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Combermere School off to a flier at BSSAC Field Events

With four Gold medal performances on Day 1, the Combermere School (CS) got off to an excellent start to the 2023 Powerade-Dasani Barbados Secondary Schools Athletic Championships at Harrison College on Monday March 13^th.

Gold in the Under-20 Boys long jump by Teon Haynes, the Girls Discus under20 by Shelanie Augustin, the Boys javelin Under-17 by R’Jai Gittens and a record breaking performance by Jayden Walcott in the Junior Boys Shot Put.

Of the eight field events contested Combermere School took home half on day 1 and a third place by Jaden Dowridge in the under-17 boys javelin.

There was no catching the record breaking Walcott who set the new record at 14.95m replacing the old record which stood at 14.44m.

A distant second was Seth Smith from Queen’s College (QC) with 10.87m.

Other winners on the day saw Harrison College’s (HC) Shania Thomas winning the Under-20 Girls long jump with a leap of 5.52m, while Ayden Greendige from QC won the Boys Under-20 discuss with 41.87m and Chloe Blackman from the Alleyne school (AS) won the Junior Girls Shot put with 9.59m.

R’Jai Gittens (CS) was trailing for most of the competition until he produced the title winning throw on his final attempt. Gittens mark of 43.46m replaced his previous best of 39.82m for victory.

Second place went to Alexander’s Oliver Gooding who had previously been leading the competition as the only one above 41 metres. Gooding final mark of 43.17m earned him second, while Jaden Dowridge (CS) with 40.73m was third.

Haynes (CS) won the Boys Under-20 long jump with 7.02m on his final attempt, while Joshua Dottin from the Lodge School (LS) was second with 6.81m and Adrain Maynard (AS) was third with 6.39m.

Augustin won the Girls Under-20 Discus with 31.74m, while Nyima Rogers (Coleridge and Parry) was second 31.44m and Jazaria Bovell (QC) third 30.66m

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BARBADOS WINS CWI RISING STARS UNDER-19 CHAMPIONSHIP

by David Harris

Defending champions Barbados defeated Guyana by 44 runs to retain their title in Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Under-19 Championship at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua on Wednesday.

Needing to avoid defeat in their fifth and final match of the tournament to clinch the title, the Barbadian lads scored 209 for eight wickets, before bowling out Guyana for 160 in 45.3 overs.

Barbados were wobbling at 71 for four wickets, after winning the toss and opting to bat. Captain Justin Parris made an attractive 38 runs from 40 balls, the left-handed batsman struck five fours, but his dismissal in the sixteenth over left Barbados in a precarious position. Seth Smith (47) and Rajeev Parsooram (21) repaired the early damage with a crucial fifth-wicket partnership of 61 runs, before Parsooram was dismissed by left-arm pacer Brandon Henry.

After Parsooram’s wicket fell; Smith added 40 vital runs for the sixth wicket with Yuvraj Persaud who made 19, Smith’s rearguard inning ended innings ended when he was dismissed by Henry in the 43rd over, the wicketkeeper/ batsman faced 75 balls and counted four boundaries. Asher Brandford 18 and Zarell Harding 15 not out ensured that Barbados posted a total over 200 runs.

Medium pacer Reyaz Laif took three wickets for 34 runs, he was supported by fast bowler Usain Fredericks two wickets for 53 runs,, and Henry who picked up two wickets for 24 runs.

Chasing 210 for victory, Guyana slumped to 55 for five wickets in the 17^th over as the Bajan bowlers took early wickets; but a defiant knock of 50 runs from Henry briefly give the Guyanese hope. Henry faced 88 balls and lead a lower resistance that saw Guyana to 156 for eight wickets before he was bowled by Parsooram. After Henry was dismissed Guyana’s innings ended quickly.

Brandford captured three wickets for 19 runs with his medium pace; he was supported by fellow medium pacers Joshua Thomas and Parsooram with two wickets for 35 runs and 19 runs respectively, while Parris picked up two wickets with his leg-spin.

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JAYDEN WINS GOLD AT CARIFTA GAMES

by David Harris

Jayden Green captured Barbados’ lone gold medal at the 52nd CARIFTA Games which ended at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, in Mucrapo, Trinidad on Monday night. The 17-year-old student of the Christ Church Foundation School won the Under-20 Boys’ 200 metres at the three -day track and field meeting in 20,93 seconds ahead of Jamaicans Tyreece Foreman (20.95) and Junior Galimore (21.01); Green is the first Barbadian to win the event since Mario Burke in 2015.

The rest of team collected five silver and eight bronze medals with several athletes recording personal best. Barbados won 14 medals at the games, their best performance since the 2016 Games in Grenada where they won 20 medals.

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GET READY FOR THE NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES

Calendar lists all the events from May to September 2025

NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES field events will begin on Saturday, May 31, at Queen’s College, Husbands, St. James, while the road races, involving running, cycling, walking, and skating, will take place on Sunday, June 1, on the Mighty Grynner Highway. Monday, June 9, will see the culmination of the track events at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex.