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Springer rules Girls Division as HC wins Boys

Springer Memorial roared to an inevitable victory when the curtains came down at the Shane Brathwaite Zone of the 2023 Dasani-Powerade Barbados Secondary Schools Athletic Championships zone (BSSAC).

The new Zone, Shane Brathwaite Zone, created for the BSSAC Championships was full of action and the Springer Memorial athletes made sure they were in the thick of things as they battle for all of the podium places in ever Girls Division event.

In the end they amassed an impressive tally of 613.5 points over the two days with their victory secured by the end of the first day of action as they had led by almost 100 points at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex.

Adrift by over 200 points in second place was Harrison College with 388.5 points, third was The Lodge School with 330.5, fourth Frederick Smith with 194.5 and rounding off the top five was Deighton Griffith with 159 points.

In the Boys Division the winner of the Zone was Harrison College with 521 points, while The Lodge School was second with 467 points and third was St. Leonard’s Boys with 324 points.

Because it was a new Zone winners of every event in each Division would be the record holder for the Zone.

The Lodge School reminded everyone that they once ruled the quarter mile event winning the Boys Open 4-400m relay, despite one of the their athletes falling. But such was their lead over the rest of the field they still stormed to victory by four (4) seconds.

Alyssa Weekes from Deighton Griffith sped her way to victory in the 200m Under-17 Girls in 25.53 secs, while the Boys Division winner was Ke’iron Haynes from the Lodge School in 22.61 secs.

Weekes also won the Girls 100m in 12.58 secs.

With only eight athletes the Girls Under-20 200m was a head to head battle to the line and it was Tuwana McClean from Springer that won in 25.23 secs. McClean also won the 400m (58.88 secs).

Amani Mascoll-Beckles from the Lodge School ran away from the field to win the Boys Under-20 200m in 21.71 secs.

The Boys Under-20 100m winner was Jeremy Small from Harrison College in 10.82 secs as he edged out Mascoll- Beckles (10.84 secs) to the line.

Romancia Wiltshire from Springer Memorial won the Girls Under-20 100m in 12.27 secs, narrowly defeating schoolmate Maliah Edwards (12.28 secs). Wiltshire was second in the 200m (25.79secs).

Amari Forde from Harrison College was the Boys Under-17 100m winner in 11.23 secs, while

Shane Brathwaite Zone BSSAC Final Points

Female Team Scores

Springer Memorial School SPR – 613.5

Harrison College HC – 388.5

The Lodge School TLS –330.5

Frederick Smith Secondary School FSS – 194.5

Deighton Griffith Secondary DG – 159

Parkinson Memorial School PA – 87

Mae Team Scores

Harrison College HC – 521

The Lodge School TLS – 467

St. Leonard’s Boys’ School SLB – 324

Frederick Smith Secondary School FSS – 184

Parkinson Memorial School PA – 177

Deighton Griffith Secondary DG – 158

Sports

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.