Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Good Shepherd, St Albans take Blackett titles

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The final 4×100 metre relay for the day signalled the boys’ title would stay safe in the hands of theSt Albans Primary School following in the Andrea Blackett Zone of the National Primary Schools Athletics Championships yesterday.

And that victory copped by the 2018 overall boys champions by one-and-a-half points at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex on Valentine’s Day was just what the school needed to lift their spirits and express their love following the passing of one of their past students, Najae Haynes, 13, who lost his battle with leukemia the previous day.

Amassing 236.50 points, they once again lived up to their name; the Honey Badgers, even though small, maintained their fearlessness to again defeat St Cyprian’s Boys’ who had to settle for second with 235. Good Shepherd were a distant third with 148 points. (RG)

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