Trivia Knights

It’s been a fascinating fortnight of cycling. The National Cycling Champion on Saturday 23rd May was great fun.

Then on the evening of Saturday 30th May had the privilege of being in studio with Makaira Wallace.

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Trinidad & Tobago Red Force are the regional 4 Day cricket champions after defeating the Guyana Harpy Eagles by 141 runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.

Jayden Seales scored 70* in Trinbago’s 1st innings and took 4 wickets in Guyana’s 1st innings, including that of top scorer Jonathan van Lange who was out for 50.

Evin Lewis scored 122, spending 411 minutes at the crease in Trinbago’s second innings to set Guyana 281 to win. However, Guyana fell well short of that mark scoring just 139, with Kevlon Anderson top scoring in their 2nd innings with 41. Once again the top innings scorer was removed by Seales.
It was two decades since Trinbago last won the 4 Day Tournament, ending Guyana’s run of 3 consecutive tournament victories.

The 2005/2006 team when Trinbago won, was captained by Darren Ganga and featured names such as Samuel Badree, Dwayne Bravo and Lendl Simmons. The Prince of Port-of-Spain, legend Brian Lara also represented the National team in that winning match.

Jason Mohammed is a survivor from the squad 20 years ago, representing Trinbago in both the 2006 and 2026 tournament victories. Congratulations to the 2026 National Cricket Team.

The following is a link to the 2026 scorecard: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/west-indies-championship-2026-1531952/guyana-vs-trinidad-tobago-final-1531964/full-scorecard

The following is a link to the 2005/2006 scorecard:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/carib-beer-challenge-2005-06-223887/trinidad-tobago-vs-barbados-final-244529/full-scorecard

The following is a link to the moment of victory:
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18sWsnVJkW/

Nicholas Paul has once again showcased Trinidad & Tobago on the international stage, winning a silver medal in the Men’s Sprint on Sunday 26th April at the UCI Track World Cup in Nilai, Malaysia.

The winner of the Sprint was Dutch cyclist Harrie Lavreysen. The podium was completed by Malaysia’s Mohammed Azizulhasni Awang.

The same 3 men stood on the podium the day before on Saturday 25th April, though in a different order. The home favourite Azizulhasni Awang was the winner of the Keirin to the delight of the Velodrome in Nilai. Lavreysan took silver and Trinbago’s cycling hero Paul bagged the Keirin bronze.

You can view Paul’s Keirin race at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RxGutRXMbM

Paul’s consistent excellence makes him a regular feature of Trivia Knights posts. Here are some of his other recent achievements encapsulated in Trivia Knights posts.

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Trivia Knights would also like to congratulate Njisane Phillip and Makaira Wallace for their performances at the UCI Track World Cup meet. Wallace reached the Round of 1/16 in the Women’s Sprint and finished 19th in the Women’s Keirin.

Shaniqua Bascombe produced a fantastic personal best in a time of 22.68 to win the 200m at Velocity Fest 19 in Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday 19th April.

Bascombe’s impressive performance saw her defeat the Jamaican trio of Alana Reid 2nd in (22.89), Tina Clayton 3rd in (23.02) ahead of her twin sister Tia Clayton 4th (23.04). Tina Clayton is the reigning 2025 World Championship silver medalist in the 100m, where she ran (10.76.)

You can view Bascombe’s 200m race at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSOUhvwFKz4

Bascombe also set a new personal milestone in the 100m heats at Velocity Fest in a time of 11.08. You can view her 100m performance on the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1698984801457294

In August 2025, Bascombe won a gold medal for Trinbago at the Junior PanAmerican Games and was at that time featured in the following Trivia Knights post: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122236199702260622&id=61557818684171



Jereem Richards’s Season Best time of 45.39 earned him a bronze medal at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland on the 21st March. The gold medal was taken by Canada’s Christopher Williams in a Championship Record time of 44.76, while the USA’s Khaleb McRae was the silver medalist. Richards was a previous gold medalist at the World Indoors in Belgrade in 2022 and continues his consistent and wonderful string of achievements for Trinidad & Tobago.

Previous Trivia Knights posts on Richards’s many achievements for the twin island Republic can be found at the following links:

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There was also a new National Record for 21 year old Nathan Cumberbatch in the 800m on 20th March, as he became the first Trinbagonian to complete the distance in a time sub-1:47 indoors at 1:46.95. The previous record was held by Sherridan Kirk since 12th March 2005 and stood at 1:47.64. Kirk still holds the outdoor