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KC and St. George's Students |
The battle of North Street for Chess supremacy is played between Kingston College and St. George’s College Chess Clubs each year.
This tournament, dubbed the Maurice Tenn Chess Tournament, was started when Chess was played by the most prominent Chess Clubs among high schools.
Maurice Tenn was the first Chess Coach at St. Georges College and initiated this tournament over forty years ago and it continues to play annually organized and carried out by the present coaches of both schools.
The tournament is played with eight players from each Club representing the Upper school and lower school of each in a home and away format.
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| Ras Balie Reid |
Ras Balie Reid is a triple crown 'baller' and '10.4 sprinter' of the '70's. He has established himself as an excellent artist who uses the pencil art medium and has a sterling collection.
Balie began drawing at an early age. Discovered by Rachel Manley while in his first year at Kingston College High, she introduced him to her grandmother, Edna Manley, O.M. Over the next few weeks, at private sessions at her home, Edna Manley, O.M. laid the foundation of this gift with pencil. Depth and contrast was her main focus.
His first major work of art was presented under the guidance of Master Painter Alexander Cooper. This work was the first portrait of his fellow countryman The Hon. Robert Nesta Marley, O.M.
In addition to his early artistic accomplishment, Ras Balie was also Jamaica’s High School Sprint Double Champion, setting a new 100 meters record in 10.4sec. winning the 200 meters despite pulling his muscle 80 meters from the finish line. With his speed he dazzled opposing defenses leading his football team to the prestigious Triple Crown High School Football Championship in 1975. These abilities earned him a track scholarship to the United States.
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Nicknames at school
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Dr. Cedric Lazarus |
Nicknames in many instances are central to identity. At KC then and now, ask a boy about John Brown and he will look quite perplexed, but ask if he knows ‘Oily G’ and you will get, “Of course mi know him, a mi bredren!” At the same time he will also admit that he was unaware that ‘Oily G’ was indeed John Brown.
So how do these nicknames come about? Some boys arrive at KC with their nicknames intact while others got the names during their tenure at KC.
In my time at school some of the common names were as a result of direct visual observation. So we had, for example, ‘Fat Oil’, ‘Fat Man’, ‘Moonface’ and ‘Moonie’.
There were at least three ‘Moonies’ in my time. Some nicknames were obviously and distinctly politically incorrect, such as ‘Cripple’ for the boy who walked with a distinct limp; ‘Four Eye’ was obviously bespectacled and for obvious reasons sat at the front of the class.
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Lennox Graham and his JCSU team |
According to Gerald Hector, KCOB and Vice President of Finance at Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina, fellow KCOB Lennox Graham who is Track & Field Coach at the University is quietly building a world class program there.
Recently recruited Jamaican athletes are “just simply blazing trails in the both the classroom and on the track...
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