By Iva Wharton
Covent Garden Secondary School’s dominance of the national schools’ rugby tournament is a testament to the hard work put in by the students, both males and females, says Troy Yhip, Youth Development Officer (YDO) of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU).
Covent Garden won all six of their matches at the under-14 category but lost to Tutorial in the under- 16 event. The competition was played Saturday last on the rugby field at the National Park.
Two of the six matches were female games played against a combined Marian Academy and St. John’s College team.
Yhip said that of the 12 schools in the programme, Covent Garden Secondary probably has the most dedicated bunch of students.
The YDO, who is in charge of Covent Garden Secondary and three other schools, Marian Academy, North Georgetown Secondary and Queen’s College, noted that Covent Garden was the only school
