MONA ACADEMY OF SPORT
Dr. Sharmella Roopchand-Martin (DPT, MSc. Rehabilitation Sci., MSc. Biomedical Ethics) – Head Mona Academy of Sport
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT The 2022/2023 academic year marked the return to full face-to-face delivery for our undergraduate programmes. The year was quite challenging due to the ongoing financial constraints. The total number of students enrolled in the academy for 2022/2023 was 102 across two undergraduate and five graduate programmes. Our undergraduate courses were delivered to students from the St. Augustine and Open Campus Academies using the Cross Campus platform. Teaching began late each semester due to delays in adjunct staff receiving their contracts. Regardless of this, they found ways to ensure that all content was covered by the end of the semester. Internet connectivity affected deliv- ery of some classes on the cross-campus platform, however recordings were shared with students who were affected. The graduate programs ran smoothly throughout the year and all summer practicums were successfully conducted onsite. A total of nine undergraduate and eight graduate students completed their programmes. Our PhD candidate Alison Facey won the three-minute thesis competition at the Mona campus in May 2023 and went on to secure a university win in June 2023. Despite the ongoing freeze in sports scholarships, we were still able to field teams for several intercollegiate tournaments through engagement of the student body. The female football team won the Intercollegiate tournament and the male team placed fourth. Both volleyball teams won the tournament, netball placed 3 rd and track and field finished 4 th . Though the campus did not fund a basketball coach, the students organized a team, and they placed 3 rd . Gears were provided by the Academy. At a national level both our volleyball teams competed in national developmental meets with the females securing a win and the males placing third. The athletes who remained on sports scholarships continued to excel. Our footballer Chris Ann Chambers was selected for the national football team that competed at Central America and Caribbean (CAC) games. Netballers Amanda Pinkney and Abigail Sutherland were selected for several national teams including the Americas Fed- 458
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