Friday 1st February saw much excitement at the VOJN Primary school.
Not only was the school hosting its annual cross country event but it coincided with a visit to the school, by a delegation from the Ministry of Education, led by Premier Mark Brantley himself.
After the official visit, Premier Brantley did some warm up exercises with the students and was the official starter for the first race, before he departed.
There were four races:
Infant boys and girls and Upper girls and boys.
The infants raced from the school’s gate and through the nearby housing project and back to the school, while the upper boys and girls also started at the school’s gate but ran straight through the project housing area, down to the main road and made a turn back to the school, next to the Newcastle Pottery.
The top results were:
UPPER GIRLS
1st Kevonique Jones-Green
2nd Aksha Tross-Gold
3rd Javonique Nisbett -Gold
Upper boys
1st Stedari Pemberton-Green
2nd Sanjay Constantine-Green
3rd Jesiah Robinson-Blue
Infant girls
1st Kiara Hanley-Blue
2nd Danika Hicks-Gold
3rd Paige Lord –Green
Infant boys
1st Zaniel France-Blue
2nd Dejaun Phillip-Gold
3rd Daonjae Liburd-Green
Point standings
Blue-498
Green 467
Gold 393