Sunday Newsday chatted with the entrepreneur and mother of seven last week at her Diego Martin home, where her boutique is located.

Rodrigues, a former flight attendant, recalled that when she had her fifth child people would compliment her on how good she looked in her clothes and she decided, “I want to see my sisters looking good too.” “Daughters of the King was basically born out of a desire to see women look and feel their best and feel like royalty, actually, hence the name.” She found that often women did not dress to their truest potential largely because looking good was not affordable and the average person could not afford brands like Calvin Klein, Tahari or Ann Taylor. Rodrigues decided to take on the challenge and make these brands affordable for most women.

She said that her prices are very competitive and she has seen her dresses, by the same designer, in stores at the mall at double the price. She carries a range of sizes, from two to 22, a few zeroes, and outfits for “every occasion under the sun,” including work, church and social events. She occasionally sells accessories and Bath and Body Works products, and includes designer ties, as the husbands accompanying their wives want something for themselves as well. Her focus, though, has remained on women.

She said when people hear she has a boutique they usually think boutique prices, but her tagline is: “Designer brands without the designer price tag.” She buys from retail suppliers on sale and rarely has two of the same dresses.

Daughters of the King was opened in 2012 and her stock was sold out within the first two weeks.

She said for some clients she is also their de-facto personal shopper and would choose outfits depending on particular events.

She began by buying clothes online, but because of the “astronomical” costs she began travelling to buy them instead, and was able to inspect the merchandise and access sales. On the Daughters of the King Facebook page she began a series on “Dressing your Best”, which includes a “wardrobe detox” – removing clothes that are too small, the wrong colours or are damaged. She offers delivery throughout the country: within 24 hours after ordering in Trinidad and 48 hours in Tobago.

Rodrigues said it was fulfilling to see the look of confidence on women in her dresses and from this her Made in His Image Consultancy was born in 2015.

“Every woman that came in here, in some way, shape or form, had some issue with their body image, and I wanted to address that.” It was all about getting women to address the deeper issues with their bodies, and she pointed out that although losing weight was fine, women needed to dress for the bodies they have now and still look their best. She has since hosted three seminars for reputable firms — one in hotel and tourism, one telecom provider and an insurance company — to assist their staff with dressing properly.

From her consultations she noticed that some people had deep-seated issues dating back to their childhoods, and in 2015 she hosted her first workshop for teens, “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”, through which she informed participants they did not have to subscribe to the digitally-enhanced Hollywood images.

Her next two workshops were entitled “Be Bold, be Strong, be You” and “Teen Life Take Two”, with the latter being for boys.

Coming out of her second workshop with the teens she began seminars for the parents, a suggestion from the teens. Rodrigues stressed that she was “no big authority,” but having the parents say they were seeing changes in their children and asking for advice was a catalyst. Her first parenting seminar, “Parenting Today: Are We Prepared?” dealt with issues such as pornography, social media and human trafficking.

Her first seminar for this year, “Ladies FLY: First Love Yourselves”, will be held on March 25. She explained that women do a lot for their families and husbands and put themselves at the bottom of the priority list. The Bible she pointed out, says that we have to love our neighbour as ourselves, but in her view women are most times bickering and are sometimes unable to pay each other compliments. The seminar will focus on body image and dressing, health, nutrition and wellness and also emotional and spiritual issues.

On May 30 she will host a parenting seminar, “Parents, Let’s Talk About Sex” to help parents assess whether or not their children are engaging in sexual activity, looking at pornography or being molested and to offer them guidance. In June, her seminar, “What’s the Big Idea” will be for both parents and children and will focus on how to raise young entrepreneurs. Actual business owners will be on hand to offer advice.

A teen workshop,“What’s Bugging You?” will be held in August to deal with issues affecting teenagers.

She said in this age when people are so connected by technology they are more disconnected than even before. She added that many parents have passed on some of their parenting their responsibilities to devices like tablets and phones.

They are also Trinidad’s newest agency having recently opened their offices on Kitchener Street, Woodbrook.

This also continued their unprecedented run as top creative agency in Barbados for a staggering 14th year.

Red won ADDYs across eight separate brands and included wins in packaging, online, music, photography, magazine and press ads, collateral, TV, Radio and Out of Home.

Jevan Jutagir, managing director of Red, commented on the awards, “500 awards over a period of 14 years is no mean feat. Getting there ahead of much bigger and older agencies from Trinidad and Jamaica gives us the icing on the proverbial cake! In achieving this unprecedented milestone, we have also been consistently in the top three creative agencies in the Caribbean, having won this prestigious creative competition outright in four of the past 10 years.” He went on to praise his creative team.

“We see agencies come and go at these awards, but it is testament to our creative team that Red is always a constant at these awards! The team give it their all every year and every year they deliver the goods on behalf of our clients! 2016 had many new challenges, not least our opening up in Trinidad, but we were able to surmount these while maintaining the quality of our creative product.” The ADDY awards is the creative award show of the American Advertising Federation of which the Caribbean Advertising Federation is a member.

The purpose of the event, hosted by Thrive International, is to bring people together to make connections and showcase their specialities in a relaxed atmosphere.

Thrive International was founded in Dubai by Trinidadian entrepreneur Ethan Auguste in 2013. He recently helped local recording artiste Christian Kalpee to get a distribution deal with SONY Music and plans to continue promoting local culture.

“This is our third annual event in Trinidad and I believe it’s needed even more now because of our economic situation, also showing the importance of networking and showcasing yourself,” he told Sunday Newsday.

Friday’s showcase includes a fashion show, live music, live art, art on display, live sculpturing, booths and more. “It’s expected that those in attendance will build relationships with others with the hopes to elevate their careers, develop new partners, clients and collaborate with each other,” Auguste said.

From the Artist Registry’s point of view, it states: “Entrepreneurship is becoming more popular with many Trinidadians who are looking to create additional sources of income.

We have always been a culture that does business with people we know, like and trust. In the creative industry, building relationships and becoming a recognisable brand is critical to growing your business. At the upcoming ThriveInTnT event, creative entrepreneurs from across Trinidad and Tobago will have the opportunity to showcase their talents and join the international community of ‘thrivers’.” The event, which begins at 5 pm, includes activities which ThriveINTNT used in Dubai such as the Hot Seat and Ice Breaker.

Auguste explained the concepts.

“The Hot Seat is where two people sit and answer 10 questions to each other with the hope of learning something new about someone, and the Ice Breaker is an area to mingle and network where you are expected to speak with someone new.” Also partnering in the event are Entrepreneur Life TT , Life in Trinidad, Concierge Events, Chancellor Hotel and Eshe’s Learning Centre.

This event will benefit Eshe’s to help them carry out various programmes and to run the school efficiently.

Auguste said: “Thrive International believes in knowledge and we plan to assist in all ways possible to ensure everyone has a right to thrive.” For more information on getting tickets, a booth or live showcase at the event interested persons can contact Auguste at ethan@ thrivedxb.com.

“I was interested in many fields but the English system forces you to choose a lot earlier on,” he says. “I was around people who were producing theatre and making short films. I was just interested in entertainment.” Smolski, 42, is leading a fiveday workshop being put on by the British Council in partnership with the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival designed to strengthen the local film industry.

A similar exercise was done in early March in Jamaica, in partnership with film bodies there.

“I feel quite lucky that I have managed to carve out some kind of existence in the creative industries,” Smolski says during a break.

His five workshop sessions have featured 16 local participants: writers and script editors.

“Even in a country as big as the UK it can still be a challenge.” Smolski was born in 1974 in London. His father Olgeird was a physicist, and his mother Adrienne, a model and a tourist guide. (His paternal grandfather fled Poland at the outbreak of World War II.) “While my parents were good liberal parents I think my dad probably tried to steer my sister and me towards science degrees because it is felt there are more opportunities, in terms of career, to do things after graduation,” the script consultant says.

“Too often people don’t see or understand the economic benefits of the arts. And artists don’t want to see their work as functioning within an economic context, and that’s understandable to an extent.” Smolski has worked on a range of projects – most recently the James McAvoy film Filth – and has conducted workshops in countries such as Sweden, Poland, Israel, Bulgaria, Latvia, Singapore.

His favourite films include ET the Extra-Terrestrial and Moonlight.

He is in awe of Charlie Chaplin’s films, including The Great Dictator. But he complains about the difficulty involved when it comes to accessing films produced by the Caribbean region.

“That’s what this workshop aims to change,” he says. “To make films that look outwards as well as inwards; to inspire and remind storytellers that their audiences are global.” Smokski further states, “I think the obligation for a government is if you agree you need to stimulate a film economy, even if it cannot be fully funded you can provide a space for that to start.

You can create a film fund to fuel local production. You can offer tax incentives.” His message to aspiring and established filmmakers is to use the talent that is here to make films that speak to audiences across the world.

“If that is the approach, there will be thousands of flights booked to TT ; there will be a spike in interest in Trinidadian culture and business,” he says.

“Yes, films should be made for film’s sake but they also function to open up our understanding of the world. New Zealand has gone nuts tourist-wise over The Lord of the Rings.” He adds, “There may come a time when Trinidad has its own Lord of the Rings, its own Harry Potter. It may feel quite some distance away but why not?” For Smolski, the Making Development Work workshop initiative can lead to changes.

“It is not just about developing work, it is about making work for people to do,” he says.

“It’s about finding writers, nurturing writers and developing them. Writing is hard work.

Ultimately you have to own it and make it.”

Belgium is at the crossroads of several major European states.

To the south is France, to the north the Netherlands, to the east Germany, and across the sea the United Kingdom. Geography of things: Belgians straddle different realms. The country is split between Dutch and French speakers (a small portion speak German).

Perhaps this “douglarisation” explains why Belgium has produced so many amazing artists.

For a small country, the list is long and impressive, from figures like Breughel and Rubens to more contemporary artists like Magritte and Luc Tuymans.

This country is not just about waffles, chocolate and Manneken Tobago’s multiculturalism has also bred great artists, there is one big difference. Belgians take greater pride in their culture.

An entire section of the capital is devoted to museums like the Musee des Beaux Arts (which houses Breughel’s The Fall of Icarus, made famous by WH Auden). In addition to the museums, all over the city there is a fervour for art in public spaces.

Brussels is famous for its pareddown but unmistakably stylish architecture. Large swaths of the city, such as the municipality of Ixelles, are littered with examples of Art Nouveau and Art Deco.

Historical factors have also given Belgium’s mixture of worlds a particular complexion.

Haunting the splendour is the savagery directly tied to it. In the Congo, Belgium’s first colony, at least ten million people were murdered under King Leopold I, who oversaw a genocide found there. Despite this appalling history, Belgium continued to rake in new territories, also assuming possession of Rwanda before both colonies eventually attained independence in the 1960s.

Walking around Brussels today, you can see it’s far more diverse than some other European cities. Locals are handsome, stylish, friendly and unfussy.

But key railway stations are now being flooded by a wave of refugees, some said to be from Syria, fleeing the regime of a modern-day king, Bashar al-Assad.

Belgians have been reluctant to take in refugees. But last month the EU’s Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi issued a key legal opinion – which could soon be reflected in the country’s law – stating EU countries must issue a visa in cases where someone is “at risk degrading treatment.” Terrorist attacks, which were once unimaginable in a city whose most famous landmark is a statue of a peeing child, have also completely changed things. As in Trinidad, patrols by armed soldiers and police officers are now routine. Even in the most fashionable recesses of the city: the military stand guard amid galleries, arcades, furniture shops and restaurants.

And this is a place that has not forgotten. “Remember” is writ large on a wall at the Maalbeek metro station, which was a target of the March 2016 terror attacks, part of the wave of terror in Europe last year, a spillover of the Syrian civil war. Last week, a chilling video circulated, featuring the so-called Islamic State claiming it was still present in the city This, unfortunately, is another key resemblance between TT and Brussels. The issue of terrorism has been a tremendous challenge to law-enforcement authorities in both places.

But if people are on edge in Brussels, they don’t show it.

This is something Belgians have in common with their English cousins: stiff upper lips, though the Belgians’ are coated with powdered sugar from the warm waffles on sale in their cobbled streets.

That said, Brussels is a city most English citizens deride, given their dismal views on the European Union, whose headquarters are there. Which is ironic, as no other organisation has had a more positive impact on British prosperity in the decades since the 1960s than the EU. Many EU officials who meet for after-work drinks in the EU quarter seem unbothered by developments like Brexit and Trump. If the sword of Damocles hangs – with key elections due this year in France, Italy and Germany – it hangs rather lightly. A victory for another far-right, anti-globalisation party in Europe could spell disaster in a union still suffering tabanca because of its rejection by Britannia.

Here in TT, similar questions linger over the regional union that we anchor. But the nature of the threat is different. It is not ideological. It is not fuelled by xenophobia and race. Rather, it is, ironically, energised by apathy.

Nobody here cares about Caricom. Notwithstanding regular summits – on diverse topics ranging from cricket to ISIS– people have not seen enough tangible benefits arising from its legal treaties and provisions.

If the opposite of love is indifference, then in Europe the EU is hated, while here, Caricom might as well not exist.

At a cocktail reception launch of the association, tokens of appreciation were also presented to retired school principal, poet and writer Eva David-Swain and Amelia Cooper, wife of late Asst Police Commissioner Winston Cooper, who was awarded posthumously for his contribution.

Like Cooseelal and David-Swain, Cooper was among the first batch of students to enter the school in May 1961.

Up until his death in September 2014, he was widely known as a proud North Easterner and never missed a beat in highlighting the school’s positive attributes and how the institution moulded him as an individual.

In accepting her award, Cooseelal, a retired teacher, said her heart has always been with North Eastern College.

“As I told Ms (Jeslyn) Ramlal, the present principal, I belong to North Eastern College,” she told the audience, which included five decades of elegantly-attired alumni.

“I have two grandsons who attend this college at the moment and one of my sons also attended this college. So my heart is buried in North Eastern College, just as Winston.

“Winston was my dear friend from the day we entered North Eastern and until he passed. We were friends for nearly 53 years and some of the students from my time, from 61 to 66, we still meet and talk about our wonderful days at North Eastern College under the principalship of Mr Ralph Laltoo.” Cooseelal, who thanked the interim alumni association for acknowledging her with an award, credited Laltoo with shaping the school into the model institution it has been for many years.Cooseelal said although Laltoo was revered as a disciplinarian, he had also worked feverishly to assist students from impoverished families in farflung communities.

“North Eastern College was not a third-class school but a first class-school,” she said in the presentation.

Before the ceremony, Cooseelal also was featured in a video presentation which gave an historical overview of the school, dating back to its early days.

She recalled that the school was initially known as Sangre Grande Government Secondary School but became NEC in September 1962.

In brief remarks, David-Swain said the school had lived up to its mantra of being a “pleasant seat of sweet learning.” “And when you receive you should give back,” she said, noting the importance of such an association in assisting and mentoring students.

At its inception, NEC had an enrolment of some 105 students and was considered the premier learning facility in east Trinidad.

Today, the school has a population of some 1,025 students and 77 teachers.

And while groups of alumni have kept the flame burning through various get-togethers over the years, it was largely felt that a greater attempt should be made to establish a full-fledged association to assist with building camaraderie and fulfilling a range of developmental initiatives.

Last Sunday’s cocktail reception, hosted by Brent Elder and Louanne Henry, was the first step in making that dream a reality. Among its highlights were the unveiling of the NEC Alumni Association logo and historical snippets from alumni Indera Rambara, Hermoine James, Shilohna Phillanders and Sanjay Santokie about their experiences at the school.

Ingrid Ignatius, who attended NEC during the 1970s, also moved the audience with a stirring rendition of Luther Vandross’ So Amazing, in tribute to retired music teacher John Baptiste.

Baptiste, who is fondly remembered for strumming his guitar along the school’s corridors, led NEC to several National Music Festival titles. Saxophonist Bob Cain, Diedre Rahaman and members of the NEC Alumni Choir also performed.

Delivering the feature address, interim association president Dale Scobie said alumni associations could play a fundamental role in minimising societal crises.

“We live in a society that has become very individualistic, where individuals have sought their fortunes and our institutions have been crumbling. The family, churches, schools – our institutions seem to be falling apart. And it is an opportune time for us to seriously take on the challenge of building an institution,” he urged the gathering.

“Our country needs this effort.

We have seen the spate of murders, the spike in criminal activity and it has a lot to do with the fact that our institutions are not effectively passing on values.

“They are not building relationships and because of that, many are falling through the cracks. It is like a house that is badly leaking. We could become involved in mopping up the waters or we can take time to repair the roof.” Scobie, an attorney, said the association provided an opportunity for pooling resources.

“North Easterners are all over the world. They are involved in various community-building disciplines.

We have resources that are untapped and this effort, if embraced by all of us, could build not only the institution of the association but also strengthen the school.” An alumni association, he said, also offered an avenue to bring alumni of varying age groups together.

He said: “In our society, we still see the impact of the generation gap. There is a disconnect between the young and the old. Alumni associations and fraternities generally have the unique feature that when one enters into an alumni activity, there is usually a level of commonality where we enjoy the feeling we normally have with the institution, the pleasant memories we have had there and in the process we learn to appreciate each other.” Scobie, who entered NEC in 1964, told the audience the committee was preparing a draft constitution, on which it would seek feedback.

“It is a document which we hope at a later date will be accepted,” he said. Scobie said an alumni association must also be sensitive to things that have transpired within the walls of the school.

Referring to late student Rachael Ramkissoon, whose body was discovered in San Rafael, in January, Scobie said: “An alumni association that is conscious and sensitive to what is happening to its school, wherever alumni are, they will say something about it. They would raise a hue and cry and maybe only because of the strength of our numbers, the security forces would take note.

“The Government would take note, because they would realise that we, too, are doing something about it. We are pulling ourselves together, bonded by this institution that we love.” Scobie said alumni in other countries had applauded the effort of the interim association and were willing and ready to contribute.

“They are asking when they can make financial contributions,” he said.

The interim alumni association’s first executive election is expected to take place within the next few months.

Among the alumni attending the event were retired Deputy Police Commissioner Mervyn Richardson; Oliver Roopsingh; Usha Garib; Lana Derek; Jennifer Giuseppi; Camcin Francis-Merrique; Cheryl Scott-Alvarez; Bernadine Carter; Harvey Murray Jr; Beverly Baptiste, Nichelle Farrell-Windsor; Owen Smith; Jamilah Draper: Shelly Sutton, Johnny Willliams; Lucille Wilkinson and Kevin Davis.

PHOTOS: COURTESY NORTH EASTERN COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The show started promptly at 8 on opening night, March 3, with David Bereaux, the singing MC taking to the stage with energy and charisma to spare. He sang to the tune of “sans humanit?” which is used in extempo competitions to introduce the artistes.

“Talk tent, always a show of class,” he crooned.

Talk Tent founder, producer and master storyteller Paul Keens-Douglas made a brief appearance, telling the audience that making it their show of choice shows they were an “intelligent audience”. He explained that Talk Tent is about telling old and new stories and mostly about preserving values.

“We are the keepers of the next generation,” he said, also highlighting that the show was dedicated to the memory of the late Hal Greaves, a community activist and Talk Tent performer who died last year from a heart attack.

The first act up was pierrot grenade, Felix Edinborough, giving a colourful start to the show with his spelling puns, which were silly but amusing. At one point he got his jokes mixed up but kept on going like a pro.

Avion Crooks, who portrayed a chatty and effervescent snack vendor took to the stage and offered the audience her balls, including tamarind and paw paw. Her character was a fan of gossip and spilled the beans on several unseen characters. Her ridiculous stories, including one man with extremely bad teeth, had patrons cackling.

Spoken word artiste, Kleon McPherson, followed Crooks and was definitely one of the highlights of the show. His first act was a drunk man having a conversation with a police officer – the officer, a recording of what sounded like the artiste himself. The drunk man sought to escape without charge but when he could not explain why he was wearing the police officer’s uniform, he gave himself up.

His second act featured a man suffering stomach problems and urgently needing to use the toilet at a bank. The description of his bowel movements were poetic and hilarious.

McPherson’s act had an excellent musical delivery, great word play and barely missed a beat. By the vigourous applause he was clearly a crowd favourite.

Things got heavy and sobering with the next act, Farida Chapman, who explained to the audience that she usually does comedic pieces but for this year chose to do two pieces on social issues “plaguing us now”.

The first was Rise Up Woman, a powerful piece about a female victim of domestic violence being encouraged to get out of the experience.

This was followed by a piece on HIV/ AIDS in which the virus was anthropomorphised as demons trying to get into and destroy people’s lives. It was well-structured and educational without being judgemental. It addressed prevention the provision of support for people who are HIV positive.

“We all have to die, but let we die good,” she urged.

The evening got lighter with Miguel Browne, who performed Devon Matthews and Ella Andall’s D Journey. His act highlighted the journey of life and learning from ancestors at every step of the way.

His dry humour without punch lines was a bit of a slow burn, but when he got fired up he left the audience with quite a few laughs and some things on which to ponder.

He discussed a number of superstitions and the audience chimed in when he spoke about walking in backwards coming home late at night to avoid spirits following you in, or turning over a broom to get an unwanted guest to leave.

Browne lamented that we as a people have thrown away our stories and all the lessons they taught. When he advised that we use folk tales to build character and qualities in our people, one patron responded with a resounding “Yes! Yes!” The second half of the show opened with Bereaux singing vintage calypso, including King Solomon’s Santa and Lord Cristo’s Dumb Boy and the Parrot. The audience clearly enjoyed his set and were singing and clapping along.

The singing continued with special guest and vocalist Brian Carimbocas.

As he sang You Raise Me Up and a gospel duet, it was a pleasure to listen to his resonant voice, but he seemed a bit restrained and never belted out the high notes. His version of Eric Clapton’s Tears in Heaven and Andre Tanker’s Morena Osha were better, but his performance did feel somewhat out of place in the show and pulled down the energy generated by Bereaux.

Keens-Douglas followed and began with a piece on F?don’s Rebellion in Grenada.

His voice rose and dropped to almost a whisper as he wove the tale through the eyes of talking flora and fauna.

He then went into a new piece about the relationship between the sponsor and the artiste, and how he imagined it would be for a number of people on judgement day, including professional “stormers”, politicians, unethical businessmen and bankers.

“I want the bank to explain all them charges to God, and poor people cannot afford it,” he said.

He then did a piece in honour of Greaves, followed by a classic, humorous tale featuring his character Tanty Merle and her difficulties in trying to have her house renovated.

Some people laughed until they were in tears, while others choked on their guffaws. The master storyteller could have gone on for another hour and the audience wouldn’t have minded.

Calypsonian Short Pants (Llewellyn McIntosh) and his special brand of talk calypso — talking the lyrics of a song instead of singing them — brought the curtains down. His performance featured his risqu? rendition of Heather McIntosh’s We Taking Dick, based on the Thema Williams/ Marisa Dick gymnastics controversy, and The Finger, which encourages men to get tested for prostate cancer. On the request of Keens-Douglas, he did A Pushin’, encouraging the passing on of kaiso to the youth.

His performance was enjoyable and he especially left the audience in stitches as he talked Iwer George’s Take a Bathe — something you really had to hear for yourself.

Resuming on 98 for three after conceding a 67-run first innings deficit, Comets were dismissed for 194 with Idrees Mohammed (58) and Kirk Edwards (36) boosting an improved batting effort. Rakesh Maharaj (5/24) was the main wicket-taker while Stephen Shaddick had three for 32. Needing just 127 for victory, Central Sports reached their target for the loss of just five wickets in 27.1 overs, motored along by 51 from G Singh and 26 from Jahron Alfred .

Meanwhile at Powergen Ground in Syne Village, Penal, Powergen spinners Kavesh Kantasingh and Ansil Bhagan combined to take all eight wickets to leave Queen’s Park struggling on 172 for eight in their second innings.

Kantasingh (4/80) and Bhagan (4/54) wrecked the Parkites who are in danger of losing their first match of the three-day season.

The champs currently lead by 158 runs going into today’s final day with an outright result a great possibility.

Daron Cruickshank has top scored so far with 47 while Tion Webster added 31. At the crease is Sunil Narine with an uncharacteristically dogged innings of 37 from 78 balls. The Parkites will be hoping he can stay at the crease tomorrow to extend their total.

Earlier in the day, Powergen’s first innings folded quickly from 132 for six overnight to 150 all out. Narine (5/68) and Darren Deonarine (4/44) ensured Powergen would enjoy no large first innings advantage after they were dismissed previously for 136.

At Gilbert Park in California, Merry Boys are in full control of their match against Victoria Sports Club.

Bowled out quickly for 310, Merry Boys later dismissed their rivals for 205 courtesy a five-for from Aneil Kanhai (5/52) and four for 27 from Ricky Jaipaul.

Victoria opener Keron Kanhai made 89 but got little support from his teammates. Merry Boys are 42 for one in reply.

Harris got his name on the scoresheet in the 10th and 45th minutes, while Pascall scored in the 13th and 42nd. Also finding the back of the net for Cap Off Youths were Josiah Wilson (33rd), Dominic Millington (51st) and Justin Lewis (53rd).

Crown Trace were also in winners row in the Under-15 division, as they brushed aside SKHY FC 4-0. Malik Robinson netted twice, in the 55th and 58th minutes, while Ivan Dos Santos (37th) and Jamar Wilson (40th) contributed one apiece.

And Tunapuna Titans registered a 3-0 win, by default, over Edinburgh 500.

Other Results – Under-17 Division – CAP OFF YOUTHS (2) – Christian Ransome 44th; Kevon Williams 67th vs TODDS ROAD UNITED (2) – Jonathan Richards 48th, 77th.

ROYSTONIA YOUTHS (3) – Josiah Henry 33rd; Ethan Persad 41st; Erynce Miller 52nd vs GASPARILLO YOUTHS (1) – own goal 47th.

SKHY FC (2) – Jaqeen Orneal 20th; Shakeem Hospedales 34th vs CROWN TRACE FC (2) – Nihkail Green 49th; Emmanuel Cumberbatch 70th.

ST MADELINE STRIKERS (3) vs MA GUAYA UNITED (0) by default.

Under-20 Division – GASPARILLO YOUTHS (2) – own goal 10th; Kareem Thomas 49th vs NEW SETTLEMENT SPORTS (0).

CENTRAL SOCCER WORLD (2) – Mecaheil Alexander 50th; Theophilus Bourne 60th vs ROYSTONIA YOUTHS (1) – Miles Lanser 15th.

SKHY FC (2) – Chinua Bernard 48th; Aaron Skeene 55th vs CROWN TRACE FC (0).

TUNAPUNA TITANS (3) vs PRINCES TOWN SPORTS ACADEMY (0) by default.

CAP OFF YOUTHS (3) vs EDINBURGH 500 (0) by

The ceremony will take place on Friday at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s from 8 pm.

Keshorn Walcott, Trinidad and Tobago’s lone medalist at the Summer Games (bronze in the men’s javelin) was selected, along with fellow track and field ace Michelle-Lee Ahye (finalist in the women’s 100 metres, 200m and 4x100m relay), Nigel Paul (boxing), Felice Aisha Chow (canoeing/ kayaking), Marisa Dick (gymnastics), Christopher George (judo), Dylan Carter (swimming), Njisane Phillip (cycling) and Andrew Lewis (sailing).

A pair of Paralympic Olympic medalists – Akeem Stewart (men’s F44 javelin gold and F44 discus silver) and Nyoshia Cain (women’s T44 100m bronze) also feature among the nominees.

Also on Friday’s agenda will be the presentation of both the Jeffrey Stollmeyer Award (for the best sporting administration) and the Lystra Lewis Award (for the Team of the Year).

NOMINEES (sporting discipline in brackets) – Nigel Paul (Boxing); Franklyn Boodram, Bridget Singh (Automobile Sports); Will Lee, Jada Renales (Badminton); Dexter Simon, Vanessa Hill (Body Building); Matthew Robinson, Felice Aisha Chow (Canoeing/Kayaking); Kevin Cupid, Gabriella Johnson (Chess); Evin Lewis, Merissa Aguilleira (Cricket); Njisane Phillip, Teniel Campbell (Cycling); Kwasi Emmanuel, Petal Derry (Hockey); Levi Garcia, Kimika Forbes (Football); Sachin Kumar, Monifa Sealy (Golf); Marisa Dick (Gymnastics); Ronald Ali (Horse Racing); Christopher George, Gabriella Wood (Judo); Shiva Sookdeo, Tamara Joseph (Karate); Samantha Wallace (Netball); Akeem Stewart, Nyoshia Cain (Paralympics); Ross Garcia (Powerboat Racing); Adrian Knox, Lutchmi Sookram (Powerlifting); Stuart Johnson (Rally); Shakeel Dyte, Apphia Glasgow (Rugby); Andrew Lewis, Kelly-Ann Arrindell (Sailing); Roger Daniel, Savita Beatrice (Shooting); Kale Wilson, Charlotte Knaggs (Squash); Jyiell Lewis (Surfing); Dylan Carter, Cherelle Thompson (Swimming); Yuvraaj Dookram, Aleena Edwards (Table Tennis); Khaidem Neblett, Megan Lawrence (Taekwondo); George Vire (Target Archery); Akiel Duke, Carlista Mohammed (Tennis); Keshorn Walcott, Michelle-Lee Ahye (Track And Field); Jason Costelloe, Jenna Ross (Triathlon); Daneil Williams, Sinead Jack (Volleyball).