Trinidad & Tobago
The Exile Community Garden Project: not just your average playing field
For Leon Pantor, national player and Vice President of Trinidad’s Exile Rugby Youth Club, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 dealt a serious blow to his training and playing dreams. With no contact sport permitted and everything ‘rugby’ at a standstill in...
W.i.L.D. Profile – Kanisha Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago
Kanisha Vincent wants to leave her mark on Trinidad and Tobago Rugby. Shortlisted for roles on the Selections Committee and the High-Performance Assessment / Talent Identification Committee Kanisha will have the opportunity to implement positive change and establish...
Women in Leadership Directive Profile – Alexandria Olton, Trinidad & Tobago
Rugby has always played a major role in Alexandria Olton’s life. She spent much of her childhood as a spectator, watching her dad and her uncles play rugby for Trinidad Northerners RFC. Her time pitch-side allowed Alex to become fully immersed in the sport, culture,...
Maria Thomas putting scholarship lessons into practice as Trinidad and Tobago RFU’s first female president
Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of rugby in Trinidad and Tobago, and it seems fitting that the country’s union will embrace that milestone with its first female president. Maria Thomas defeated the incumbent Colin Peters last month to be elected as the head...
Women in Leadership Directive Profile: Jenilee Limada, Trinidad & Tobago
Jenilee Limada’s rugby resume is as long as the women’s rugby programme in Trinidad and Tobago. When she took up the sport in 2003, there was no national team, limited women’s club teams, and school programmes had yet to be created. Thanks to the hard work and...
Maria Thomas honoured to be elected TT Rugby Football Union president
This article was written by Joel Bailey from Trinidad & Tobago Newsday. To read the full article on their website, please click here. MARIA Thomas has become the first female president of the TT Rugby Football Union (TTRFU). Thomas defeated the incumbent Colin...
Player Welfare Top Priority for T&T Athlete Turned Doctor Dalia Jordan-Brown
As a passionate club and national Rugby player for Trinidad and Tobago for more than ten years, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Dr. Dalia Jordan-Brown had never imagined herself as a teacher. So, even when she was invited to Canada to complete a ‘First Aid In Rugby’...
Camaraderie for Life: A history of Rugby in Trinidad and Tobago – Available for Purchase
Camaraderie for Life is a history of rugby in Trinidad and Tobago - from the introduction of the sport at Queen’s Royal College in 1870, through the long-running Macregor Cup rivalry between Trinidad and Guiana, to the birth (and passing) of the Caribbean’s premier...
RAN UNSTOPPABLES – Schezelle Fleming to participate in International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Program
Schezelle Fleming, 32-year-old Spanish Teacher and coach of the South East Port of Spain (SEPOS) Ruggers, has an insatiable thirst for knowledge. So, when she was nominated by the Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee to participate in this year’s International...
INTRODUCTION OF RUGBY TO PORT OF SPAIN SCHOOL PROVIDES DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR TEENAGE FEMALE ATHLETES
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – Rugby is a sport for life, no matter how you’re introduced. For Schezelle Fleming, this philosophy has shaped her coaching method as head coach of South East Port of Spain (SEPOS) Secondary School. “I introduced rugby into South...