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June 2011
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Cave Hill Blackbirds rule the roostThe UWI Games has long been the major sporting event for the three campuses at St. Augustine, Cave Hill and Mona. It provides one of the few opportunities where students gather collectively as one university. Each campus was represented by exactly 135 athletes. The Games are rotated biennially on each campus and involve the following 10 sporting disciplines: basketball, cricket, football, hockey, lawn tennis, netball, swimming, table tennis, track & field, and volleyball. The motto for the 2011 Games was “4 Become 1: One UWI, One Caribbean, One Champion”. This is to emphasize that national loyalties are set aside at these games and to reinforce that all athletes were there to represent their Campus. Two outstanding athletes from each campus were featured in the UWI Games 2011 booklet. The St. Augustine team highlighted Mauricia Nicholson (track & field, football, netball, and hockey) and Shervon Penco (cricket). The Cave Hill team highlighted Monique James (netball) and Tyrell Forde (track & field). The Mona team chose Hansle Parchment (track & field) and Sherone Forrester (netball, football). These student-athletes were chosen for their dedication to competitive sport on their campus whilst excelling in academics. Cave Hill dominated the Games, winning volleyball, basketball, tennis, hockey, cricket and netball – six of the ten disciplines. Mona won at football and as expected, they dominated the track & field with 373 points, with Cave Hill in second with 292 points and St. Augustine in third place with 280.5 points. The day was very exciting since at midday, St. Augustine was in second place and it was a fight to the finish. After 28 years, St. Augustine captured the first place in swimming, and once again captured the table tennis trophy. In adherence to the World Anti-Doping Agency standards, drug testing was a new feature of the UWI Games and athletes were required to undergo random drug testing under the supervision of a doping control officer. A month prior to the Games, the Sport Coordinators of the various campuses arranged Anti-Doping Education workshops for all athletes with their Doping Control Bodies. At St. Augustine, Mr. Andre Collins, a Doping Control Officer and Mr. Tyrone Marcus, a board member on the Regional Anti-Doping Organization ensured the athletes were thoroughly educated on the protocol of the drug test and the different banned substances that may render a positive test.
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