Tidal Wave splash Sunday

The event will take place on Sunday at the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence Swim Facility, Tunapuna, from 9.30 am.

There will be events for both primary and secondary schools in the various categories — Boys, Girls and Co-ed.

Among the primary schools expected to compete are 2004 winners St Joseph Boys RC, St Joseph Girls RC and the University School (co-ed) while, in the secondary schools department, Trinity College East, Bishop Anstey East and St Augustine Senior Secondary will be defending the boys, girls and co-ed titles respectively. In related news, the fifth annual Tidal Wave Aquatics Secondary Schools’ Swim Meet will be staged on November 6, with the deadline for submission of entries on October 27.

Meanwhile, the 16th annual La Joya Torpedoes Interclub Swim Meet was held last weekend at the La Joya Swim Pool, St Joseph, with Tidal Wave cruising to an easy victory with 639 points, with Blue Dolphins a distant second with 483 points and Marlins third with 338.

Stingrays came fourth with 214, followed by Barracudas 182, La Joya 142, Flying Fish 130, Silver Fins 91 and Tsunami 17.

Individual Points Standings —

Girls Under-8: 1.Theana Hay (Tidal Wave) 40; 2.Cadean Lyons (Barracudas) 28; 3.Rebekah Mendoza (Stingrays) 24.

Boys Under-8: 1.Jonathan Fabio (Tidal Wave) 42; 2.Michael Seabrun (Tidal Wave) 25; 3. Jabari Baptiste (Blue Dolphins) 22.

Girls 9-10: 1.Cardesha Lyons (Barracudas) 43; 2.Khadija Thornhill (La Joya) 36; 3.Arantxia Kanhai (Silver Fins) 26.

Boys 9-10: 1.Moriba De La Rosa (Blue Dolphins) 44; 2.Kareem Baptiste (Stingrays) 36; 3.Joshua Changar (Tidal Wave) 24.

Girls 11-12: 1.Samantha Rahael (Marlins) 58; 2.Kadeja Phillip (Silver Fins) 45; 3.Shanice Mohammed (Flying Fish) 36.

Boys 11-12: 1.Christian Homer (Stingrays) 64; 2.Cadell Lyons (Barracudas) 45; 3.Ryan Rigues (Stingrays) 43.

Girls 13-14: 1.Kimberly Thornhill (La Joya) 33; 2.Brittany Stewart (Blue Dolphins), Raenelle Carillo (Tidal Wave), Quitara La Guerre (La Joya) 32.

Boys 13-14: 1.Walter Romany (Blue Dolphins) 61; 2.Osei Campbell (Flying Fish) 25; 3.Anthony Edwards (Tidal Wave) 23.

Girls 15-and-over: 1.Ayeisha Collymore (Blue Dolphins) 63; 2.Kimba Collymore (Blue Dolphins) 43; 3.Donna Wickham (Tidal Wave) 25.

Boys 15-and-over: 1.Jules Graham (Marlins) 47; 2.Jarryd Gregoire (Marlins) 44; 3. Vincent Tardieu (Blue Dolphins) 29.