BNAA National Track & Field Championships

National Sports Centre - 7/1/2022 Results

Event 78 Boys 1500 Meter Run U15

A Criterium is a French word referring to a cycling race on a closed course, often called ‘crits’ for short. This type of racing is a blend of fitness and strategy. Racing laps on a closed circuit, a criterium course is usually about a mile long and feature two to six turns while avoiding any significant hill climbs. Speed, intensity, and excitement are the defining characteristics of criterium racing.

Due to the many road repairs projects going on, the established sites for ‘crit’ races could not be used, so, for the first time, the Bermuda Bicycle Association made use of the motorsports asphalt racetrack in St. David’s to stage the CG Insurance Criterium Championship.

Top cyclist Kaden Hopkins and the injured Dominique Mayho did not compete this year while Liam Flannery, Alexander Miller and Nicholas Narraway were off Island representing Bermuda at the Caribbean Games in Guadeloupe.

The men’s open race was a close contest between Conor White, Nicholas Pilgrim, and Tyler Smith. Tyler would sprint away and the other two would work together and reel him in for a sprint to the finish line.

FULL NAME

Fenella Wightman

NICKNAME

Nell SCHOOL

Bermuda High School

BIRTH YEAR 2007

SPORT THAT YOU PARTICIPATE IN Triathlon, Track & Field

FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH

Triathlon

FAVORITE OTHER SPORT

Swimming

WHO IS/ARE YOUR ROLE MODEL

Flora Duffy

INTERNATIONAL HERO

Sydney McLaughlin

BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER

Neil De Ste Croix

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT

Double gold medal at CARIFTA Triathlon and Aquathon

FAVORITE FOOD

Tacos

THINGS YOU LIKE

Cooking, training with friends, travelling

THINGS YOU DISLIKE

Bad weather, barracudas

FAVORITE TV SHOW

Friends

FAVORITE MOVIE

Love Actually

FAVORITE SINGER

Harry Styles

FAVORITE SONG

Lose Yourself

PERSONAL AMBITIONS

Junior Commonwealth Games

DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO MEET

Nelson Mandela

BEST PLACE VISITED

South Africa

PLACE YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO VISIT Australia

The Powerade 5K starts and finishes at Butterfield & Vallis on Orange Valley, Devonshire.

The event, formerly known as the Nature Valley 5K, is open to runners and walkers, with the walkers starting at 7.45am and the runners at 8am.

The 2022 Powerade 5K Road Race Champions were Jake Brislane in the male class and Lucy Ching won the female class

Jake Brislane led from the start and never looked back, winning just under one minute ahead of the secondplace runner James Kennedy.

The Deloitte Tennis Open was held at the Pomander Gate Tennis Club, the Semi-final match-up saw South African Pro Tour player Wayne Montgomery testing the metal of Bermuda’s number one player, Tariq Simons.

For Tariq, it was an opportunity to measure where he stands on the global stage without leaving home in this semi-final match with the seasoned international player. Though he lost in straight sets 6–2, 7–5, Tariq fought a tough fight, but Wayne’s cross court ground stroke pushed Tariq to his limits.

In the finals men’s A singles final, Wayne defeated Trey Mallory in straight sets 6-3, 7-5.

Samara Adams defeated Unaysah Khan 6-1 6–2, but lost to Nadirah Durham 6-1, 6-1 in the Girls U18 Singles final.

FULL NAME

Samara Adams

SCHOOL

Warwick Academy

SPORT THAT YOU PARTICIPATE IN Tennis & Netball

FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH

None

FAVORITE OTHER SPORT

Swimming

WHO IS/ARE YOUR ROLE MODEL

Barbara Lambert My Maternal Grandmother

INTERNATIONAL HERO

Venus Williams

BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER

My Family

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT

Winning my 1st U-14 tournament

FAVORITE FOOD

Sushi

THINGS YOU LIKE

Trying New Sport and Competing

THINGS YOU DISLIKE

Unfairness

FAVORITE TV SHOW

Lucifer/The 100/Stranger Things

FAVORITE MOVIE

Pixels/Top Gun Maverick

FAVORITE SINGER

Shensea

FAVORITE SONG

Broadway Girls by Lil Durk/Morgan

Wallen

PERSONAL AMBITIONS

Become a Supreme Court Judge

DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO MEET

Adam Sandler

BEST PLACE VISITED

Mexico

PLACE YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO VISIT

Everywhere

Craig Bean was the number one junior tennis player in Bermuda when he died in a road traffic accident in the year 2000 at the age of 18. For Gavin Manders, Craig was a role model and the whole reason for him getting into tennis and Craig’s death was a huge blow. This would be the driving force behind preserving his memory by hosting an annual tennis tournament in his memory. Since 2019, Gavin’s goal has been to keep Craig’s memory alive and in the minds of the younger tennis players coming up.

On September 4th to the 11th, 2022, Manders Tennis Management hosted the Craig Bean Memorial Championships at the Fairmont Southampton tennis courts.

In 1999 Troy Harvey offered to take over the Heritage Scholarship Football tournament with the objective of infusing fresh ideas to grow the event as well as give the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Bermuda Alumni Chapter a vehicle to work with and develop young people in sportsmanship and achievement.

The events’ origins showcased the talents of young footballers between the ages of 7 & 12 and were called the Kappa Alpha Psi Pee Wee Extravaganza. The first year saw 12 boys’ teams compete in the different age groups with the entire event taking place over a few hours on a Saturday.

Thanks to the vision of the committee and the fostering of great partnerships with businesses in the community and a team of dedicated volunteers the event now takes place over three days and is competed for by over 1,000 kids (both boys and girls) between the ages of 7 and 14.

In 2010 the event was renamed, and it is now known as the Kappa Classic. It has grown to be the largest youth sporting event in Bermuda. The Men of Kappa Alpha Psi Bermuda Alumni Chapter continue to promote achievement through sport by providing an outlet for young people to showcase not only their sports skills but also their leadership and teamwork.

The Kappa Classic is held annually at the end of the local football season in March/April at the National Sports Center. After a 2½-year hiatus because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the youth football event has returned.

The Bermuda Lawn Tennis Association, the governing body for tennis in Bermuda, hosted the ‘Back to School’ Junior Open Tournament at the WER Joell Tennis Stadium.

28 boys and 2 girls entered the tournament and despite the awful heat, they displayed their love of the game.

Because there were only two females that signed up, they played a round robin format in both the U16 and U18 divisions.

Nadhira Durham had a frightening moment in the first set against Caitin Neijmeijer when she hyper extended her right knee and rolled her ankle. She would lose the first set 5-7, bounced back to win the second set, 6-2, before losing 6-0 in the third

Boys’ under-14 winner Kyan Hands.

The 2022 road running season starts with the Swan’s Running Club Labor Day 5K. The annual Labor Day race starts on North Shore Road in front of C-Mart and heads east to Palmetto Hill round-a-bout, over the hill along Palmetto Rd. and left onto Parsons Lane to the finish line.