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Friday, May 18, 2012
Annual Aruba School Olympics begin and field, baseball and softball, volleyball, basketball, handball and swimming, draughts and chess, with a final champion soccer match scheduled to herald the closing ceremonies on June 9. Events will take place after school hours at the Guillermo Trindad Stadium, Frans Figaroa Stadium in Noord, Roly Bislick Olympic Pool in Savaneta, Centro Deportivo Libertador Betico Croes in Sta. Cruz, Flat Stone Ball Park in Piedra torch bearer and gold medalist Esmee Plat, ATIA Building Ubijaan in Dakota and the Wednesday afternoon witness YMCA San Nicolas. For a the official opening of the 11th complete schedule of times Annual Aruba School and events call IDEFRE at Olympics at the Guillermo telephone 582-4987, visit their Trinidad Stadium in Dakota. headquarters in the Certified Nearly 1000 schoolchildren of Mega Mall or e-mail: all ages will compete over the info@idefre.org next 2 weeks in various sports An uplifting ritual is the disciplines, including track traditional run to the stadium
Honor guard of the torch run
with an honor guard of medalwinning track stars bearing the torch to officially open the games; the team began its run to through the streets of Aruba from the Pius X School. It was comprised of young Aruban athletes who recently won medals at the Inter-island Games in Bonaire. They were: bronze winners Shery-Ann Solognier, Edward Santos, silver-medal winners Naiomi Hazel, Meryn Faro, Norangelo Jacobus and gold-medal winners Shemar Monticuex and Pedro Vrolijk, Principal torch bearer was gold medal-winning runner Esmee Ubijaan,
10-year-old, who was lifted into the air to light the flame over the stadium as a signal to
let the games begin! ( more photos on page 15) by Roslaie Klein