Ferguson top of the class

SPORTS massage therapist Andre Ferguson emerged at the top of the class at a recently concluded general conditioning course at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary, and received his diploma.

The three-month  course from March 19 to June 11 saw students undergo lectures in Sports psychology and sociology. Ferguson who was selected for the course by the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee through the Olympic Solidarity, development arm of the International Olympic Committee,  finished with flying colours sharing First Class Honours with Peter Rome of England. Of 21 countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Gambia and Iraq, only three Caribbean countries were represented, Barbados, Antigua/Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago. The Trinidadian Coast Guard officer is also a Defence Force physical instructor and Defence Force rugby player, and  is only the third from Trinidad and Tobago to complete the course after swimming coach Kenny Francis in 2001, and boxing coach Roland Cave in 2002.