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Pre-Primary Sports a great success

The VI Sports 4 Life Organisation held a highly successful Pre-Primary School Games Day on Friday May 27, 2016 with 21 Schools and hundreds of boys and girls enjoying competition across various events. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO
Events held included Zig Zag through the Cones, Hurdle Sprints and Relays, Sprints, Lime on Bottle and Shuttle Relay with Obstacles. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO
Events held included Zig Zag through the Cones, Hurdle Sprints and Relays, Sprints, Lime on Bottle and Shuttle Relay with Obstacles. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO
Parents also joined in the fun. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VIO
Parents also joined in the fun. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VIO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The VI Sports 4 Life Organisation held a highly successful Pre-Primary School Games Day on Friday May 27, 2016 with 21 Schools and hundreds of boys and girls enjoying competition across various events.

The day was planned in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Culture and was the brain child of former Olympian Karl ‘Dub’ Scatliffe.

“It was great today and overwhelming to see the levels of competition and participation,” commented Scatliffe. “I briefed a lot of the schools in what to expect and how to best prepare the kids, but for some it was brand new and they came to see and left having thoroughly enjoyed themselves.”

Scatliffe fully intends to make the event sustainable and also assist the schools in being able to prepare themselves.

“I will go to the schools and find out how we can best collaborate and attract the kids to want to be involved. It helps them across life with fitness and learning, so hopefully it will grow each year.”

Events held included Zig Zag through the Cones, Hurdle Sprints and Relays, Sprints, Lime on Bottle and Shuttle Relay with Obstacles.

All the equipment was Age Group Specific with soft hurdles especially creating lots of fun and excitement amongst the children, but also the teachers on hand.

4 Responses to “Pre-Primary Sports a great success”

  • Xxx (01/06/2016, 09:16) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    And turn out was poor strupps
    • bvi (01/06/2016, 10:38) Like (14) Dislike (0) Reply
      Because it was not advertised. People cannot attend an event that they don't know anything about.
  • parent (02/06/2016, 04:36) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Because we want to know why the sports was privatized? Why should we have to go and pay to see our 5 year olds run? This should be a government activity just like Inter Primary and High School Sports.
    We are not happy about this!.
  • WHO WAS EXPECTED TO SUPPORT? (03/06/2016, 07:03) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    School was in session. Schools were obliged to send their 12 athletes from Kindergarten and Grade 1 ONLY.
    What kind of arrangement was this? How much was the Department of Education involved?
    I was told that a private person organized it. Was this self interest? The students should not have been removed form the Inter Primary School Sports.
    This was a bad move.


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