Denton Hurdle Awards Honour Young Athletes
The 29th Denton Hurdle Awards presentation recently took place in the Warwick Academy Gymnasium, with the awards handed out in honour of the late Denton Hurdle.
The awards honour high achievers in divisions including primary school, middle school, and senior school, with an honourable mention given to runners-up in each category.
Selah Tuzo from Northlands Primary won the Primary School Girls category after earning the distinction this year of becoming the youngest ever winner of the Bermuda Day youth race at the age of nine.
Miss Tuzo has also won the Front Street Mile, the National Cross Country Championships, Dash at Dark, Telford Mile, and the Butterfield and Vallis 2K race.
Honourable mentions were awarded to track star Za’Kayza Parsons from Heron Bay Primary School and Danni Watson from Elliot Primary School
T’syi Showers from West End Primary won the Primary School Boys category. The young athlete is Head Boy, Prefect, House Captain, and Librarian at West End Primary, and has earned the distinction of being on the principals list every term in P4, P5 and P6. Besides winning the school math competition, Mr. Showers also captains West End Primary’s football, cricket, track, and hockey teams.
Honourable mentions were awarded to Marcus Scotland from Saltus Grammar School and Nicholas Pilgrim from Warwick Academy
The Middle School Girls category title was shared by two young ladies who had phenomenal years; Sakari Famous from Dellwood Middle School and Madelyn Moore from Warwick Academy. Miss Famous has won back-to-back high jump silver medals at the CARIFTA Games, and has also broken the BSSF high jump record for two consecutive years.
Miss Moore has collected three gold, three silver, and one bronze medal during her participation in the last two CARIFTA games in swimming. In the process of amassing this medal haul, she broke the 50m freestyle CARIFTA record in April 2014.
An honourable mention was awarded to Messiah Greaves from Bermuda High School.
Sean Tucker from Warwick Academy won the Middle School Boys category. At the young age of 14, Mr. Tucker has already represented Bermuda in multiple sports, including track and field in the CAC Age Group Championships in Curacao, basketball in the Under 14 Global Cup in Florida, volleyball for the Under 17 Volleyball National team in the ECVA tournament in Antigua, and the Under 12 Bermuda Rugby Junior Team in the Bahamas.
An honourable mention was awarded to Jahkeylo Burgess from T.N. Tatem Middle School.
Taahira Butterfield from CedarBridge Academy captured the Senior School Girls Trophy. Miss Butterfield has represented Bermuda at the CARIFTA games since 2011; she also represented Bermuda at the CAC Junior Championship Games in El Savador in 2012, the IAAF World Youth Championships in the Ukraine in 2013, and the Jean Pierre Netball tournament. She is a Principal Honours Student and will graduate with a 3.76 GPA.
An honourable mention was awarded to Gabriella Arnold from Warwick Academy.
Marcus Smith from Saltus Grammar School picked up the Senior School Boys Trophy. He is Deputy Head Boy and Prefect at Saltus, and has also been part of the National Youth Volleyball team programme. Mr. Smith has attained 10 GCSEs and is on the Headmasters Honour Roll, while also working as part of the first Bermuda cast to take part in the Caribbean Secondary School Drama Festival, winning best dancer at the competition.
An honourable mention was awarded to Brandon Sousa from Mount Saint Agnes Academy .
