Yoplait, Vita Coca Jump Rope Open Championships 2015

Article: Yoplait, Vita Coca Jump Rope Open Championships 2015
On Saturday 21st November, 2015, students from the Diamond Vale Government Primary School jumped, hopped and skipped their way to victory winning the grand prize of five thousand dollars and a challenge trophy in the Yoplait, Vita Coca Jump Rope Open Championships themed “Fix it with Tricks”. A total of twenty schools participated in this event hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Jump Rope Federation at the Jean Pierre Complex, Port of Spain. The students competed in categories which included the Chinese Wheel, Alternative Speed, Girls’ Crosses, Double Under, Single Bounce Speed, One Foot Speed, Freestyle and the Pioneer Division which featured the Double Bounce Speed. From this event, which was also the first National Championship in Trinidad and Tobago, a team will be selected and prepared to represent Trinidad and Tobago in the Pan American Games in Orlando, Florida and World Jump Rope Championships in Portugal and Sweden next year. Among those present for this event was the Honourable Minister of Sport & Youth Affairs, Darryl Smith.