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LOCAL NEWS The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. Friday January 20, 2017 Page 11
WAHS Dominates Inaugural Relay Competition

By Loshaun Dixon the all relay event. How- Charles E Mills around the track for the ture the victory. in blow outs. The U 18
ever only the schools were Secondary Sc-hool who final lap Ponteen chipped male category saw the
Basseterre, St. Kitts-The involved in the competi- dominated from begin- away at Huggins’lead and However in the competi- WAHS taking victory to
Washington Archi-bald tion aspect of the meet. ning to end and were fol- with 110 meters left in the tion among the schools end the medleys.
High School (WAHS) lowed by the Ross race slimmed it down to the day belonged to the
Track and Field put in a On a rainy and cold University and the mere feet. Washington Archibald The competition then
top notch performance at Sunday afternoon, the Verchilds High School. High School and the went into sprint events
the inaugural Giant Malt races started off with the With Ponteen breathing Charles E Mills Secon- with the 4x200m that was
Relay Fes-tival held at the females 18 and over dis- In the very next race, the down his neck Huggins dary School. In the U-14 dominated by the
Silver Jubilee Stadium on tance medley that saw the 18 + males, the fair sized went into a full on sprint female distant medleys Washington Archibald
Sun-day (Jan. 15) winning teams participating in a crowd witnessed what to try and separate from the Washington Archi- High School.
the most gold medals in variety of legs. The first could only be described as his competition but bald High School coasted
the competition. leg was 800m, the second a classic between Extreme Ponteen then started his to an easy victory. The In the U14 female the
400m, a 1200m was the Velocity and Fast Twitch sprint about 10 meters male’s medley in that cat- WAHS came from behind
Ten learning institution as third and a 1600m round- track clubs. Extreme later reacting to the race egory was cancelled after in the final leg following a
well as three track and ed out the race. That inau- Velocity with O’Brian leaders actions to set up a heavy rains that fell after bad baton exchange by the
field clubs participated in gural race was won by the ‘Straw’ Huggins running ding dong battle for the the race had started. CEMSS team. The Cayon
the final leg revived the finish. High School and the
baton with a comfortable Following the rain delay Immaculate Conception
NRPReadyforElection 30 meter lead ahead of When Huggins started to the distant medleys con- Catholic School despite
trailing early on fought
tire Ponteen found the
tinued with the U16 cate-
Leroy Ponteen of Fast
back on the final two legs
added energy needed to
gories in the male and
Twitch.
Parry -CCM As they made their laps catch Huggins on the line female categories which Continued on page 14
was both won by CEMSS
and edge him out to cap-
will call it when
leadership is settled
By Monique Washington really matter. The good
thing is I think I’m in
The leader of the Nevis good company because
Reformation Party the Keith Mitchell made a
Hon Joseph Parry is con- similar statement that
fident that the Nevis he’s looking to his suc-
Island Assembly Elec- cessor. No person no
tion will be held this matter if you are a part of
year, after the Concerned an organization you have
Citizens Movement deal to look to the days when
with internal matters. you are succeeded. You
must prepare for that,” he
Speaking with the leader said. “In private life as
Thursday, The Observer well a lot of our people
understands that the NRP do not prepare for retire-
is “ready” for the upcom- ment and when it comes
ing election. Hon Parry it hits them like a ton of
says that he feels that bricks although they
election will be called have worked for it their
“once CCM settle on a entire lives.
leader.”
The CCM party has
“There is no doubt in my diversities tactics, “I am
mind that there have not going to fall for them
been plans to call an now and I have never
early election. I believe fallen for them. CCM has
last year serious consid- a major problem with
eration was given to call leadership and that is
an election but CCM was what they need to settle
not ready because they right now. Once they
did not settle their leader- decided who will lead the
ship problem and that party we will have a
problem still remains clearer picture of where
unresolved, and regard- they are going.”
less of what they are say-
ing it is a serious prob- When questioned on the
lem they have. I believe NRP’s campaign he
that is one of the prob- noted they are “dealing
lems why they haven’t with things one by one”.
called and election yet,”
Mr. Parry said. “The website should be
up in a week or two, we
The CCM party which is have done considerate
headed by Hon Vance work on our manifesto
Amory has, to date, not once they announce the
publicly announced any election that is when we
shift in leadership of the would launch our mani-
party. The leader howev- festo’’.
er told another media
house that when it comes When questioned about
to retiring this year that,” NRP candidates, Parry
People have been men- declared, “They will be
tioning all kinds of upping their campaign
things. For me it doesn’t just now, just look for it.”