Raymond Smith

T&T MEDALLISTS: Trinidad and Tobago athletes, Raymond Smith, left, Martin Prime, Rumaldo Noreiga and Terrance Skinner celebrate their success at the Barbados National Senior Games, in Barbados, last month.

Martin Prime captured the men’s 60-64 sprint double at the Barbados National Senior Games, in Barbados, last month. The Trinidad and Tobago athlete won the 100 metres dash in 12.84 seconds and the 200m in 26.32.

Terrance Skinner also captured two gold medals. Skinner topped the men’s 75-79 100m field in 15.79 seconds and was victorious in the long jump with a 3.05 metres leap. He clocked 9.78 seconds for silver in the 50m dash. And in the standing broad jump, Skinner bagged bronze with a 1.55m effort.

There was gold for Raymond Smith in the men’s 65-69 category. Smith got to the line in 13.28 seconds to lead a one-two T&T finish in the 100m, the silver going to Rumaldo Noreiga in 13.38. In the 200, Smith and Noreiga earned silver and bronze, respectively, clocking 27.96 and 29.87.

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The Trinidad and Tobago men’s hockey team was supposed to be on the field in Montevideo, Uruguay, yesterday taking on Chile in the Pan American Cup. The T&T women’s team were scheduled to face Chile’s women’s team today.

Instead, they were in Trinidad watching as all their hard work to qualify for the tournament went to waste after lack of funding prevented the team from reaching Uruguay in time for their first game.

T&T Men’s Hockey team head coach Akim Toussaint said the players were devastated by the latest development.

THE Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs yesterday laid the blame for the failure of the Trinidad and Tobago men’s and women’s hockey teams to attend the Pan American Cup in Uruguay at the feet of the Trinidad and Tobago Hockey Board (TTHB).

In a release late yesterday, the ministry said it noted with “deep disappointment” the withdrawal of the team. It went on to state that the TTHB “has been non-compliant in submitting audited financial statements on time and has not yet submitted statements for 2024.” It said, “its failure to adhere to the funding policies established by the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT) significantly hindered the funding approval process, resulting in delays that negatively impacted team preparations.”

BARBADOS clinched the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars Men’s Under-19 50-over Championship title with a six-wicket victory over USA 1 at the Conaree Sports Club in St Kitts yesterday.

Set a target of 213, Barbados reached 215 for four in 38.2 overs, led by an unbeaten 55 from Joshua Dorne.

Shaquan Belle chipped in with 45, while Zachary Carter (34) and Micah Greenidge (32) provided useful contributions to ensure Barbados always stayed ahead of the required rate.

THE executive of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is expected to meet soon to evaluate a final counter-proposal from the representatives of veteran sports commentator Selwyn Melville, owner of the Soca Warriors trademark, the nickname for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team.

Even so, it appears highly likely that the TTFA will press on with its efforts to rebrand the national team, bringing an end to two decades of the side being known as the “Soca Warriors”.

NIKOLI BLACKMAN and Makaira Wallace are among the 72 athletes chosen to represent Trinidad and Tobago at the August 9-23 Pan American Junior Games in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Blackman, who struck gold for T&T in the Men’s 50 metres freestyle at the 2023 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Israel, is listed to compete in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free events in Paraguay.

Preparation has not been ideal for AC Port of Spain, one of two Tri­nidad and Tobago football clubs which take centre stage this Sunday on the second day of the CFU Club Shield, being hosted on home soil.

The double-header at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, kicks off with AC Port of Spain facing Scholars International, a professional club from the Cayman Islands at 5 p.m., followed by Police FC clashing with Barbados’ Weymouth Wales FC at 7 p.m.