NAMS, who has not being in winner’s row for quite some time, showed grit and determination as their athletes stuck to the task to come out the winners at the end of two keenly contested days of events. The school moved from fourth place last year to top of the podium in the ten school competition.
At the end of the competition NAMS with 731 points was declared winner. They were followed closely by Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) with 721 points, who finished second again. Third was last year’s defending champion Tutorial Academy Secondary (TASS) with 708 points as they lost out in a close three way fight. Berbice High School occupied the fourth spot with 370 points followed by School of the Nations (SON) with 265 fifth, New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) sixth with 261, Canje Secondary School (CSS) seventh 211, Vryman’s Erven Secondary School (VESS) was next in eight spot with 208 points. Tied for joint ninth and last position was Overwinning and Annex on 50 points each.
The top athletes on show were in the U14 category – the top female was Annola Bowman of NAMS, while the top male was Tyrell Peters of Overwinning. In the U16 category the outstanding performers were Eon Williams of TASS in the male category with school mate Danella Joe doing likewise for the females. National Junior Athlete Melissa Byass running for BHS dominated proceedings among the U18 females with Floyd Fullerton of VESS and Shrimron Hetmyer of BHS taking top honours among the males. The U20 outstanding performers were Eon Hinds of SON and A. Wade of NAMS, while on the distaff side Whitney Hooper of NAMS had things her way.
The top teacher athletes on show were Anis Ade Thomas and Ayeni Craig.
With the completion of both the Inter Primary and Inter Secondary school competitions the District is now preparing its athletes for the National school Athletics, Swimming and Cycling Championships slated for November in Georgetown.