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Thursday, August 28, 2008

TTFF NEWS - T&T U20s to face El Salvador in back to back warm ups next week

T&T U20s to face El Salvador in double warm ups next week

 

Issued by Shaun Fuentes, TTFF Media Officer, August 28,2008

 

 

Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under 20 Team will face El Salvador’s National U20s in two warm-up matches next week at the Marvin Lee Stadium as part of ongoing preparations for the CONCACAF Final Round of qualification here early next year.

 

The Team, coached by ZoranVranes, will face the visitors in the first outing from 6pm on Tuesday and then meet again on Thursday at the same time and venue.

 

The present team has been in constant training, playing matches weekly in the National Super League. The CONCACAF  Final Round begins in Trinidad on January 9 leading towards the 2009 FIFA Under 20 World Youth Cup in Egypt.

 

According to team manager Chris de Silva: “The team has been in training over the last six months with an original pool of 43 players which is now down to a list of  28 now. The team trains on Tuesdays, Fridays & Saturdays and plays in the Super league on Wednesdays and Sundays.The first round has finished and we are currently 5th with five wins, five draws and two losses.

 

“The experience has been tremendous for the boys and they have shown development over the past few months. The current squad consist of new players found in the U20 age group mixed with former Under 17 World Cup  players such as Marcus Joseph, Leston Paul,Akeem Adams, Sean de Silva & Glenroy Samuel,” de Silva told TTFF Media.

Current T&T Senior Team midfielder Khaleem Hyland as well as striker Jamal Gay are also both eligible for the U20s.

 

Extensive screening has been recently concluded through all parts of Trinidad with only Tobago to be completed. This exercise has resulted in about thirteen additional players being currently evaluated.

 

A final 20-man squad will be selected on Saturday to go into a live-in camp for the two upcoming matches.

 

The current coaching staff of the team comprise head coach Zoran Vranes,Hutson Charles-assistant coach,Chris de Silva- manager,Carl Joseph-assistant manager,Irvin Thomas-equipment manager, Otis Hislop physiotherapist and Jefferson George as goalkeeper coach

 

 

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

MEETING MICHAEL JOHNSON….OH JUST THAT IS….

Beijing is estimated to have over 16 million inhabitants, but on my arrival and bus ride through the streets of the capital of China, it resembled a GHOST TOWN.
The only people on the streets at around 3pm in the afternoon on a weekday were police officers and street cleaners and all seem so intent on their jobs ( sorry work) , that they seemed oblivious to everything else and everyone else around them.
Sometimes, you can know if a country is ready for the big occasion by the reaction of the people involved and certainly the enthusiasm of the volunteers was beyond comprehension. Almost too military precision (Both Chinese and non Chinese were walking side by side, three in a line); these youngsters could not be older than 17 to 20 years.
Even the Chinese immigration officer surprised me, when she realized that I was in Beijing for the Olympic Games and asked me,” If I was competing, and in what event”. Needless to say, everyone knows my answer…or do you.
On the topic of immigration, I have to say, that “Duracell like” Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee Secretary General – Brian Lewis – is a man of immense stamina. He had recommended this route of New York, Washingston and finally Beijing to me, in all of 24 hours, because he did it, and now I know where his years of rugby training finally paid off. Having not really rugby, because of all the pain…it was a journey not to be forgotten, especially when you are vegetarian.
This will be an important Olympic Games for two athletes, considered veterans by some, Hammer thrower – Candice Scott and Shot Putter –Cleopatra Borel Brown -. Both of these ladies will be seeking to prove that Female power can finally earn a place for Trinidad and Tobago on the Olympic Stage.
Scott is hoping that a troublesome injury for over 2 years will finally be behind her, while Borel Brown is determined to prove that marriage and sport can mix and mix positively and successfully internationally. If there are two members of this Trinidad and Tobago contingent, that have more drive and determination than these two, then I have not met them as yet.
Interestingly , I ran into ( no sorry , I walked into , via an elevator door , people) infamous 200/400 metres athlete – Michael Johnson, the man with the still unbroken 200 metres world record of 19.66 and he was very responsive to me , even as he found out , that I was from the Caribbean. A little later, I was more precise with exactly where – Trinidad and Tobago – and I felt he was in a hurry to leave. I still wonder if it is because of Ato Boldon.
So it is time to turn to Cold Play and there new thoughtproving song, which brings great thoughts to my mind(used to rule the worldSeas would rise when I gave the wordNow in the morning I sleep aloneSweep the streets I used to ownI used to roll the diceFeel the fear( yes FEARLESS) in my enemies eyesListen as the crowd would sing:"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!")
Anyway I am for Dinner at a restaurant called……. ( it is a Chinese Word and whats the difference, I can’t even pronounce it , but it has the best SEAFOOD , so that should be good).
Did I hear someone say , How Can I tell the difference between Seafood and other food???


:: AB

Daniel and coach




Our National Flag at the shooting range


And more pictures...




DANIEL – IS ON A HIGH WITH FAMILY SUCCESS AND SUPPORT

“No Air, No Air …Tell me, how to breathe with no air, no air”.

Those words above form an essential part of a popular song making the rounds around the World, desribes a joy but competitive day for one TRinidad and Tobago athlete at the 29th Beijing Olympics.

On a Hot, muggy afternoon in Beijing, at the Indoor Shooting Range Hall, Trinidad and Tobago’s Roger Daniel brave fight to overcome a relatively new coach, with a change of system and technique was never going to be in time for these games. Daniel had scores of 98, 95,92,94,96 and 96 to finish with a grand total of 571points and position number 37 overall from 48 participants. Four years ago he was 27th in this same event.
“I tried my best on the day and it just did not come out how I wanted it. I feel good though, I struck to my technique today…I Feel good.”
But Daniel not one to be daunted stated , he would return ever better in the future ,” I think it will be great, I realized more and more , the more I compete , I am understanding it more and more and believe you me, I am going to do much better in the future.”
38 year old Daniel however has a lot of other matters to celebrate, when he became a father for the third time on the night of the Grand Opening “On the 8th of the 8th of the year 2008, all of the Japanese around me, are telling me I am so lucky, because many Chinese women wanted this day for their child to be born,”
A shy Daniel at first hesitated but then relaxed about his family ,” I have two sons currently , Christian Daniels and Shakiel Edwards, and my new baby daughter will be called – Kyomi -.When I spoke with my wife ( Grace Cupid-Daniel) last night , she was still a bit drowsy, so I am longing to see all of them again. “remarked Daniel.

Reflection soon began to cross Daniel’s mind and he confessed about his 571 ( The set target which was only achieved with 6.20 minutes remaining on the clock”),”No I am not happy , because as you would realize most of the scores were low and I should have been much higher, than what I did today. But in life it is about learning from your lessons, “said Daniel
Daniel a true family man, spoke on the role his family played in his life, “Growing up from a kid, when you heard your brother or your father was into sport, they got your support and I know for a fact …I am missing hockey, it fills me up and I want everyone to know in hockey, that I am here to support them,”

Daniel also spoke highly of his coach (Ms Atlantsetseg Byambajav), whose influence was clear, Daniel’s shhoting quality improving each time he took a break and spoke with her, “While, you are in the competition, you do not see yourself, but talking to the coach could really build you back up and inspire you and make, especially if you are having a bad run. So from time to Time, you take break and talk to the coach….The coach watches everything and analyses and correct situations.”
Daniel told the Trinidad Guardian “The Coach and I met a couple of times before and over the last two years we linked up. I watched her style, I watched what she does and we talked and the rest is now history, she is my coach….I was there (Mongolia) over the last few months training for the Olympics. Everything went good. She has thought me a lot of new things, both in breathing and the way I hold the pistol. The movement of hands and my whole focus and I am now getting accustomed to it , so by the World Championships next year , I will be seeking a top six finish , ,”added Daniel
Daniel is eager to hug and kiss his new baby gir,”I stay for a while and then I go back home, there is the Caribbean Championships, so I will take a rest, as I have a new baby girl and then later on prepare for that.,” confessed Daniel
Daniel is not too concern about his final placing of 37th insted,” I just want to go back to the drawing board and work on some areas and I know I will be better. I feel it in me…”
People do you all know something….I believe so too.
China’s overwhelming favourite –Pang Wei – won to give China
Its second goal medal for the Olympic Games.

Pictures from Beijing

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Eighteen-man T&T Squad announced for back to back friendlies

Trinidad and Tobago head coach Francisco Maturana named an 18-man squad on Monday which included captain Aurtis Whitley to face Haiti and El Salvador in back to back warm up internationals before traveling to Havana for this country’s first semi-final round World Cup qualifier against Cuba.

The team, which departs this Friday for Port-Au-Prince, is a fully local-based outfit but includes some well known faces with Whitley making a return after being declared fit following an ankle blow which forced him to miss the recent 2-0 win over the Haitians at the Marvin Lee Stadium.

Also in the squad are Keon Daniel and Clyde Leon who both missed the last encounter due to injury. Experienced midfielder Densill Theobald, Cyd Gray and forward Cornell Glen are all on the list as well.

Following the second friendly international against El Salvador at the RFK Stadium, Washington on August 14, the squad will then be adjusted with the inclusion of the selected overseas pros for the clash with Cuba. That squad will be announced after the affair with El Salvador.

“I think these two games are in good timing for us because we must see how the team progresses before Cuba. I want to see these players and then of course we will have our players from overseas come in to join us for Cuba. There will not be major changes but same time I think the squad now will be very keen to do well again versus Haiti and El Salvador and it will give us a good idea of our position for our first semi-final round match,” Maturana told TTFF Media.

Glen, coming off a goalscoring performance against the Haitians, said he’s slowly falling back into his own.

“I still have some progress to make but I’m also starting to feel lime my old self and that’s always a positive sign when you’ve been injured or away for some time. I have had a lot of bad injuries and hopefully that’s something of the past. As of scoring the goal, I felt good about that because I have worked a lot in the past few weeks and it’s paying off now. I just want to keep on playing and maintain my spot on the team. I always want to make a contribution to the team,” Glen said.

When asked about the foreseen contest for starting roles in the striking department, the former LA Galaxy forward noted: “There’s always been a strong competition for places in the forward line for the national team so it’s nothing new to me. The main thing s to keep focused and work hard and the rest will happen. Once the team is benefiting then that’s the important thing. Our main focus is to get winning results. We may not have looked pretty in the first half against Haiti but I prefer to win and get to a World Cup and not look pretty rather than look pretty and stay home.”

The team resumes training at the Larry Gomes Stadium on Tuesday and will continue with sessions until Thursday before departing for Port-Au-Prince on Friday.

These are the 18 players that shall be featured in the Haiti and El Salvador matches.

1.Marvin Phillips
2.Cleon John
3.Makan Hislop
4. Densill Theobold
5.Cyd Gray -
6.Aurtis Whitley
7. Aklie Edwards
8.Keyeno Thomas
9. Radanfah Abu Bakr
10.Keon Daniel
11. Khaleem Hyland
12. Gyasi Joyce
13. Kerry Baptiste
14. Akeil Guevara 
15. Anthony Wolfe
16. Clyde Leon 
17. Cornell Glen
18. Andre Toussaint


 

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO DELEGATION FOR THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  DELEGATION FOR THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES

 

1.            Chef de Mission -  Michael Valentine

2.            Assistant General  Team Manager - Wendell Labastide

3.            Olympic Ambassador – Hasely Crawford

 

 TRACK & FIELD

 

1.            Richard Thompson-100m,200m,4X100m

2.            Marc Burns-100m,4X100m

3.            Darrel Brown-100m,4x100m

4.            Keston Bledman-4x100m

5.            Emmanuel Callender-4x100m

6.            Aaron Armstrong-200m,4x100m

7.            Rondell Sorillo-200m

8.            Renny Quow-400m,4x400m

9.            Ato Stephens-400m,4x400m

10.          Stan Waithe-4x400m

11.          Zwede Hewitt-4x400m

12.          Cowin Mills-4x400m

13.          Jovon Toppin-4x400m

14.          Mekil Thomas-110m Hurdles

 

Women

15.          Kelly-Ann Baptiste-100m,4x100m

16.          Semoy Hackett-100m,4x100m

17.          Sasha Springer-Jones-100m,4x100m

18.          Wanda Hutson-4x100m

19.          Monique Cabral-4x100m

20.          Ayanna Hutchinson-4x100m

21.          Aleesha Barber-100m Hurdles

22.          Josanne Lucas-400m Hurdles

23.          Rhonda Watkins-Long Jump

24.          Cleopatra Borel Brown-Shot Put

25.          Candice Scott- Hammer Throw

 

 

 

 

George Comissiong - Manager

Dr. Ian Hypolite – Assistant Manager

Gunness Persad – Coach (Sprints & Relays)

Clayton Walkes – Coach (Sprints & Relays)

John Andalcio – Coach (Hurdles)

Nadine Hamid – Coach (Throws)

Heathcliff Thorne – Coach (Jumps)

David Cumberbatch – Massage Therapist

 

 

 

 

 

SWIMMING:

 

 

George Bovell III-50m, 100m freestyle

Nicholas Bovell

Sharntelle Mc Lean-50m, 100m freestyle

 

George Bovell II - Manager

Mathew Macedo - Coach

 

 

 

 

SHOOTING :

1.            Roger Daniel-10 M Air Pistol

 

Ms. Atlantsetseg Byambajav (Mongolia) - Coach

 

 

 

 

 TABLE TENNIS :

 

1.            Dexter St. Louis

 

 

Reeza Burke-Manager

Rheann Chung-Coach

 

 

 

MEDICAL PERSONNEL

 

 

1.            Dr. Terry Ali- Chief medical Officer

2.            Dr. Anyl Gopeesingh  Sports Medicine Doctor

3.            Ian Sharpe – Massage Therapist (Assigned to Swimming)

4.            Karielle De Bique-Physiotherapist

5.            Asha De Freitas-Sports Trainer

6.            June Durham-Massage Therapist

7.            Andre  Ferguson- Massage Therapist

HEALTH PROBLEMS IN RACING- PART 2-

 

 

An examination of the bodyweight of leading jockeys in Trinidad and Tobago reveals a tale of starvation: One that has left many prospective jockeys in shambles and explains why there are no lady jockeys in this country at present.

 

Champion jockey Brian Harding  has a bodyweight of 52.5 kg, Ricardo Jadoo  49 kg, Rajpaul Rajkumar 50.5Kg , Nobel Abrego  53.5Kg, Garl Laban 48.5kg, Neela Mohammed 49kg,  and Hanif Emamalie 53 kg.  The average man weighs 70-75 kg.

 

These top jockeys will get a ride on most days based on reputation and their riding records, but when the allotted weight of the horse (46-50 kg) is below their weights, most trainers will choose one of the apprentice jockeys.

 

An example of the problems of weight can be seen when comparing two apprentices: One is perhaps more talented than the other.  Unfortunately, Apprentice A ‘s bodyweight is 52 kg, while Apprentice B’s weight is 46 kg - which has resulted in Apprentice B earning more bookings and ultimately more winners.

 

There is a need for some proper monitoring of a jockey's best weight that gives him the best health and will also allow him to ride at his best.

 

If we continue to ignore this plight in our racing, then very soon we will face the day when one of our jockeys/apprentices simply falls off a horse out of dehydration.  And this, certainly, nobody who lives horseracing wants to witness.

 

Racing associations in the United States are not sitting idle.  As the rest of this article reveals, we need to be equally vigilant in Trinidad and Tobago because jockeys are people too.

 

Dr. Ira Sacker, an expert on eating disorders at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, learned while researching his book Dying to the Thin that "one (toilet) stall in the jockeys' room was marked "heavers".  There used to be a competition over who could eat the most and who could throw up the most."

 

Of the jockeys' weight-loss methods, Sacker remarked.  "This is scary stuff.  You've got to feel bad for them because there's no easy answer."

 

McCauley, 42, began when he was 18, rode more than 20,000 races, won more than 3,000 and earned $70 million in purses.  During that time he broke his foot, collarbone, shoulder, ribs and wrist and punctured his lungs - retiring in 1998 after a spill in which he fractured his leg in five places from the knee to ankle.  A titanium rod now holds it together.

 

But McCauley's injuries paled in comparison to the bulimia that made his life hell.  From a high of 128 pounds, McCauley had to get down to 107, to make a tack of 112.

 

"I tried everything.  I took so many slabs of Ex Lax, to this day I can't eat a chocolate bar," he said.

 

At times, McCauley resorted to Lasix, a diuretic used by many jockeys that causes excessive urination.

 

"That takes five to six pounds off, but it also takes all the fluids electrolytes and minerals out of your body," he said. "All of a sudden your body cramps up and you're not the jockey you're supposed to be.  You come down the stretch and think a hot poker is going through your hips."

 

Then, he said, you become a "sponge" - soaking up fluid and gaining even more weight.  McCauley was bulimic for more than 20 years.

 

"Sooner or later your body adjusts.  It's mind over matter.  You just turn it into part of your job  - eat and get rid of it.  When you go in the bathroom, gross as it might be, you just lean over, relax and tighten your stomach muscles, and flush the toilet."

 

When he stopped riding, McCauley finally came to grips with his disease.

 

"After my accident, the day my five-year-old daughter started school, she and I took a photo.  When the picture came back, I started crying.  Here I was, a man of 41, and there wasn't a heck of a difference in the size of my legs and hers.  It scared me to death."

 

Other former star riders have similar cautionary tales.

 

Hall of Famer Steve "The Kid" Cauthen was Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year as a 17-year-old apprentice in 1977 and the following year won the Triple Crown on Affirmed.  But it wasn't long before the weight battle took its toll.

 In 1979, Cauthen moved overseas, where the weights are higher and he soon became the top rider in England.  Eventually, meeting even the higher weight - three or four pounds, in general - was too hard to struggle, and he quit riding.

 "That was the toughest thing about racing for me," he said.  "I wasn't afraid of getting hurt.  I loved the thrill, the competition, the glory and glamour.  But weight was the most negative side of my whole career."

 

Retired Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr., winner of more than 7,000 races and three Kentucky Derby features, subsisted on a starvation diet.

 

"I only ate one meal a day for 34 years," he said.  "It's very uncomfortable when you make all that money and can't eat like a person.  Sometimes you let yourself go and have a pizza, but I had to pay the price the next day and I'd hate everybody who was with me."

 

Cordero was so thin, when his spleen was removed after a riding accident that ended his career; the stitches couldn't hold the wound together.

 

"I didn't have any fat," he said.  "They kept coming out of my skin."

 

One practical reason for raising the scale of weights, advocates argue, is that without going to extremes to reduce, jockeys could ride to their best ability.

 

"Anything you do to put yourself in a weakened condition has to affect your performance," Giovanni said.  "I don't know of anybody who's ever passed out on a horse, but I've seen guys come back and pass out after they rode."

 

"The scale of weights is killing a lot of kids," Cordero said.  "You sacrifice so much it makes you weak.  First you work in the morning, exercising horses.  Then you have to pull weight without eating.  Then you ride all day.  Then you come home and can only eat a little bit.  Then the next morning you do the same routine.  It wears you out, mentally and physically."

 

But many oppose increasing riders' weights.

 

"Personally, I'm against it," said one veteran New York rider.  "I ride light and don't have to reduce.  Changing the scale would be like lowering the net in basketball.  Then anyone could be a basketball player.  I think jockeys should be small."

 

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas agrees: "Granted, some riders have had problems," he said.  Maybe they're not cut out for the profession.  You have to have parameters.  Some people will meet them, some won't.  If it's not broke, don't fix it.  Weight on horses is obviously detrimental to soundness and I don't think we should fool with it."

 

McCauley counters: "In this case, it is broken and needs to be fixed.  It's worth fighting for.  I hope it happens for the guys out there."

 

Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (TTRA) are responsible for local jockeys / apprentices' welfare.  One can only hope they are not turning a blind eye to the needs and necessities of a profession that is equally as important as owners and trainers.  Without riders, there would be NO RACING.

 

:: AB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, August 03, 2008

SUNDAY DANCING BRAVE COLUMN

                        --------   JOCKEYS ARE STARVING TO WIN ------ Part 1

 

 

There's a dirty secret in thoroughbred racing - starvation.

 

The jockeys who control charging, half-ton thoroughbreds are constantly battling to reduce their weight - starving themselves, using steam baths, taking diuretics and eating and vomiting so they can weigh 45 kilograms (100 pounds) or less, a Sunday Guardian probe has found.

 

In Trinidad and Tobago it is no different, with several jockeys, because of their weight, being forced out of riding as trainers and owners are always interested in the lowest weights for their horses, ignoring the other side of the coin: the poor lightweight jockeys that exist in Trinidad.

 

 It is very easy if you are close friends with any of the jockeys to witness the hardness of their features built over years of absurd wastage, that have them looking drawn and beaten.  Many jockeys age terribly in a short period of time, and this may explain sometimes why jockeys even in Trinidad and Tobago in the past have been found guilty of using some illegal drug.

 

It seems, though, that nobody cares what jockeys have to do to ensure they earn a bare living in Trinidad and Tobago and in the world, as the rest of this article will reveal.

 

"Most riders work really, really hard at keeping their weight down," said John Giovanni, executive director of the Jockeys' Guild in New York, recently.  "One reason their careers don't last so long is they kill themselves reducing.  They diet and use the sweatbox.  A lot of them jog in rubber suits, and some jockeys "flip" - they eat and regurgitate."

 

Eating and purging, a dangerous eating disorder called bulimia, "is in every jockeys' room," said former top jockey "Hollywood" Herb McCauley, who suffered from it for 20 years.

 

"It's said, it's something you try to hide, but it's there.  A lot of riders who do it eat like it's their last meal.  You're famished, so you eat and throw up," he said.

 

Dr. Arthur Heller, a nutritionist and digestive disease expert at New York Presbyterian Hospital, said the starvation practices could have terrible consequences.

 Jockeys can suffer the brittle and thinning bones of osteoporosis, blood disorders kidney and nerve damage abnormal heart rhythms, fainting spells, and muscle weakness and cramps.

 They can "tear a hole in their oesophagus and throw up blood," Heller said.

 

Jockeys say extreme weight-loss measures are widespread - and unnecessary - the result of the racing industry's refusal to change century-old weight limits.

 

They say it's time for change - a few pounds.  That's all.  It won't make much difference to a 1,000-pound horse, but it will make a big difference to the 100-pound jockey who rides him.

 

 The weight in question, called the tack (the total poundage of the jockey in full gear, plus saddle and saddlecloth) varies from race to race.  In the Triple Crown races in Trinidad and Tobago, for instance, the horses carry 56.5 kg( 126 pounds).

 

But in other races, the tack can drop to 50.5 kg(112 pounds) - sometimes less.

 

"Each generation keeps getting bigger but the scale of weights, which is the lowest of any country that has racing, hasn't been adjusted for years.  It's time it was," Giovanni said.

 

Hall of Fame rider Jerry Bailey agrees: "It's far overdue.  It would make my life a lot easier and extend my career.

 That's true for 75 to 80 percent of the guys, and I'm being conservative."

 Bailey isn't the only great jockey who battles the scale.

 For most of his career, Laffit Pincay Jr., the "winningest" rider of all time, fought his weight so much he'd eat half a peanut for lunch on a plane.

 

Former Kentucky Derby winner, Chris Antley once ballooned to 145 pounds, then ran miles and miles a day for months to get back to riding trim.

 

Aaron Gryder, the leading reinsman at the Aqueduct racetrack winter meet, follows a strict diet of toast or fruit for breakfast, no lunch, and a salad or piece of chicken or fish for dinner.

 Still, he spends an hour or more in the sweat box every riding day to drop two or three pounds.

 "Even if I didn't have to fight weight, I'd still be in favour of (raising the scale)," Gryder said.  "It's the only thing in racing that hasn't changed in 100 years.

 "If you walked into a health food store and looked at a chart, it would say someone my height (5 feet 6 inches) and (29) should weigh 140 pounds - not 112.  The sauna might be nice for 15 minutes, but it's not a healthy place to be five times a week, all day.

There are many punters who cry foul when an outsider defies all the form and wins a race.Some say that this race is a "Jockey race" and, while there is no evidence to substantiate this claim, can anyone in light of what the riders have to endure for low incomes, expect them to be different to politicians that always seek their own interest first.

 

Somebody needs to care, and to care very soon!

 

:: AB