Final day of Inter Schools Track and Field Championships

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Department of Youth Development and Sports brought the curtains on the 2018 Inter – School’s Track and Field Championship with the finals being staged at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground last Friday.

This year’s championship consisted of a Northern and Southern Qualifier, culminating with last Friday’s events on the track and on the field. The Minister responsible for Youth Development and Sports, Edmund Estephane, was on hand to view the performances of the athletes.

Here’s what he had to say: “The performances as I observed are good. We have some athletes from this competition who will be representing Saint Lucia, so hats off to them and we congratulate them. We know that some parents are involved deeply with their kids, so all in all the meet is going well and participation is great.”

The minister also noted that the competition will be developed, to enable the athletes to put on much better performances.

“We want to position Saint Lucia in the future,” he said. “Where starting from now that the athletes will put out much better performances and try to encourage a lot more of these competitions. We basically need to look at the structure of all the competitions in Saint Lucia and create more avenues for our kids to participate.”

The Inter – Schools Track and Field Championship is an annual event with a number of schools participating every year.