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Boys' and Girls' Champs 2012: Holmood and Calabar Lead Day 3

 

Today is the third day of the ISSA-Grace Kennedy Boys' and Girls 'Champs 2012.

Venue: National Stadium

(Boys and Girls' Champs,  is the premier track and field event for High School students in Jamaica. Its main sponsor is Grace Kennedy).

 

The featured event  for the night session was the:

Class 1 Boys' 100m  (For Boys Aged 17-19 Years old)

• A false start expelled Wolmer's Boys  School from the race, leaving the field wide open


• Dark horse  - Delano Williams from the Turks and Caicos Islands and who attends Munro College,  won  in 10.44 secs


• Favorite - Jaleel Murphy, came 2nd  in 10.46 secs.

 

In the Girls' Equivalent (Class 1 Girls' 100m)

Palmer and Williams from Herbert Morrison, placed 1st and 2nd  respectively. (Times to be ascertained).

 

Record Broken Girls 100m Class 3

Record broken in  Class 3 Girls 100m by  Shauna Helps  from Wolmer's Girls. She set the new class 3 record of 11:50 secs.

 

Point Standings for Top 3 Schools - Boys

School	Points
1. Calabar	118.5
2. Kingston College	102
3. Jamaica College	89

 

Point Standings for Top 3 Schools - Girls

School	Points
1. Edwin Allen	176
2. Holmwood Technical	100
3. St. Jago High	71

 

=================Correction==============

As can be seen from the above table, Holmwood took second place to Edwin Allen's first place.

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Boys' and Girls' Champs 2012 ends tomorrow - this is the featured day, with the finals of most events taking place.

 

There will be heightened tension for the relays - as these will determine the ultimate winners for Champs 2012.

 

Live coverage begins at between 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. on CVM Television and KLAS Radio.

 

We will be bringing you periodic updates throughout the day.

 

Gillian 

 

Sources Include 

1) Hitz 92 FM, March 31,2012

2) CVM Television, March 30,2012

Schools' Challenge Quiz 2012: Calabar High are Champions for 2012!

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Originally uploaded by Kate Ferrara

Calabar High School has won Schools' Challenge Quiz for 2012!

 

They beat Titchfield High School 37 to 31 points in the finals of the competition that just finished minutes ago.

 

Third place went to Monro College who beat St. Jago High School 30: 27 points, earlier today in the 3rd-place playoff.

 

 

[Schools' Challenge Quiz is an annual competition put on by Television Jamaica (TVJ - one of Jamaica's two free-to-air television stations), whereby high school students compete in a 3-round quiz competition for cash and prizes and the title of "Schools Challenge Quiz Champion".

 

High School students are quizzed on subjects studied at the 4th and 5th form level in high schools across the island...namely Math, English Language, English Literature and the Sciences].

 

 

A big Girl With a Purpose (GWAP) Blog congratulations go out to all:

1) Four (4) schools who made it to the semifinals

2) 64 High Schools who took part in this year's Schools Challenge Quiz!

 

Please remember that you can view all Schools Challenge Quiz matches on at Television Jamaica's website.

 

Gillian

 

Sources Include

Television Jamaica, March 29,2012

Our Parent Site - MarketOpportunitiesUnlimited.com, is Back Up!

We are happy to report that our parent site, MarketOpportunitiesUnlimited.com, is back up!

 

Thanks for your continued patronage of our site and the patience and understanding you exercised, when it was temporarily down.

 

Yours Sincerely,

Gillian Campbell

CEO & Owner - Market Opportunities Unlimited

Editor, Owner - Girl With a Purpose (GWAP) Blog, Market Opportunities Unlimited (MOU) Blog.