(Photos: Avon Carty)
The Valley, Anguilla – 2 December 2014: Anguilla’s twelfth race against HIV/AIDS was successfully held on Saturday, 29 November 2014, under the theme ‘Raise Awareness, Make a Difference”. The hope is that through the annual race, awareness and understanding of HIV and AIDS will continue to increase in local and regional communities, thus helping to reduce the stigma associated with this condition.
This annual charity event which was, this year, organised by the Optimist Club of Anguilla, in collaboration with the Departments of Youth and Culture, the Department of Sports and representatives from other agencies, offered the opportunity for all levels of runners and walkers of varying ages to participate. As in past years, over 100 persons registered and participated in the race including a contingent of young athletes from the Roots Athletics Club in Antigua, athletes from Diamond Athletics and Rainbow Rockets in Anguilla, staff and guests from Viceroy Resort and CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa and students from several primary schools. Congratulations are extended to all participants of the race.
The Optimist Club of Anguilla is grateful to the sponsors and to all who contributed in some way to making the race a success. Heartfelt thanks are extended to the overall sponsors for their contributions, several of whom have supported consistently over the years. They are Cape Air, H.E. The Governor Christina Scott, LIME, Viceroy Resort, MASA, Lutea (Anguilla) Ltd, Island Dream Properties, Merchants’ Market, Patsy’s Seaside Villas, Department of Youth & Culture, Millennium Sound Inc., Bob and MaryAnn Green, Ashley’s Restaurant (Larry Brooks), Syd & Petes, J .W. Proctor’s, CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa, Limin Supermarket, Lake’s Supermarket, Unique Trading, Timmy’s Pastry (Mr Tim Franklin), E’s Oven, Aronel Water, Tropical Treats, Max Printing Services Ltd, Daisy’s Restaurant, ICSS, Anguilla Teachers Union, Friend of Optimism, Department of Agriculture, Department of Sports, Tropical Distributors, National Youth Ambassador Corps, Health Promotion Unit of the Department of Nutrition & Health Promotion, AXA ITF Tae Kwon Do, La Severine Fitness, Styler’s Tae Kwon Do, Design Anguilla, Gadget City, Original Barbers, Dungeon Gym, Digicel, Unbeweaveable Divas Salon, SpaGo (Mr Kirthly Richardson), Coral Reef Book Store, Anguilla Swims (Ms Linda Gratton) and The Ribbon Consulting Group Washington DC, USA.
The winners for the 2014 Race against Aids were:
1K Category (under 7 years old)
Male (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – Khai Smith, Cardinaé Rennie, Shayelle Allwalters
Female (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – Raykayla Adams, Geminque Hughes, Janiqua Browne
1K Category (8-12 years old)
Male (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – Deshawn Hodge, Keavaughn Wilson, Jo’Quan Richardson
Female (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – Zenobia Reid, Mia McIntosh, Iyesha Carty
5K Category
(10 and under)
Female (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – Tyneeha Woodley, Mikailah Carty, Sharanya Smeins
Male (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – Jahquan Browne, Aron Aukdeo, J’Kwon Ruan
(Ages 11-15)
Male (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – Mathew Jean-Baptiste, Ricardo Richardson, Taheim Carty
Female (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – Annya Friday, Nia Coates, Olinka Harrigan
(Ages 16-40)
Male (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – Tarik Reid, Jordan Scheer, Emmette Thompson
Female (1st, 2nd) – Nicole Gumbs, Mirabelle West
(Ages 40+)
Male (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – Peron Supersaud, Toud Yamaocia, Oswald Baptiste
Female (1st 2nd ) – Rosanna Browne, Valencia “Ms Ellen” Davis
10K Category (Open Age)
Males (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – Justin Hodge, Kalique St. Jean, Steadroy Hodge
Female (1st, 2nd and 3rd ) – Jonicia Richardson, Lizanne Searing, Agnieszka Linkowski
– Press Release
(Published without editing by The Anguillian newspaper.)
