T&T national water polo youth teams will be in action this weekend when the Amateur Swimming Association of T&T (ASATT), Water polo committee hosts the CARIFTA Championships at the Marlins Aquatics Club, Westmoorings from tomorrow until Sunday.
The hosts will enter three teams to compete in the Under-14 co-ed, U-16 boys and U-19 girls age groups against participants from the Bahamas, Barbados, Curacao and Bonaire.
“The athletes have been training morning and afternoon almost every day for the past few weeks for the competition and they are looking forward to welcoming their colleagues in the sport of Water polo,” said the committee in a release yesterday.
“The organising committee is dedicated to nurturing our regional water polo players through competition and we strongly believe as has been proven over the years, that keen competition keeps our youths motivated to excel not only in sport but in all their life activities.
“It is the intention of the organisers to give our regional youths in this sport an opportunity for further training and development in a highly competitive environment that will strengthen the camaraderie amongst ourselves and our regional water polo players/teams.”
Teams in the U-16 division will open play in the youth event from 8 am and four other matches will follow also in the other two categories in the morning session, ending at noon. Action continues from 1 pm with another four matches before the opening ceremony at 6.30 pm. Soon after a match in the U-19 age group will close out day’s events.
On Saturday, preliminary round matches will continue in the morning with the top teams advancing to the semifinals which is carded in the evening session. All finals will be played on Sunday with the awards ceremony set for 6 pm.
National teams
U-19 boys: Kryztien Sharpe, Adrian Hinds, Kristof West, Jamali Lewis, Christian Gillette, Justin Bhola, Sergio de Vignes, Leon Daniel, Liam Smith, Tyrece Joseph
U-16 boys: Rajeev Ramdeen, Chad Rowley, Charles Gillette, Jason Hackett, Luke Gillette, Jean Luc Hinds, Joshua Welch, Tyrese Clement, Daniel Ammon, Jamiel Attieh, Matthew Nimblett, Sebastian Rudden, Enrique Shampoo,
U-14 Co-ed: Zoe Van Reeken, Victoria Gillette, Yasmin Mohammed, Tahirah Beepat, Abel Valentine, Ross Gillette, Nathan Hinds, Antonio Newell, Christian Chin Lee, Tommy Ou, Everson Latchman, Nicholai Yorke, Gabriel Dos Santos,
Entrance fees are $20 for adults and children 13 and over and $10 for children 12 and under.