Hold On Smart!!!

Hold On Smart is an Under 20 basketball team that has been together for some four months now. The team is comprised of a host of talented basketball players from various locations across Belize City, but struggled in the onset to gel its wide mix of talent, size, quickness, and raw athletic ability. Initially, there was confusion over who was to become the coach of the team... and after a few changes the team came out with Mr. Tremett Perriot as the Head Coach and Mr. Marshall Nunez as assistant coach. Special thanks to Smart for sponsoring the team and supporting all the young men in the chase for the title.

The team is currently playing in the Digicel Ballers For Life Tournament at the Civic Center. Currently, Hold On Smart is currently 2-1 in the tournament and is playing its fourth game this Friday (April 30th, 2010) at the Civic by the River... So everyone please come out and support the team this Friday at 7:30...HOLD ON SMART VS FERRARI!!!

Hold On Smart Roster

• Marshall "Blackaz" Nunez - Point Gaurd (Captain)


• Edgar "Bibby" August- Shooting Gaurd/Point Gaurd


• Jamal "Aguire" Kelly- Shooting Gaurd/Small Forward


• Berisford Codd- Power Forward/Center


• Russel Staine- Shooting Gaurd/Small Forward


• Hughson "Pouch" Tillet- Shooting Gaurd


• Elvis "The Diesel" Olivera- Center


• Adrian Jones- Center


• Brandon "Bams" Castillo- Shooting Gaurd /Small Forward


• Kendice "Zuba" Williams- Point Gaurd/Shooting Gaurd


• Devon "Bun" Wright- Small Forward/Power Forward


• Lyndon Arnold- Power Forward/Small Forward

Head Coach: Tremett Perriot
Assistant Coach: Marshall Nunez

To follow Hold On Smart and other sporting teams in Belize... click on the following website...
http://www.amandala.com.bz/index.php?tim=1272085199&cat_id=Sports



"Ignorance is the biggest rival to Progess" - Berisford Codd

Colonoscopy

All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who
was the one in charge.

"I should be in charge," said the brain , "Because I run all the body's
systems, so without me nothing would happen."

"I should be in charge," said the blood , "Because I circulate oxygen
all over so without me you'd all waste away."

"I should be in charge," said the stomach," Because I process food and
give all of you energy."

"I should be in charge," said the legs, "because I carry the body
wherever it needs to go."

"I should be in charge," said the eyes, "Because I allow the body to see
where it goes."

"I should be in charge," said the rectum, "Because I'm responsible for
waste removal."

All the other body parts laughed at the rectum And insulted him, so in a
huff, he shut down tight.
Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was
bloated, the legs got wobbly, the eyes got watery, and the blood Was
toxic. They all decided that the rectum should be the boss .
The Moral of the story? Even though the others do all the work...

The a$$ hole is usually in charge 

Graduation Time!!!

Graduation time is close to one month away, and students all over Belize are counting down the weeks, days, and even in some cases hours and minutes. It is a time of bliss for most of our young scholars who are finally able to see the fruits of their labor and dedication throughout the school year. Even though it is a blessing to be having the graduation experience, there is a major negative that comes along with it.

Graduation season brings both parties and late night studying. For some reason, this is the time of the year when teachers feel the need to stuff as much work down students throat as possible. Currently, many potential graduates are faced with the tasks of completing SBA's, studying for diploma exams, studying for cape and cxc's, and to top it all off being bombarded with end of semester projects. The SBA's and CXC's are a given, but those end of semester projects should be spread out more evenly during the semester. Instead of giving one big project at the end of the semester, how bout giving three small ones teachers!?!?!?!?!

Our students are being overworked on the final stretch when they are to be focusing exams...teachers lets reconstruct the teaching plans and give our students the best opportunity to become successful... AND ACTUALLY GRADUATE ON TIME!!!

"IGNORANCE IS THE GREATEST RIVAL TO PROGRESS"

- Berisford Codd

Team Belizean Heritage is Exonerated!!!

Sports in Belize has always been of limited importance to our government throughout our short history as an independent nation. Our glory days as a sports country came way back in the 60's and 70's when we were still under the control of our imperial masters. How we came to this point is difficult to understand, as we probably had some the best softball, football, and cycling athletes pre-indenpendence Belize. Cycling has gotten so bad in Belize that the mindset of our cyclists are to ride for foreigners than their own Belizean riders!!!

Succcess in sports comes less than a blue moon for Belize, but recently it has made a turn for the better. Sure the cyclists have not one a major race in ages and the football teams not come close to playing a competitive match, but lets take a look at the brighter side of things. For one, our special athletes have been dominant at all events that they have been a part of. Our U-12 and U-15 athletes were more than up to par in the recent basketball tournament held at Guatemela. But all that is trumped by a victory that we got off the basketball court and in the real court....

It was announced earlier in this week that Team Belizean Heritage, who had their silver medals at the COCABA games and trip to the next round of Olympic Qualifiers taken away, won their appeal against the ruling of FIBA. The ruling was in favor of Belize, as our constitution states that a person becomes a Belizean at birth if his/her parents are Belizeans. No where in our constitution states that a person must file for nationality before the age of sixteen. The sports fans of Belize are overjoyed at this moment, as our team seems to be very competitive and should make a good showing in the upcoming tournament in July.

Special thanks must be given out to Mr. Godfrey Smith, who lead the appeal for our country. It was through him and the good work of others who supported the cause that allowed for Team Belizean Heritage to officially become Team Belize here on out!!!.... LONG LIVE BELIZE....