First Tobago Schools Cycling July 3

The first annual Tobago Schools Cycling Championships will be hosted by the Tobago House of Assembly Sports Division and The Nova Sports Group on July 3 from 10 am.

There will be a 9K race for primary school students and the secondary school students will ride a course twice that distance. Both races begin and end at Lush, Shirvan Road. The course is along Shirvan Road, Claude Noel Highway, Aukenskeoch Road, Mount Pleasant and back at Lush. The older cyclists will do two laps of the circuit and begin five minutes before the primary schoolers, who compete over one lap.

The vision of the patrons is to empower youths to maximise their potential through the sport of cycling and as a result the students will compete in ten categories; Boys and Girls Over and Under-10; 13 and Under; 16 and Under and 19 and Under. The first three finishers in all divisions will receive gold, silver and bronze medals with the four overall winners primary and secondary schools receiving trophies. Registration closes on June 26 and forms are available at Tobago schools.