Seymour advises athletes to use talents to foster discipline
UG Sports Awards 2019…
By Timothy Jaikarran
The University of Guyana on Friday held its Annual Sports Awards exercise for the 2018/2019 season at the Education Lecture Theatre at the Turkeyen campus. With all the formalities in place, the ceremony was chaired by Sports Organiser Lavern Fraser, and was attended by many esteemed guests.
The awardees pose for a photo
Addressing the large body of students present, UG Registrar Dr Nigel Gravesande said, “We’ve had a very successful 2019; and as we approach 2020, you would see the sporting calendar intensify and the synergies being established between your academic life and sports.”
He encouraged the athletes to continue being discreet in their respective disciplines, and to not give up or compromise their standing.
Principal of St Winefride’s Secondary, Rowena Seymour, delivered the feature address
The night’s feature address was delivered by Rowena Seymour, Principal of St Winefride’s Secondary, who said, “Athletes take responsibility for their mistakes, and (make) commitment to bettering themselves. The life skills that (you) have picked up will surely prepare you to handle the challenges ahead of you.
“To the student-athletes: I urge you to use these skills in the outside world (in order) to build those skills. You can make a difference in the students we have in schools, as most of our students need discipline, and we know that through sports there is discipline. The school system will be looking to work with you, not only in athletics, but chess and scrabble, so that the next generation can follow in your footsteps.”
Champion female athlete Ruth Sanmoogan
Principal awardees were Osafa Dos Santos (Faculty of Education and Humanities) and Ruth Sanmoogan (Faculty of Health Sciences) who were declared respective male and female champion athletes following completion of the 2019 Inter-Faculty Championships.
Among the awards presented at this ceremony were for the recently concluded chess and scrabble competitions, which saw ‘chess king’ Davion Mars, ‘chess queen’ Anicia Patterson, ‘scrabble king’ Jafar Gibbons and ‘scrabble queen’ Christina Basil all being among the plethora of awardees.
