From left: Malik Issacs of The Manning’s School copped the coveted NCB Boy title at the Cornwall leg of the Advanced MVP Grassroots Athletics Training Camp held in October in Montego Bay. Also photographed is Wayne Hunter, NCB branch manager, Fairview, and Judeen Aird of Petersfield High School, who took home the NCB Girl award. The NCB Foundation has been partnering with MVP. Track & Field Club for over 10 years and have formalised the partnership over a three-year span, commencing in 2018. For the next three years, these annual training camps will be sponsored by the NCB Foundation, which committed $1.165 million annually, totalling about J$3.5 million over the years. The programme primarily aims to bring MVP’s world class training methods to all three counties in Jamaica as a way of empowering Jamaican athletes and coaches to learn even more about the amazing sport of track and field.
