SPORTS
Newsday reporter
AS TRIBUTES in Trinidad and Tobago and across the region build with the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), the University of the West Indies (UWI) Faculty of Sport’s St Augustine Academy has also been abuzz with training activity.
“The Faculty of Sports is delighted that the CPL has used the St Augustine Sports Academy facilities as the sole training ground for all teams involved in the CPL XI. This coupled with our partnership in delivering the UWI CPL Sports Marketing Course this year shows the strong bond,” said Dr. Akshai Mansingh, Dean of Faculty of Sports and Chief Medical Officer of CPL.
“Very few institutions can offer such multidimensional offerings and we look forward to further areas where we can discover our shared potential,” he added.
On Tuesday, members of the Jamaica Tallawahs team and coaching staff led by West Indies legends Shivnarine Chanderpaul, UWI Honor Graduate (2018) and Sir Curtly Ambrose were on the ground. Also in attendance were UWI St Augustine Campus alumni Amir Jangoo who was nominated for the 2020 Vice Chancellor Sportsman of the Year Award and UWI Men’s Cricket Coach Keshava Ramphal (analyst).
