JULY 2018 I VOLUME 05 I ISSUE 03
JADCO EDUCATES ATHLETES AHEAD OF THE 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
INSIDE 2018 Commonwealth Games Anti-Doping Education Workshop page 2 JADCO Decennial Gala page 3 Meet the Directors page 4 2018 JADCO School Tour page 5 Anti-Doping Rule Violations page 7 JADCO and You page 8 Dope Free Creative Corner page 9 JADCO Out and About page 10
(L-r) June Spence-Jarrett, Executive Director at the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), discusses the 2018 Commonwealth Games Federation Standard with Dr. Rachael Irving, Researcher at UWI, Ian Darby, athlete from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Boxing Team and Dennis Coke, athlete from the Jamaica Badminton Association. The occasion was the 2018 Commonwealth Games Anti-Doping Education Workshop held at the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) Boardroom on Monday, March 19, 2018.
EDITORIAL The month of July marks a milestone in the history of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), as the organisation celebrates its 10th Anniversary on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. In recognition of this achievement, the Commission will be hosting several commemorative activities throughout the year under the theme, “Keeping Sport Clean, Forging Better Partnerships.” The activities will commence on Sunday, July 22, 2018 with a church service scheduled to be held at the Saint Andrew’s Scots Kirk United Church, beginning at 10:00 a.m. This will be followed by a Decennial Gala which will be held on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston commencing at 7:00 p.m. We look forward to celebrating with our stakeholders at these events. Continued on page 2
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EDITORIAL CONTINUED In this edition of the True Spirit we will highlight the 2018 Commonwealth Games Anti-Doping Education Workshop, which was held for athletes and support personnel ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games and take a closer look at the ten Anti-Doping Rule Violations. If you have queries or wish to share your feedback on this publication, send an email to truespirit@jadco.gov.jm.
2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES ANTI-DOPING EDUCATION WORKSHOP
Athletes and support personnel endorse the Say No To Doping Campaign at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Anti-Doping Education Workshop held at the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) Boardroom on Monday, March 19, 2018.
Athletes and support personnel participating in the 2018 Commonwealth Games received valuable information on anti-doping at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Anti-Doping Education Workshop held at the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) Boardroom on Monday, March 19, 2018. The objective of the workshop was to discuss the Anti-Doping Rules for the Commonwealth Games with athletes and support personnel ahead of the event, which was held in Gold Coast, Australia during April 4-15, 2018.
Speaking after the workshop, Ian Darby, an athlete from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Boxing Team and a participant in the 2018 Commonwealth Games said, “The workshop was necessary due to the lack of information athletes have on anti-doping. I am now equipped with the 2018 Prohibited List. Also, the ten ways to commit an Anti-Doping Rule Violation is now registered in my mind.” He further added, “Contrary to popular belief, JADCO is not, or should not be viewed as an athlete’s enemy, but instead should be their first source for anti-doping information. I now realise that the duty of this organisation is to help educate athletes, in an attempt to prevent doping in sport.” Also speaking after the workshop, Dr. Rachael Irving,
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Researcher at the University of the West Indies (UWI) said, “I really think that during the time the athletes are selected to represent the country they should have refresher anti-doping education, much like the continuous education material given to professionals such as doctors, nurses and lawyers. Continuous anti-doping workshops should be mandatory during the selection process to represent the country.” She further added, “I have also learnt that there can be diverse ways of presenting anti-doping information to athletes and the information must be communicated
in the way the athlete understands. The JADCO workshop was absolutely necessary, as the athletes representing the country need to be constantly updated on anti-doping.” The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission remains committed to the fight against doping in sport and continues to provide athletes and their support personnel with important information on anti-doping to enable them to make informed decisions.
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Meet the Directors
MS. SHARON DONALDSON 2. Tell us about your family. I am married with a daughter and a granddaughter. I have four sisters and three brothers.
Sharon Donaldson, Director at JADCO
Ms. Sharon Donaldson
is an Insurance Executive with over 25 years of experience. She is currently the CEO of General Accident Insurance Company and is responsible for driving its growth and overseeing the company’s prudent underwriting and risk management strategy. Ms. Donaldson serves as a Director of several local companies and organisations including Musson Jamaica Limited. She is also a Director and Lecturer at Richmond Academy, a professional learning institute for chartered accountants. Ms. Donaldson holds a LLB from the University of London, England and a MBA from the University of Wales. She is a Chartered Accountant, a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica and an Attorney-AtLaw. Ms. Donaldson is a graduate of Rusea’s High School. She represented the institution in netball and is also a past President of the Jamaica Netball Association. True Spirit recently spoke with Ms. Donaldson and this is what she had to share with us: 1. Tell us about your early life and your most memorable childhood experience. I was born in Hanover and I attended Rusea’s High School. I was involved in sports at school where I played netball and participated in track and field. I was also a member of the rural championship netball team. I have too many memorable childhood experiences to recall. However, I loved the Christmas celebrations, the opening of Christmas presents and decorating the Christmas tree.
3. What philosophy do you live by? The philosophy that I live by is, “Be the best you can be and have a good heart.” 4. What is your greatest accomplishment to date? My greatest accomplishment to date is raising a well adjusted daughter. I am very proud of her achievements. 5. What sport do you enjoy playing or watching? I love playing and watching tennis, as well as playing netball. 6. What is your vision for sport in Jamaica, the Caribbean and the world? Sport is a unifying force, it builds character and produces lasting friendships. I believe that every country should invest in the infrastructure and systems to produce the best sportsmen and sportswomen. Sport should be a major activity for all students. 7. What advice do you have for athletes and athlete support personnel? I would advise athletes to be passionate about their sporting activity of choice, to train hard and strive to be the best they can be. I would encourage them not to cheat and to be true to the principles and discipline required to succeed. In addition, I would advise athlete support personnel to know their charge, be firm but kind, be fair and be honest with advice, become mentors for athletes and encourage them to pursue their dreams. 8. What is your vision for the Commission? My vision for the Commission is for it to be seen as an important support system for the athletes. I want athletes to view the Commission as trustworthy and necessary and I want them to see that the Commission’s aim is to help them uphold the principles that govern success in their sporting discipline.
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9. How will you use your education and experience to add value to the Commission? I will share my management experience with the Commission and I hope to influence the operating policies that will drive the Commission’s strategic outcomes.
10. What would you say to athletes to encourage them to stay clean? I would tell athletes that there is nothing in this world that is more important than one’s integrity and character. Cheating may produce short term gains but eventually this will fade. False success is short lived and the shame of deceit lives with you forever. If they stay clean and work hard, good will come to those who have a good heart.
2018 JADCO SCHOOL TOUR
The 2018 series of the JADCO School Tour successfully impacted 460 athletes and support personnel from secondary schools within the parish of Manchester between the months of February to April. The JADCO School Tour came to a close on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Bellefield High School. The other schools visited during the period include Mile Gully High School, May Day High School, Christiana High School, Winston Jones High School, Manchester High School and Holmwood Technical High School. Look out for another series of the JADCO School Tour during 2019, when the JADCO team will be visiting secondary schools within the parish of St. Elizabeth. The Commission will also be hosting its annual Junior Athletes Anti-Doping Education Workshops in four regions across the island during the month of October. Look out for the October 2018 series of workshops.
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The following are highlights of the schools visited during the month of April:
Holmwood Technical High School
Representatives of Holmwood Technical High School endorse the Say No To Doping Campaign, during the JADCO School Tour at Holmwood Technical High School on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.
Bellefield High School
Colleen Cohen (l), Public Relations and Education Officer at JADCO discusses the importance of fair play with Dean Tomlin (r), Coach at Bellefield High School and student athletes Romoy Grant (2nd left) and Aneisha Lawrence (2nd right), during the JADCO School Tour at Bellefield High School on Wednesday, April 18, 2018.
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ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS Did you know that an athlete does not have to test positive to be accused of doping? Doping is defined as the occurrence of one or more Anti-Doping Rule Violations. There are currently ten ways in which you can commit an Anti-Doping Rule Violation and athletes and support personnel are responsible for knowing what constitutes an Anti-Doping Rule Violation and the substances and methods which have been included on the Prohibited List. The following constitute an Anti-Doping Rule Violation: 1. The presence of a prohibited substance, its metabolites or markers in an athlete’s sample. The Strict Liability Principle states that athletes are responsible for any prohibited substance found in their sample, whether or not they intentionally or unintentionally used a prohibited substance. 2. The use or attempted use by an athlete of a prohibited substance or prohibited method. If it can be proven by the Anti-Doping Organisation that an athlete used or attempted to use a prohibited substance or prohibited method, then that athlete can be sanctioned. 3. Evading, refusing or failing to submit to sample collection. This happens when an athlete refuses to be tested, evades or fails to provide a sample when approached by a JADCO Chaperone or Doping Control Officer. 4. Whereabouts Failures. A Whereabouts Failure occurs when an athlete receives a Filing Failure or a Missed Test. Once an athlete has committed three Filing Failures and/or Missed Tests within a 12 month rolling period, then the athlete can be sanctioned. 5. Tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control. Tampering includes intentionally interfering or attempting to interfere with a Doping Control official, providing fraudulent information to an Anti-Doping Organisation or intimidating or attempting to intimidate a potential witness.
6. Possession of prohibited substance or prohibited method. If an athlete or support personnel is found to be in possession of any prohibited substance or prohibited method in- or out-of-competition then they can be charged. If the athlete or athlete support personnel establishes that their possession of the prohibited substance or method is consistent with an applicable Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) they will not be sanctioned. 7. Trafficking or attempted trafficking in any prohibited substance or prohibited method. If an athlete attempts to distribute the prohibited substance or prohibited method and is found culpable of this violation then he or she can be sanctioned. 8. Administration or attempted administration of a prohibited substance or prohibited method. If an athlete is caught administering or attempting to administer the prohibited substance to himself or herself or even to another athlete and this can be proven before the Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel, then the athlete can be sanctioned. 9. Complicity. If an athlete assists, encourages, aids, abets, or conspires to cover-up any Anti-Doping Rule Violation or attempted Anti-Doping Rule Violation by another person, then they can be sanctioned. 10. Prohibited Association. Prohibited Association occurs when an athlete associates with a person in a professional or sport related capacity and this individual is serving a period of ineligibility, meaning that the person is banned from the sport at that time. If the Anti-Doping Organisation warns the athlete of the potential prohibited association violation and the athlete does not heed to the warning, then the athlete can be charged and sanctioned. For more information on Anti-Doping Rule Violations please visit www.jadco.gov.jm.
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JADCO and You Television and Radio Programmes
JADCO and You, is a series of television and radio features which disseminates important information on anti-doping to the general public. The feature is aired quarterly on TVJ and monthly on 12 radio stations. The JADCO and You television programme will be aired on Television Jamaica on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:25 p.m. JADCO and You will also be aired on the following radio stations on Thursday, July 26, 2018: Mello FM: 7:15 a.m. KLAS ESPN: 5:30 a.m. Irie FM: 1:40 p.m. Free I Radio: 11:30 a.m. Hot 102 FM: 5:55 a.m. Newstalk 93 FM: 4:55 p.m. Music 99 FM: 2:48 p.m. Suncity Radio: 12:35 p.m. Roots FM: 1:55 p.m. NCU FM: 5:50 a.m. TBC Radio: 10:00 p.m. Talk Jamaica Radio: 3:05 p.m. 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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DOPE FREE CREATIVE CORNER
We Don’t Need Dope To Cope!
By: Junior athletes from Westwood High School
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We don’t need no dope Say no to dope We don’t need no dope No dope to cope Real athletes don’t need dope to cope We a work hard cause we full a hope We nah cheat cause we well honest Westwood girls dem know we a di baddest Shot put, long jump we a do it all Train hard every day no dope at all We don’t need no dope
Junior Athletes from Westwood High School sang this jingle during the fourth in the 2017 series of Junior Athletes Anti-Doping Education Workshops. The event took place at The Cardiff Hotel and Spa in St. Ann on Wednesday, October 25, 2017. If you have a creative piece that you would like to be published in the True Spirit newsletter, send an email to truespirit@jadco.gov.jm.
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JADCO OUT and ABOUT The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) remains committed to the fight against doping in sport. The Commission continues to share the anti-doping message with athletes and their support personnel. Here are highlights of the education outreach activities that the Commission has facilitated since March 2018.
JADCO Conducts Workshop for 2018 CARIFTA Games Athletes
Nadia Vassell (l), Director of Technical Services, JADCO discusses the doping control process with Dwight Jones (r), Coach at Holmwood Technical High School, Christopher Taylor (2nd left), student athlete from Calabar High School and Shantae Foreman (2nd right), student athlete from Excelsior High School. The occasion was the 2018 CARIFTA Games Anti-Doping Education Workshop held at the office of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) on Wednesday, March 28, 2018.
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JADCO Conducts Workshop at Guy’s Hill High School
Student athletes at Guy’s Hill High School endorse the Say No To Doping Campaign. The occasion was an anti-doping education workshop held at the institution on Monday, April 16, 2018.
JADCO Supports Damion Johnson Junior Tennis Tournament
Colleen Cohen (r), Public Relations and Education Officer at JADCO, discusses the importance of a Therapeutic Use Exemption with Damion Johnson (l), Head Coach at Tennis Jamaica. The occasion was the Damion Johnson Junior Tennis Tournament held at Tennis Jamaica, Kingston on Friday, May 4, 2018.
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JADCO Supports KSATTA 2018 Women’s Cup
Student athletes endorse the Say No To Doping Campaign. The occasion was the Kingston and St. Andrew Table Tennis Association (KSATTA) 2018 Women’s Cup held at Excelsior High School on Saturday, May 12, 2018.
JADCO Supports Jamaica Cheer Federation Training and Wellness Fair
Student athletes from the Jamaica Junior Cheer team endorse the Say No To Doping Campaign. The occasion was the Jamaica Cheer Federation Wellness and Training Fair held at St. Hugh’s Preparatory School on Saturday, May 26, 2018.
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JADCO/JBSF Anti-Doping Education Workshop
Nadia Vassell (r), Director of Technical Services at JADCO and Dr. Ana Kay Harvey (2nd left), a representative of the Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association (JMDA), discuss the doping control process with Jo Manning (l), High Performance Director (HPD) and Carrie Russell (2nd right), senior athlete from the Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (JBSF). The occasion was the JADCO/JBSF Anti-Doping Education Workshop held for senior athletes and support personnel at the Jamaica Olympic Association on Wednesday, June 6, 2018.
JADCO/JRFU Anti-Doping Education Workshop
Colleen Cohen (r), Public Relations and Education Officer at JADCO, discusses the Therapeutic Use Exemption with Audrey Brown (l), Physiotherapist at the Jamaica Rugby Football Union (JRFU), senior athletes Adrian Brown (2nd left) and Shane Miller (2nd right). The occasion was the JADCO/JRFU Anti-Doping Education Workshop held at Emmet Park, St George’s College for senior athletes and support personnel on Friday, June 15, 2018.
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JADCO/JFF Anti-Doping Education Workshop
Senior athletes from the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) endorse the Say No To Doping Campaign. The occasion was the JADCO/JFF Anti-Doping Education Workshop held for senior athletes and support personnel at the office of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) on Tuesday, June 19, 2018.
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JADCO Supports JAAA National Junior and Senior Championships
Shakiel Rochester (standing), Public Relations and Education Officer at JADCO, supervises a student athlete and support personnel as they take the WADA Play True Quiz on day two of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) National Junior and Senior Championships. The event was held at the National Stadium from Thursday, June 21, 2018 to Sunday, June 24, 2018.
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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