Smith & King To Speak At BTFA Banquet
The Bermuda Track & Field Association will be holding its bi-annual banquet this coming Sunday December 18th ay 6:30pm at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, and Tyrone Smith and Arantxa King will be the guest speakers.
BTFA President Donna Watson said, “With both of them living overseas we felt it would be a great idea for the people of Bermuda especially our BTFA family to meet these 2 in persons and hear of their experiences with both of them representing Bermuda in the previous Olympics.
“Both of them are Long Jumpers and they both bring different experiences to the table. Arantxa has competed for Bermuda since her youth days and she has just recently graduated from Stanford University and she was a top 3 finisher in the NCAA and medaled for Bermuda in several International events.
“Tyrone started competing for Bermuda in his later years but has competed well and placed in the top 3 winning gold a few times for Bermuda in International events. We are looking forward to both of them being here in Bermuda and the athletes are excited to be hearing about their experiences.
“We will also be awarding our athletes of the year in the U17, U20, Open, Open Road Running and Masters Road Running categories. We will also be honoring our coaches because without them we will not have athletes and they give of their time willingly and volunteer their services.
“The BTFA have been making huge strides in the last few years in putting Bermuda back on the map in track & field and we are very excited about that. As you know we are preparing to host the Carifta Games next year and not only are we going to be putting on a first class event but we are also looking forward to our athletes competing well with several of them on the medal podium.
“This banquet is a great way for us to close out this year and this season and getting ourselves ready for the big year next year with the Carifta Games at home and of course London 2012 where we are hoping to have a few track & field athletes compete.
