JADCO True Spirit October 2016

October 2016 l Volume 03 l Issue 04

JADCO Launches 2016 Poster Competition

INSIDE JADCO Launches Poster Competition Page 2

Junior Athletes Anti-Doping Education Workshops Page 3

Meet the Directors Alexander Williams, Chairman of JADCO Page 4

2016 JADCO Poster Competition Page 5

Senior Athletes Anti-Doping Education Workshop Page 6

Testing Services Page 7

Nutrition and the Professional Athlete Page 8

JADCO and You Television and Radio Programmes Page 9

JADCO Out and About Page 10

(L-r) Vanessa Reid-Ledford, Director of Communication and Education at JADCO and Nekorah Phillips-Brown, recording artiste, listen attentively as Adjaynae Billings, winner of the 2014 JADCO Mascot Competition, talks about his experience entering and winning the competition and meeting his creation, Leo, The Dope Patrol Officer. The occasion was the launch of the 2016 JADCO Poster Competition.

EDITORIAL Every athlete has the desire to win, but not everyone can be a winner on the day of competition. Not being able to achieve the goal you have worked hard for can be devastating.

However, once you practise good sportsmanship, you will understand that winning with grace is just as important as losing with grace.

Demonstrating good sportsmanship is important for everyone involved in sport. It involves respecting yourself, your teammates, coaches, game administrators, your opponents and even the spectators. When we practice good sportsmanship, we demonstrate that respect is an integral part of sport. By showing respect for each other, we encourage

kindness, and fair play.

Once again, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Comission (JADCO) has commenced another series of Junior Athletes Anti-Doping Education Workshops and we will continue to expose junior athletes and their support personnel to values-based education. JADCO encourages athletes and their support personnel to strive to preserve the values that are associated with sport as they work hard to achieve their respective goals.

If you have queries or wish to share your feedback on this publication, send an email to truespirit@jadco. gov.jm.

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JADCO Launches Poster Competition at the 2016 Junior Athletes Anti-Doping Education Workshop

Adjaynae Billings of Ardenne High School, winner of the JADCO Mascot Competition, encourages secondary school students to participate in the 2016 JADCO Poster Competition.

JADCO launched the 2016 JADCO Poster Competition at the first in the 2016 series of their annual Junior Athletes Anti-Doping Education Workshops, which was held on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at the Golf View Hotel in Manchester.

Speaking at the event, Vanessa Reid-Ledford, Director of Communication and Education at JADCO, delivered greetings on behalf of the Executive Director, Carey Brown. She said, “During last year’s series of workshops, we awarded the participants in our mascot competition and revealed the mascot that was created based on the winning design. This was in an attempt to ensure we foster interesting ways to get young persons involved in learning about anti-doping. The mascot, Leo, The Dope Patrol Officer, will continue to be a prominent feature in our outreach and promotional efforts.” She also said “While you work to develop yourself at your sport of choice, remember that it not only involves hard days of physical training and mental conditioning. Excelling at sport is also about fair play, respecting opponents, the rules of the game and staying clear of Anti-Doping Rule Violations.”

The 2016 JADCO Poster Competition provides secondary school students across Jamaica with an opportunity to demonstrate their creativity by designing a poster for JADCO under the theme “No Dope To Cope”. The competition will run from October 12, 2016 to January 20, 2017. The winner will receive a trophy and $30,000, while second place will receive a trophy and $20,000 and third place will be rewarded with a plaque and $15,000.

The winner of the 2014 JADCO Mascot Competition, Adjaynae Billings from Ardenne High School, also

The JADCO Mascot Leo, the Dope Patrol Officer (r), shares a light moment with his creator, Adjaynae Billings (l), winner of the 2014 JADCO Mascot Competition. participated in the launch. He shared his experience of winning the competition and encouraged participants to take advantage of the opportunity to design a poster for the Commission. He said, “After winning the competition, I gained recognition beyond measure. The story was publicised in the media and persons, both known and unknown to me, told me how my name was on the radio and in the newspaper and they congratulated me on my accomplishment. The principal, teachers and students from my school all expressed how proud they were of me winning and keeping Ardenne’s legacy of excellence going strong. I would encourage persons to enter this competition and to take advantage of every opportunity to shine no matter how small it seems.”

JADCO is hosting four Junior Athletes Anti-Doping Education Workshops across the island. The first workshop was held at the Golf View Hotel in Manchester and catered to secondary school student athletes and support personnel from schools in Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth. It included presentations on the role and responsibilities of JADCO, the doping control process and the health consequences of prohibited substances and methods. Participants also received values-based education.

A workshop was held at The Wexford Hotel in St. James on October 19, 2016 for schools in Westmoreland, Hanover, St. James and sections of Trelawny. Following this, workshops will be held at The Cardiff Hotel & Spa in St. Ann on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 for schools in St. Ann, St. Mary, Portland and sections of Trelawny and the Jamaica Conference Centre (JCC) in Kingston on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 for schools in Kingston and St. Andrew, St. Catherine and St. Thomas.

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MEET THE DIRECTORS - Mr. Alexander Williams 3. What philosophy do you live by?

Failure is not an option.

4. Tell us about your greatest accomplishment to date.

My two daughters.They have made me proud and I know they will continue to do so.

5. What sport do you enjoy playing or watching?

I love playing dominoes and watching football.

Alexander Williams, Chairman of JADCO

6. Tell us about your vision for sport in Jamaica, the Caribbean and worldwide.

My vision is for sport to become the greatest contributor to Jamaica’s gross national product.

7. What advice do you have for athletes and athlete support personnel in sport?

Keep clean and remember that we, as a country, must do nothing to injure our worldwide reputation for excellence.

Meet Alexander Williams, the current Chairman of the JADCO Board of Directors. He is an Attorney-At-Law with over twenty five (25) years of experience practising at the private bar in both civil and criminal cases.

8. What is your vision for the Commission?

JADCO will become the best national anti-doping organisation (NADO) in the world.

He holds a LLB (Hons.) from the University of the West Indies, Mona and a Certificate in Legal Education from the Norman Manley Law School.

9. How will you use your education and experience to add value to the Commission?

I will use my education as an attorney to help JADCO keep in compliance with the relevant legislation and my experience with public bodies, as well as my previous tenure as Chairman gives me the knowledge that will help me to steer us quickly in the direction of being the best NADO.

Mr. Williams previously served as Chairman of the JADCO board between 2008 and 2011. He has also served on the boards of other national institutions, including the National Family Planning Board, National Water Resources Authority, the Kiwanis Foundation of Jamaica, St. John’s Primary School and Jonathan Grant High School.

Between 2012 and 2016, he was a Senator and during those years served on several joint select committees of parliament, including committees dealing with banking, bankruptcy, insolvency, police oversight, corruption and integrity, sexual offences and committal proceedings.

10. What would you say to athletes to encourage them to stay clean?

Cheating will ruin your life, your country and your family. It is never an option.

True Spirit recently spoke with Mr. Williams and this is what he had to share with us: 1. What is your most memorable childhood experience?

The most positive one was singing in a combined schools’ choir at the St. Andrew Scots Kirk United Church in Kingston. At the time, I attended St. Richard’s Primary School and we also toured the island.

2. What did you want to become while growing up?

I always wanted to be a lawyer.

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NUTRITION and the PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE pre-season? Is the athlete recovering from surgery or injury?

Dr. Christine Fray-Aiken, Sports Nutritionist 1. What constitutes a healthy balanced diet for a professional athlete and how does this differ from an individual who does not partake in sport?

A healthy diet has to provide individuals with enough carbohydrates, proteins, fats as well as the vitamins, minerals, fruits and vegetables that they need.

However, for athletes, their diet is often tailored to provide energy for the particular sport that he or she plays, whether it is an endurance sport, sport of speed, power or aesthetics, so the quantity of the different food groups may be different.

2. Explain the specific nutritional benefits gained from the different food groups.

For the Caribbean, we have six food groups: staples, foods from animals, legumes, nuts and oils, fruits and vegetables, fats and oils. Foods are placed in groups based on the nutrients they provide. We have six nutrients - carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and water and we also have 3 energy nutrients namely carbohydrate, protein and fat. Our body uses three energy systems, the phosphagen system (which stores protein compounds) will give you energy for the first 5 seconds, the lactate system will give you energy for 2 minutes. We get this from our carbohydrates and the oxygen system which is fueled by nutrients such as carbohydrates and fats and this is useful in endurance sport. The vitamins and minerals are what make the enzymes in these systems work and these come from fruits and vegetables. Our bodies are made up of 70% water so water is an important nutrient for bodily function.

3. What are some of the factors that determine an athlete’s nutritional needs?

The age of the athlete, the gender, the type of sport, whether or not it is a training day. Is it off-season or

4. Describe a typical diet for an average female athlete competing in sprints.

This is a sport of speed and short duration so a lot of carbohydrates will be needed. Three to four hours before her sprint, she will need to top up on her glycogen stores so her muscles have enough strength and she will need some amount of protein that is low in fat and foods that are low in fibre. She could have two or three ground provisions (yam, banana) with bake chicken, like a leg, a fruit or a cup of juice. If the food is too heavy to leave her stomach within four hours before her event, she could choose instead a chicken or beef sandwich, typically three ounces of meat. She could also have a shake or smoothie. Two to three hours before the event, she should drink two cups of water. One to two hours before, she could have a sandwich if she did not get the chance to eat. 30 to 60 minutes before the event, she can drink some water and eat something carbohydratebased like a jam sandwich. 10 to 20 minutes before the event, she should drink a cup of water to ensure she is hydrated.

If she has multiple sprints in a day, within thirty minutes after the last race, she will need to eat a recovery snack high in carbohydrates and protein.

Milk and a sandwich is a good example of a recovery snack. This eating regime is something that you follow on training days and on competition days. On regular days, you wouldn’t need as many calories.

Female athletes should also eat foods rich in iron and calcium.

5. Describe a typical diet for a male bodybuilder.

His diet and timing of meals will look similar to someone in the sprints, however quantities would be higher based on the amount of body weight he is carrying so his protein intake may be more. He will need carbohydrates to help lift the weights and he should always be hydrated.

6. How important is hydration to athletes and what is the advice regarding the substances that they can use to hydrate?

Hydration is very important for athletes. If they are within 2-3% dehydrated they will not perform as well. There’s a hydration schedule. Two to three hours before an event, they should drink two cups of water or 16 ounces. Strength athletes would need 20 ounces 30 to 60 minutes before the event. Athletes whose sport rely mostly on strength will need more water than sprint athletes because of their body size, but sprinters sweat a lot so they should also keep hydrated.

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7. Can athletes get all their dietary needs from the foods they eat, or do they need dietary supplements?

Yes, an athlete can get all of what he or she needs from foods. The meals the athlete eats has to be put together by a qualified nutritionist or dietician, or the athlete may end up thinking that he/she has to take supplements. Athletes have to be careful when taking supplements, because they are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and you do not know if the supplement is contaminated with any prohibited substance.

8. What are some of the general tips about food and nutrition that you give to athletes?

When you are training, you need to eat as you would while in competition. This is the only way you’ll know what works for you. Ensure you get proper nutrition advice from a qualified sports nutritionist or dietician.

JADCO and You Television and Radio Programmes

JADCO and You, a series of television and radio features which disseminates important information on antidoping to the general public, is aired quarterly on TVJ and monthly on 12 radio stations.

The JADCO and You television programme will be broadcast on Television Jamaica on Wednesday, October 26, 2016.

JADCO and You will be aired on the following radio stations on Thursday, October 27, 2016

Mello FM: 07:15 AM KLAS ESPN: 05:30 AM Irie FM: 01:40 PM Free I Radio: 11:30 AM Hot 102 FM: 05:55 AM Newstalk 93: 04:55 PM Music 99 FM: 02:48 PM Suncity Radio: 12:35 PM Roots FM: 01:55 PM NCU FM: 05:50 AM TBC Radio: 10:00 PM Talk Jamaica Radio: 03:05 PM To watch previously aired JADCO and You television programmes, tune in to PBC Jamaica Tuesdays to Fridays at 1:00 p.m. and on Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

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JADCO OUT and ABOUT JADCO/Jamaica Squash Association (JSA) Anti-Doping Education Workshop

(L-r) Vanessa Reid-Ledford, Director of Communication and Education at JADCO, discusses the Commission’s stance on the use of supplements with Alyssa Mullings, Stephon Morrison, athletes and Karen Anderson, coach, all from the Jamaica Squash Association (JSA). The occasion was an anti-doping education workshop held at the Liguanea Club on Thursday, July 14, 2016.

JADCO/Jamaica Basketball Association (JABA) Anti-Doping Education Workshop

Athletes from the Jamaica Basketball Association (JABA) Say No To Doping during an anti-doping education workshop held at the G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport on Thursday, July 21, 2016.

JADCO/Table Tennis Jamaica (TTJ) AntiDoping Education Workshop

Nadia Vassell (2nd right), Director of Technical Services at JADCO, discusses the doping control process with Dr. Kerone Wint (r), a representative from the Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association (JMDA), Richard Davidson (l) coach of Angels Table Tennis Academy and Kelsey Davidson (2nd left), Under 11 and Under 13 National Table Tennis Champion, during an anti-doping education workshop held for Table Tennis Jamaica at the National Arena on Saturday, July 16, 2016.

JADCO/University of the West Indies (UWI) Anti-Doping Education Workshop

Samantha Allen (2nd left), Public Relations and Education Officer at JADCO, discusses the doping control process with Conrad Parks (l), Sports Coordinator at the UWI and student athletes, Kevaughn Campbell (2nd right) and Octavia Grey (r), during an anti-doping education workshop held for student athletes representing the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona and their support personnel on Thursday, September 22, 2016.

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JADCO Supports UWI/UTech Sports Championship

JADCO/National Council on Drug Abuse (NDCA) Anti-Doping Education Workshop

Athlete support personnel from the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) Say No To Doping during an anti-doping education workshop held at the offices of the NCDA in Kingston on Wednesday, September 28, 2016.

Yanique Nathan (r), Senior Secretary at JADCO, presents a student athlete from the University of Technology (UTech) with a token for successfully completing the WADA Play True Quiz on his visit to the JADCO booth at the 2016 UWI/UTech Sports Championship held at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Bowl on Saturday, September 24, 2016.

Prepared by the Communication and Education Department of JADCO. Contact us at: The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission PBCJ Complex, Building 2 5 - 9 South Odeon Avenue, Kingston 10

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