Last year, the National Secondary Schools Sports Association selected teams to represent Belize in the Central American Scholars' Games organized by CODICADER in Guatemala, El Salvador and Panama.
Seven teams which included a total of one hundred and seventy Belizean athletes were sent to these games to represent the country.
After the tournaments were over, our athletes brought back 14 medals - 10 of which were gold. Today award ceremony was held to honor those outstanding athletes. 7news was there.
Deon Sutherland - NSSSA
"Last year was one of our best years; we had a total of 14 medals, 10 of them gold medals and 3 team medals; 2 gold and 1 bronze. In basketball and softball we got gold medals in team sport as well as volleyball we got bronze medal. We got 3 gold medals in track and field and a gold medal in baseball which was the first time we participated in that discipline. Overall we did very well."
Monica Bodden
"How many disciplines did Belize took part in?"
Deon Sutherland - NSSSA
"We participated in 7 disciplines; 4 in Guatemala, 2 in El Salvador and 1 in Panama."
Monica Bodden
"What were those?"
Deon Sutherland - NSSSA
"The 4 in Guatemala was basketball, volleyball, softball and table tennis and in Salvador it was track and field and football and in Panama was baseball. In softball we were represented by Ladyville Technical High School, in basketball males, we were presented by Sadie Vernon and in females St. Catherine's Academy. In volleyball females it was St. Catherine's Academy and males Toledo Community College. In baseball it was San Pedro High School and in football it was Stann Creek Ecumenical. The track and field was a national selection as well as the table tennis."
The Next CODICADER games will be held in 2014 in Guatemala.
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