Singer Gives Calabar a pre-Champs boost
Singer Jamaica Limited gave Calabar High School a pre-Champs boost yesterday, donating personalised water bottles to members of the track and field team. The presentation took place at Singer’s head office at the PCJ Building on Trafalgar Road in which Sharon Spence-Gibbs, Singer’s general manager, handed over the light green bottles, neatly decorated with Calabar’s name and the school’s crest.
“Singer has been in athletics for the past seven years and it is our contribution to the development of youth through sports. We are very happy to take part with athletics teams,” Gibbs told the Observer. “Calabar is a good team and we know that they will do well. We have sponsored Wolmer’s and St Jago in the past. Read more
Win at Champs 2009 – LIME promotion
Caribbean media and communications giant Lime is having an interesting promotion that invites supporters of the various schools participating in the 2009 ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Champions to text in the name of the school there are support. The school with the most votes will receive $250,000 dollars from LIME. Calabarlions.com invite all Calabar High School supporters to vote for the Lions by texting “Calabar High School” to 444-4204.
Champs 2009 code of conduct
Leading high school principals, with the support of student leaders, along with the National Transformation Programme, have hammered out a code of conduct in a peace initiative aimed at stemming the violence associated with the upcoming Boys & Girls Championships, set for April 1-4 at the National Stadium.
Principal of Jamaica College, Ruel Reid; principal of Calabar, Captain Lincoln Thaxter, and acting principal of Kingston College, Everton Burrell, as well as Rev Al Miller of the National Transformation Programme, made the announcement at a press conference at Jamaica College, Old Hope Road yesterday.
According to the code of conduct, detailed by Reid, all marches must be approved of and have police escorts. He called for “no storming of girls’ schools by any other school. Schools will not condone supporters or alumni who would bring the Champs into disrepute. Read more
Calabar Lions Aim for 3 in a Row
Defending GraceKennedy Boys’ Championships champions Calabar High School have been sounding their warning in the track circuit quite loud and clear this season. They look perfectly poised to not only retain their title for a third consecutive year, but to do so quite convincingly as well. The camp seems to be staying true to its school’s motto and is working very hard to achieve “The Utmost for the Highest”. Their trip to this year’s Gibson Relays was a telling tale, as green and black reigned supreme in numerous relays.
The under-performance – a fourth place finish – of their 4×400 team in that final event, however, proved that execution is crucial and the competition is never to be underestimated. Just as in that race, Calabar are going to have to overcome the strong challenges from rivals Kingston College, Jamaica College and Wolmer’s Boys’ School. Each will be sending strong contingents ready to capitalise on any and every mistake Calabar make. Read more
Gibson Relays 2009
Calabar High lived up to expectations when they destroyed their rivals to post a record 39.95 in the Class One 4x100m to become the first school team to go below 40.00 seconds at the Gibson Relays. They ended the event almost a second ahead of St Jago High (40.92). St Jago set the previous mark, 40.07, in 2007. Kingston College, St George’s College, and Wolmer’s Boys were also in record-breaking moods at the meet, dubbed the Caribbean’s most prestigious relay carnival.
KC won the Class Four 4x100m in 45.88, beating the 46.03 they set in 2007. St George’s romped to victory in the Class Three 4x200m in 1:31.52, going under the 1:31.55 set by KC in 2006. Wolmer’s clocked 1:28.11 in the Class Two 4x200m to smash the 1:28.43 set by KC in 2005. Other relay record breakers were Jamtech Masters, 44.77, in the 4x100m; Naggo Head, 52.39 in the 4x100m for Primary Under-12 girls; Hydel, 49.84, for Prep School Boys Under-12 and Lannaman’s 31.88 for Under-10 Prep. Read more
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