Celebrating Excellence
Saturday Social offers a final cheer to the legacy of Calabar High School at the Calabar Old Boys’ Association (COBA) Cocktail Party and Awards Ceremony held at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters in St Andrew on November 22.
Photographer: Garfield Robinson
Representing the Calabar student body were (from left) Head Boy Tyrique Bonner, Deputy Head Boy Moses Blair and Deputy Head Boy Alroy Dennis.Garfield Robinson
Celebrating their success, top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate student Jaiden Thompson (left) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination Unit One student Tajavaughn Salkey shared the frame after receiving their awards.Garfield Robinson
Calabar High Track and Field Head Coach Julian Robinson and his attorney-at-law wife Tamara were among those celebrating the school alumni’s achievements.Garfield Robinson
Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Joseph Blidgen (right) was presented with the President’s Award by Calabar Old Boys’ Association President Major Desmon Brown.Garfield Robinson
Out to support the Calabar school community was Kegars Beauty and Spa CEO Kecia Walker.Garfield Robinson
World 110m hurdles silver medallist Orlando Bennett relished his President’s Award honour alongside fiancée Kareme Hudson. Garfield Robinson
Attorney-at-law and Calabar alum Owen K Ferguson examined the artworks on auction.Garfield Robinson
Catching up at the awards ceremony were (from left) retired businessman Carl Domville, COBA Past President Algernon O’Neill and banker Cary Wiggan.Garfield Robinson
Celebrating the evening’s honours were Olympian Chad Wright and Devon House I Scream Senior Supervisor Reshada Lyons.Garfield Robinson
Calabar High Guidance Counsellor and COBA honoree Jennifer Jarrett (left) was joined by retired civil servant Dezlin Clarke to celebrate the occasion.Garfield Robinson
World 100m champion Oblique Seville (right) was charmed watching Planning Institute of Jamaica Director General Dr Wayne Henry demonstrate his pre-race ritual, as his wife, ophthalmologist Dr Gail Webster-Henry, looked on.Garfield Robinson
Michael Roofe (right), COBA council member and awards committee chairman, received the President’s Award from COBA President Major Desmon Brown.Garfield Robinson
Simone Dunbar, Westwood Old Girls’ Association public relations officer, arrived to celebrate the achievements of brother school Calabar.Garfield Robinson
World Athletics Athlete Representative Norman Peart (left) shared an amusing anecdote with Seprod Group CEO Richard Pandohie (centre) and MVP Track Club President Bruce James. Garfield Robinson
