UWI Games on Sunday
TOYOTA MOTORS and the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) are the major sponsors in the $200,000 24th Bi-annual Intercampus Games (UWI Games).
The Games will be staged from Sunday, March 16 until Saturday March 22 at the newly-built Sport and Physical Education Centre (SPEC), on the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies. The St Augustine athletes will compete against those from the other campuses — Mona, Jamaica and Cave Hill, Barbados in six disciplines — football, cricket, netball, basketball, volleyball and track and field (which will be staged at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo). According to Dr Iva Gloudon, head of SPEC, the facility "is the attempt within the region to develop scientific knowledge which will drive our athletes to a higher level." Action begins on Sunday with the opening ceremony and aerobic burnout at the SPEC Indoor Court at 5 pm. Admission for all events is free.
Full Schedule:
March 17: CRICKET - St Augustine vs Mona, Sir Frank Worrell Ground, 9 am; FOOTBALL - St Augustine vs Mona, SPEC football field, 3.30 pm; VOLLEYBALL - Cave Hill vs Mona, SPEC Indoor Court, 6 pm; BASKETBALL - St Augustine vs Cave Hill, SPEC Indoor Court, 8 pm.
March 18: CRICKET - Cave Hill vs Mona, Sir Frank Worrell Ground, 9 am; NETBALL - Mona vs Cave Hill, SPEC Indoor Court, 3.30 pm; VOLLEYBALL - Mona vs St Augustine, SPEC Indoor Court, 6 pm.
March 19: NETBALL - St Augustine vs Cave Hill, SPEC Indoor Court, 3 pm; FOOTBALL - Cave Hill vs Mona, SPEC football field, 4 pm; CULTURAL EVENING - SPEC Indoor Court, 8 pm.
March 20: CRICKET - Cave Hill vs St Augustine, Sir Frank Worrell Ground, 9 am; BASKETBALL - Cave Hill vs Mona, SPEC Indoor Court, 3 pm; VOLLEYBALL - St Augustine vs Cave Hill, SPEC Indoor Court, 6 pm; NETBALL - St Augustine vs Mona, SPEC Indoor Court, 8 pm.
March 21: FOOTBALL - St Augustine vs Cave Hill, SPEC football field, 3 pm; BASKETBALL - St Augustine vs Mona, SPEC Indoor Court, 7 pm.
March 22: TRACK AND FIELD - Hasely Crawford Stadium, 8 am; FOOTBALL - Garth Taylor Memorial All Star Match, SPEC football field, 2.30 pm; CLOSING CEREMONY - SPEC Indoor Court, 7.30 pm.
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