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Point Fortin RC students are happy to play tennis again

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    Jayshaun Hamlet and Naomi Mohammed practice together in Harriman Park, Port Fortin last Thursday.  CHECK WHEELER PHOTOS -
Jayshaun Hamlet and Naomi Mohammed practice together in Harriman Park, Port Fortin last Thursday. CHECK WHEELER PHOTOS –

Chequana Wheeler

Tennis players Jayshaun Hamlet and Naomi Mohammed are happy to return to central court once again after three months of not being able to play due to tight sports restrictions19.

“I just wanted you to train to start over,” Hamlet, 12, told Newsday Kids during a break from rehearsals in Harriman Park, Port Fortin. “I just started training and walking around the neighborhood with my family to make up for time.”

Mohammed, 11, felt the same way. “I felt especially depressed knowing that I couldn’t train,” he said. Only last week the Prime Minister said that all sports could start again.

The two players were on the pitch with their coach Raffeek Mohammed who was impressed with their positive attitude. They are hardworking and have great potential for success in the sport, he said.

Students of Point Fortin RC elementary school Naomi Mohammed and Jayshaun Hamlet meet at the central court. –

“As a coach, it is difficult to say who will make it, but once they work hard and work hard, they will have a chance,” said the coach.

Hamlet and Mohammed are now able to train from Monday to Friday, between 15:00 and 17:30, at the Point Fortin field, and on Saturday morning, from 9:00 to 12:00, at the Eastern Regional Sports Sports Arena in Tacarigua. They are members of the junior national team.

Hamlet has been playing tennis since he was four and Mohammed started when he was three. In his case, he wants to be like his mother, Shenelle Mohammed, who has been a senior national player representing the TT in many tennis tournaments.

The young players have described tennis as a “mental clearing experience” and enjoy the thrill of the sport and its rewards.

Another reward they wish to earn are places in their secondary schools of choice when they write the SEA exam on August 20. Hamlet wants to go to Presentation College and Mohammed’s choice is ASJA Girls’ College, both in San Fernando.

Naomi Mohammed and Jayshaun Hamlet with their coach
Raffeek Mohammed before their tennis practice at Harriman Park,
Port Fortin last Thursday. –

Just as they wished to play tennis, the five Point Fortin RC Primary School standard students are eager to finally take the exam scheduled for April 2, but that was postponed when schools closed in March when the government announced stay at home prevent everyone from being covid19.

“We have been preparing for five months, we have to do more work, three months already completed,” said Mohammed. Hamlet said he was happy to have more time to prepare for the exam. The two students said they had practiced past documents sent by their teachers and the Ministry of Education.

As they prepare to return to school in late July, Hamlet and Mohammed said they finally feel that everything will be fine, especially when they manage to pursue their passion: tennis.

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