Sporting History
Milton Lynch Primary School has been and continues to be a major sporting school throughout the various sporting disciplines offered to primary schools.
- Cricket - The team is a regular up to the stage of Quarterfinals, on a couple occasions we have made it to the Semis and Finals of the Herman Griffith Cricket Competition.
- Athletics - At the zonal meet of the National Primary School Athletics Competition (NAPSAC) we are usually in the top three.
- Football - Similar to cricket, we usually reach the Quarterfinals stage and on a couple of occasions have gone on to the Semis and Finals of the Bico Football Competition.
- Chess - This sport has seen our greatest achievements, as we are the perennial champions and runners up in the Competitions. We usually enter two teams, and the battle for supremacy is between them.
Special mention must be made of Thierry Thomas who placed 2nd out of 200 competitors in the just concluded Trevor Straughn Memorial Cross Country, held on Thursday 1st December, 2022. He along with his three team mates ensured the successful sporting history of the school continued by placing 3rd in the team component of the race out of the 50 plus schools to participate.
Several alumni have garnered success in the discipline of cricket. Raphael Lovell was successful in leading the Barbados Under 15 team to another regional title at that age level in 2022. Johan Layne was a member of the West Indies Under 19 team at the latest edition of the youth World Cup here in the Caribbean in 2022. The most notable alumni of the school is Carlos Brathwaite, who was instrumental in the West Indies securing their 2nd T20 World Title in 2016. Mr. Brathwaite hit four sixes in the final over off Ben Stokes of England to win the final and the World Title for the West Indies.
Milton Lynch appears to have a rich sporting history, it is pleasing to see students achieve not only in the academic arena but also in athletics. Kudos to the teachers who helped him to hone his skills at an early age! As educators we must guide our charges and help them to find their niche, while understanding that all students are not the same and we need to find new methods of engagement to ensure that they achieve.
ReplyDeleteThis match is still etched in my memory like it was yesterday. At least I have something to hold onto. I can only imagine the pride that the teachers of Milton Lynch feel. It's truly a rewarding feeling knowing that the students in this school can use their digital devices and use a search engine of their choice to watch that match at their leisure and even use it as a great motivator. Technology definitely has a place in schools today.
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