December 7 - 13, 2013
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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS
Handfield eyes national record – Jumping 2.23M in practice FORMER Majorie Basden High School athlete Kivarno Handfield has significantly increased his high jump distance and aims to take the national record whenever he competes in an official meet. The TCI born, whose personal best in competition is 2.10M recently jumped 2.23M in practice, which is more than the current national record--that of 2.20M held by Domanique Missick (2012). “I’m really excited to chasing that record (national). I’ve always wanted to put my name in the record books-- that’s really my
motivation,” Handfield told the Weekly News. The current Lincoln University (Missouri) Health and Wellness major, said that he is trying to “stay healthy” and is focused. He admitted that his performance has improved because of the “intense” training at the university. “We train five days a week in three weight rooms. We do plyometrics and resistance training containing a lot of pulling slides of weights and sprints; we run 100M and 50M and hills etc.”
Kivarno Handfield is confident that he can break the national high jump record.
The 20-year-old who is also a respectable basketball player, having dominated at the school
level, aims to jump 2.30M next year. He is hoping to be in peak form
for the Commonwealth Games in Glasglow, Scotland July-August 2014.
Miller Simons O’Sullivan Inter-School Rugby Tournament:
Enid Capron and Provo Primary win titles ENID Capron defended their U-12 title while Provo Primary defeated last year’s U-9 champions Ashcroft School in the final of that age division when the 2013 Miller Simons O’Sullivan TCIRFU Primary Inter-Schools’ Rugby Tournament concluded at the Meridian Field last Saturday. Over 120 primary school children from six schools competed in the
event which started as a round robin tournament to get the rankings to the quarter final stage. The U-12 division proved to be extremely exciting with Enid Capron beating Ashcroft School in a thrilling game. The game was tied at the end of regulation and went into overtime to decide the winner. The tournament was the finale to the Primary Schools Programme that
the Rugby Development Officer – Niall Neville has been delivering to the schools throughout October and November. Speaking about the tournament Neville said: “It has been a really successful day here. Working with
the children in the schools has been a great experience and seeing them showing their skills out there today has been brilliant. There are certainly some great rugby players in the making out there today and we hope they will continue with their efforts.”
High School Basketball Tournament set for next week THE 2013 High School Basketball Tournament, the ultimate rivalry, is billed for December 11-13 at the Gus Lightbourne Sports Complex. Ten schools will battle for the title, including multiple time champions the Majorie Basden Knights who forfeited the championship game last year. In the opening fixtures Holy Family will tackle TCI Middle School at 11:30h on day-one, while Wesley Methodist will challenge British West Indies Collegiate at 13:00h followed by Maranatha Academy against the
TCIPS Comprehensive at 14:30h. Game two losers will compete against the game three losers in the evening session at 17:30h before defending champions Clement Howell Eagles reach the winner of game two at 19:00. On Thursday HJ Robinson will challenge Raymond Gardiner at 9:30h before the Knights play the winner of game one at 10:30h. The opening ceremony is billed for Thursday afternoon at 17:00h and the top teams will battle it out for the spoils on Friday. Admission is $5 for students and $7 for adults.
The winning U-12 team Enid Capron.
Lauren Darbo from Provo Primary was voted as the U-9 Player of the Day while Wayne Der Sin from Enid Capron took the U-12 title. Ashcroft School took the senior fair play award while Oseta Jolly took the junior award.