe are in their best benefit. It is no longer the athletes are pawns to be used. “[…] People talk about accountability and taxpayers’ …
Read More »Rio (w)rap II: TTOC boss on missing chef de mission, Dick, Ato’s advice and Vision 2024
“Okay, so if Brian Lewis is an idiot and an A-hole and 10 golds by 2024 is pie-in-the-sky, then is it two bronze medals by 2024? Is it twelve finalists by 2024? Is it no medals by 2024? “Surely, whether it’s one cent or a million spent, we must have …
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