Churches Credit Union captures double Gold…Mascot Wins Gold
Kingston, Jamaica, August 4, 2010
Excitement and Pandemonium broke out at the 10th Annual Sports Championships when “Thrifty Bee the Mascot” (Hope) representing Churches Co-operative Credit Union Limited won gold.
In the thrilling encounter billed as the Showcase of the Sponsors, 100m Males, “Thrifty Bee the Mascot won the surprised gold medal in a time of 15:71. Dean Jones (Hope) his teammate tried hard for a sliver posting 16:74 and Garvin Grandison (Faith) representing Optimist Club of UWI Mona, took the bronze medal 16:84. Thrifty Bee was given a 50m head start and buzzed and tumbled his way to the finish line. The crowd erupted in sheer delighted as the mascot was a gold medalist at Sports Champs 2010.
It was double gold for Churches Co-operative Credit Union Limited. The Showcase of the Sponsors 100m Females also created excitement and intrigue. Kadian Dyke of Churches Co-operative Credit Union Limited representing Team Hope took gold, while Kenicia Smith of Island Grill representing Team Faith took silver and Patrice Grandison of Optimist Club of UWI Mona representing Team Faith won bronze.
Team Faith deservedly was crowned champions with 2380 points. Faith recorded a medal haul of 14 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze medals. Faith also mined another 8 gold medals in the quality awards, a total of 23 gold medals. Team Hope former fives time champions placed second with 2175 points, and secured 11 gold, 15 silver and 11 bronze. The season’s defending champions Team Love plummeted to last position with 1415 points. Team Love tried desperately hard but could only managed a record low medal tally. Love won 3 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze medals.
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