This is the first event of its kind to be hosted by our alumni association. Over the course of the day scores of alumni turned up to represent their decades. We saw representation from all decades going back to the 1960s and before. Each alumni era took part in a host of events, from fun activities and races to sports competitions and not forgetting a grueling all fours competition and curry duck cookout.

The day was one filled with brotherhood, teamwork, nostalgia and unity. There was fun for the entire family as the kids were treated to snacks, games, face painting and of course, the bouncy castle.

The response and feedback we have gotten from this event has been nothing but positive. We look forward to hosting this event annually and to extend its reach and scope by promoting it in a more dynamic way so that alumni the world over can plan ahead and join in the camaraderie and festivity of our official reunion.

Let us be always one. Naparima.

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NAPS CONSTITUTION (April 2023)

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Sports Day 2019 was formally opened by our Principal, Dr Michael Dowlath, Vice Principal Mr Roger Ali and special guest, the Deputy Mayor of San Fernando Vydia Mungal- Bisessar. These officials were treated to our Walk Past, where all students and teachers got in their respective houses and walked rhythmically to the scout band’s trumpets and drums. Order was a priority as the houses donned their respective colours: Flemington- yellow, Grant-green, Sammy- blue and Walls- red, as they lined up on the savannah grass. The day promised to be a good one and this promise was kept.

Sapat race champions Grant House teachers

Musical Spots, which is an adaptation to musical chairs turned out to be a crowd pleaser, as contestants had to step on the spot when the music stopped. This was a game of concentration and agility mixed with fun, with Grant house emerging as winner of this inaugural fun event. The traditional Sapat/Ski race, a teacher fun event was featured once again with the customary spills, thrills and locomotive skills of members of staff. Grant House took this tandem event with the other houses still waiting to get out of the starting blocks up to press time. Grant House certainly took the prize for fun events on the day.

After intense semi- finals, the tug-of- war came down to Sammy vs Walls. With two out of three pulls to decide the winner, each team thought they had a chance. But, there was no stopping Sammy as they pulled their own weight and the weight of the Walls house as they won the first two pulls with little difficulty.

The staff race was another highly anticipated event that saw Dr Dowlath speeding down the track only to be surpassed by Miss Sarah Toolsie 3^rd, Miss Calan Salazar 2^nd and Mr Kerry Manohar 1^st. With students shouting in support of their favourite members of staff, some teachers claimed they did not hear the whistle, which left them at the starting line waiting for next year’s race.

Victor ludorum Jeron Pantor takes the lead in the 1500m

The day belonged to Walls House’s Jeron Pantor, who was crowned Over 18 Victor Ludorum for the second year in a row. Those in attendance felt honoured to witness the grace and speed of this star footballer and national rugby player. After placing third in the marathon behind Kyle Roopchan 2^nd and Adam Francis 1^st in the previous week, Pantor looked like the proverbial ‘man on a mission.’ Cheers of  Pantor! Pantor! were heard all over the ground as he won gold in five events on the day- the coveted 100m sprint, 200m, 800m, 4×100 relay, and the 1500m. Mr Nazim Mohammed, Mathematics teacher said, “Pantor didn’t even break a sweat as he was too good for everyone.”

In an exclusive interview, Pantor was brimming with emotion as he said, “I feel really proud being able to represent such a great institution like Naps. I am happy Playing football and taking part in events to help my house come out on top for Sports Day. Growing up I’ve always had a passion for sports and in everything I do I try to put my best foot forward. Winning the Victor Ludorum back to back is great and humbling at the same time, as it serves as a bit of a motivation for me to keep excelling in life.”

Not to be left out other athletes were recognised as Victors in their age groups namely, Kern Cedeno under 18(Flemington), Reuben Ramnanansingh under 16(Sammy) and Alex Kangoo under 14(Walls).

Dr Dowlath underscored the importance of Sports Day to the students as he said, “We want them to understand that life is more than just passing an exam.” The Principal went on to say that a day like this can, “Make them more aware of the skills and abilities they have.”

Sports Master Mr Richard Nagaur was pleased with the day as he said, “It is all about participation and having fun. I would like to thank all the teachers, students, parents and administration for making today a great success. Sports Day 2020 will  be even better!”

Sachin trying to convince us to have a cooler race in 2020

Manny and Kern Cedeno

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Blackman, who was near the stage watching the performances, was visibly emotional and wiped away tears.

“It is overwhelming. It’s heart-warming. I’m so honoured. I feel grateful. I’m honestly filled with so much happiness,” she told Newsday.

But in the end, it was Naparima College and Naparima Girls Combined from San Fernando who topped the secondary schools playing No Weapon by LFS Music. They bested last year’s winner St Francois Girls who had to settle for 5th place with Jump and Play Yourself by Dennis Smith.

Moko jumbies, fire breathers, stick fighters and women with cocoyea brooms all danced alongside Naps Combined during their performance.

“I feel fantastic,” said captain Calliste Charles. “We had a taste of the top three last year and we knew we were going to win this year. We just had that drive.”

Both schools, based in San Fernando, will have a day off today to celebrate the victory.

Sixteen-year-old form five students Jamel Cadette of St Augustine Secondary School and Anthony Miller of Bishops Anstey and Trinity College East, each received a special prize for student arrangers.

Miller co-arranged Full of Vibe by Marge Blackman and Voice, with past Trinity student 18-year-old Jonathan Watson. They were chosen to arrange by their music teacher Tanya Hart after last year’s competition.

“It feels great. It’s a great first opportunity. I’m grateful to everyone who is in the band and I look froward to doing more arranging in the future,” Miller said. He hopes to play with Super Novas after he graduates from school.

The Prime Minister was present and complimented the students for their musical display.

“One of the things the steelband movement teaches is discipline, and if at that age they could arrange a tune, the sky’s the limit for them.”

He said the students gave outstanding presentations and, because of their enthusiasm, some of the bands were better than some of the adult bands.

Article re-published from Trinidad Newsday. Original article here.

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The build-up to the game was of World Cup proportions as both classes boasted of star players such as Kern Cedeno, Joshua Dowlath and Arvind Ramnarine of 3N and Marvin Waldrop, Darius Deonarine and Jkwon Bailey of 3P. A gentle shower blessed the pitch earlier that day making the playground a perfect mixture of grass, earth and moisture.

From as early as the fifth minute referee Keane Subero brandished his red card, giving Waldrop his marching orders. The triple crown champion was left regretting his repeated infringement as 3P were left with six players in this seven a side tournament.

The first goal came moments after from Cedeno as he slotted past keeper Darius Deonarine, giving 3N a 1-0 lead. However, it was Bailey’s attempted overhead kick that sent the crowd in a tizzy, just as the halftime whistle blew. The halftime chat with player/ coach Aditya Persad worked wonders as Skipper Bailey equalised with a sizzling free kick from just outside the penalty box. Bailey turned villain moments after as keeper Narad Kissondath saved his penalty attempt a la David de Gea.

With the score tied, 3N got a go ahead goal which came as Cedeno volleyed a right side cross that hit the underside of the crossbar before nestling in the back of the net. The luchtime crowd showed their appreciation with cheers from all supporters. Before the crowd could catch their breath, Bailey fired from the half line beating Kissondath to his right- score 2-2 with eight minutes remaining. Bailey lead his team admirably as one would have never guessed they were a player short. One fan shouted, “We playing better with less men.” This was probably true as with six minutes to go Bailey completed his hattrick, giving 3P the first lead of the game- 3-2.

With four minutes to go some supporters started to leave the playground, thinking it was all over for 3N. Cedeno asked the crowd to stay, when he equalised with a rocket of a free kick that left Deonarine puzzled as to what just passed him. The crowd obliged. Ramnarine and Dowlath pressured 3P’s defence, but the final pass was elusive. Penalty kicks must have been on the minds of everyone but 3P would have none of it. With seconds left, Bailey’s shot hit the crossbar and rebounded to striker Vishwesh Pattanaik who rose to the occasion and nodded the ball in the corner of the goal, leaving the goalkeeper wishing he was elastic. The enthusiastic crowd stormed the field momentarily as assistant P.E teacher Stephen Harripersad called the crowd to order. Just after the restart referee Subero blew his whistle, giving 3P a 4-3 victory over rivals 3N.

At the post- match conference Bailey said, “As a footballer you always dream of scoring a hattrick and it was my honour to help my class in winning this championship.”

Pattanaik who is well known for his cricket talent, was humble as he said, “ I’m just happy to be part of a winning team.” The under 14 fast bowler also added, “My cricket training and fitness helped me a lot in this tournament.”

3N’s captain Cedeno said, “It is a difficult loss but that’s the game of football. I look forward to next year’s tournament, when hopefully we can win.”

Mr. Richard Nagaur P.E. teacher also gave a brief comment on this year’s tournament, he said, “I would like to thank my assistant Stephen Harripersad for his support throughout the tournament. With him we were able to implement a successful programme as the hosting of the games was part of the School Based Assessment for the students studying Physical Education at the CSEC level.” He went on to give thanks to the Principal, Dr. Dowlath for supporting the competitive nature of the boys at the interclass level as well as facilitating Physical Education at both Ordinary and Advanced levels.

Photo Credit: Pete Sankar (3N)

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Coop­er’s bril­liant ef­fort took his school to a mas­sive 394-run win. He went past Kirstan Kallicha­ran’s ef­fort of 194 for Vish­nu Boys in 2013.

At that time, Kallicha­ran went past a long­stand­ing record set by Bri­an Lara for the high­est in­di­vid­ual score of 168. A cou­ple sea­sons ago, Kalicha­ran scored an un­beat­en 404 not out against Va­len­cia. How­ev­er, this was in the SS­CL un­der-14 di­vi­sion.

Coop­er’s ef­fort is now the high­est score in the school’s top flight Pre­mier­ship. The right-han­der opened the bat­ting and was dis­missed stumped with still eight overs to go. He left the are­na for 297 made off 142 balls with 32 fours and 12 six­es. His ef­fort took Na­pari­ma Col­lege to a mam­moth 506 for four off their 50 overs.

In re­sponse, a shell-shocked Bar­rack­pore out­fit could muster on­ly 112 – with Ryan Ban­doo tak­ing 5/23, Math­ew Coop­er, Cephas’ broth­er tak­ing 2/28.

SCORES

At Lewis Street: Na­pari­ma 506/4 (50ovs) (Cephas Coop­er 297, Dar­ren Sam­lal 54no, Kyle Roopc­hand 47, Avinash Ma­habirs­ingh 35, Qwin-ci-Ba­bel 34, Shi­va Ram­lal 2/57) vs Bar­rack­pore 112 all out (Dil­lon Jag­mo­han 28no, Ryan Ban­doo 5/23, Math­ew Coop­er 2/28) – Na­pari­ma Col­lege won by 394 runs.

PHOTO CAPTION: Recorder breaker Cephas Cooper is greeted by Naps principal Dr Michael Dowlath after he broke the record. Next to Cooper is sports teacher at Naparima Richard Nagar. From left back at row is Sivan Ramkissoon and Keston Boodoo. Front row from left is Ryan Bandoo, Nicholas London and Avinash Mahabirsingh. Photo Lester Lall.

Original Article by Vinode Mamcham of The Trinidad Guardian

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The Award is available to all 14-24 year olds and is the world’s leading youth achievement award. It equips young people for life regardless of their background, culture, physical ability, skills and interests.

Persons within this age range acknowledge that the Award is a personal challenge and not a competition against others; it encourages young people to recognise their personal limits and recognise their achievements working at a pace most accommodating to them.

Since its launch over 60 years ago, the award has been under the auspices of the sitting Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago for the past 50 years.

Our Open Unit Leader Mr. Lindsay Sahai has recognized the value of the award and has been working assiduously with his Leaders and participants helping these young people to be ready for “their” world. Due to the intake of secondary school students interested in being a part of the Naparima Open Unit, leaders have now branched off to form their individual Units and these are: Presentation College San Fernando Open Unit under lead of Dr. Joel Rampersad and St. Joseph’s Convent San Fernando under lead of Faviola Whittier.

Non-formal education in the 4 domains: skill, service, adventurous journey and physical harnesses development as resilience, confidence and communication and these areas can help to ensure every young person can say I AM #WORLDREADY! Our participants not only engage in life skills but are also exposed to various talent/skill training in various disciplines at their choosing: kayaking, swimming and archery to name a few.

Naparima Open Unit training takes place at Naparima Girls High School every Saturday from 8am to 12noon. Persons interested in becoming leaders and or volunteers are encouraged to call us as well as young persons interested in joining the programme @736 0981.

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San Juan North Secondary fell victim to a 4-3 loss from the spot at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, after the match ended 0-0 in regulation time.

With penalty kicks deciding the newly crowned 2018 Champions, Fernandez saved his side’s perfect season and captured the title which eluded them for the past three years. The team also pick up all three football titles in 2018 completing the treble with

South Zone Champions

Premier Division Champions

SSFL Intercol Champions

Naparima College (4-2-3-1):

#1 Levi Fernandez (GK)
#5 Daquon Foster,
#13 Jeron Pantor,
#4 Tyrike Andrews,
#8 Kodel Frontin,
#6 Shoaib Khan,
#17 Nathaniel Perouse,
#19 Isa Bramble,
#10. Decklan Marcelle,
#7 Mark Ramdeen,
#20 Seon Shippley,
#30 Enrique Changiah (GK),
#9 Ezekiel Kesar,
#11 Kern Cedeno,
#15 Marvin Waldrop,
#16 Akil Johnson,
#18 Caleb Gaspar,
#21 Nirvan Ramnarine.

Olatunji Yearwood

The Naparima Fans

Naparima College Champions

Naparima College

Levi Fernandez

Javed Mohammed

Naparima College

Angus Eve

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