Rege Andrew, Gleaner Writer
Oberon Pitterson ... UWI's female Sports Personality of 2004/05. - ANDREW SMITH/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
GREG WARLOCKE'S multi-talented athletic skills won him the coveted title of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Male Sports Personality for 2004/05, while Oberon Pitterson copped the Female Sports Personality title.
The sports awards function scored big at the Rex Nettleford Hall's Multi-Purpose Centre last weekend, where athletes received honours for their performances in various sporting events.
Warlocke played guard for the UWI basketball team and they were champions in the Inter-College and Inter-Campus competitions. He was also the top scorer and had the most three-pointers in the competition.
Additionally, Warlocke competed in the Intra-Mural and Inter-Campus Track & Field competitions and placed second in the 5,000 metres at Inter-Campus 2005. He also played as goalkeeper for the UWI football team.
Pitterson represented the UWI netball team that placed second in the Inter-Col competition. She was captain of the Jamaica netball team that drew with England 1-1 in a tight and thrilling series played in England in July 2005. She also competed for the UWI basketball team that won the Inter-Col championships and was a member of the Jamaica squad that competed in the Caribbean Championships, finishing third.
OTHER AWARDEES
Pitterson and Warlocke obtained the top basketball awards, respectively. Other individual winners included Kerri Edwards and John Martin, badminton; Simon Jackson, cricket; Diana English and Nyron Morris, football; Kamille Dwyer and Donovan Shakespeare, hockey; Peta-Gay McFarlane and Andrew Anguin, tennis; Samara Salmon, netball; Lora D'Oyen and Lance Rochester, swimming; Yanique Levy and Omar Powell, track and field; Charlene Chin-See and Darryl Strachan, table tennis; and Ashareen Maxwell and Delford Morgan, volleyball.
Roy Taylor was coach of the year and Ingrid Nicely got the Sports Employee of the Year title.
Grace Jackson, former Olympic and Jamaican athlete, is the student services manager for sports at UWI. She told The Gleaner that the athletes had moved from strength to strength during the past seven years that she has been involved in sports at the university.
"The challenge faced is to constantly remind students that though it is an academic institution, sports is the only unifying thing in Jamaica," Jackson said. "Sports unifies people across religion, politics, institutions and in the wider social context."
She said that at UWI they constantly attempt to reinforce the message to students and administrators that what you do is important in sports because there are lots of learning outcomes in sports.
Most importantly, said Jackson, the factors dealing with discipline, teamwork, dedication and time management are the real things that you get out of sport.
