The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) launched the 2016 JADCO Poster Competition at the first in the 2016 series of their annual Junior Athletes Anti-Doping Education Workshops, which was held on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at the Golf View Hotel in Manchester.
Speaking at the event, Vanessa Reid-Ledford, Director of Communication and Education at JADCO, delivered greetings on behalf of the Executive Director, Carey Brown. She said, “During last year’s series of workshops, we awarded the participants in our mascot competition and revealed the mascot that was created based on the winning design. This was in an attempt to ensure we foster interesting ways to get young persons involved in learning about anti-doping. The mascot, Leo, The Dope Patrol Officer, will continue to be a prominent feature in our outreach and promotional efforts.” She also said “While you work to develop yourself at your sport of choice, remember that it not only involves hard days of physical training and mental conditioning. Excelling at sport is also about fair play, respecting opponents, the rules of the game and staying clear of Anti-Doping Rule Violations.”
The 2016 JADCO Poster Competition provides secondary school students across Jamaica with an opportunity to demonstrate their creativity by designing a poster for JADCO under the theme “No Dope To Cope”. The competition will run from October 12, 2016 to January 20, 2017. The winner will receive a trophy and $30,000, while second place will receive a trophy and $20,000 and third place will be rewarded with a plaque and $15,000.
The winner of the 2014 JADCO Mascot Competition, Adjaynae Billings from Ardenne High School, also participated in the launch. He shared his experience of winning the competition and encouraged participants to take advantage of the opportunity to design a poster for the Commission. He said, “After winning the competition, I gained recognition beyond measure. The story was publicised in the media and persons, both known and unknown to me, told me how my name was on the radio and in the newspaper and they congratulated me on my accomplishment. The principal, teachers and students from my school all expressed how proud they were of me winning and keeping Ardenne’s legacy of excellence going strong. I would encourage persons to enter this competition and to take advantage of every opportunity to shine no matter how small it seems.”
JADCO is hosting four Junior Athletes Anti-Doping Education Workshops across the island. The first workshop was held at the Golf View Hotel in Manchester and catered to secondary school student athletes and support personnel from schools in Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth. It included presentations on the role and responsibilities of JADCO, the doping control process and the health consequences of prohibited substances and methods. Participants also received values-based education.
The next workshop in the series will be held at The Wexford Hotel in St. James on October 19, 2016. Following this, workshops will be held at The Cardiff Hotel & Spa in St. Ann on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 and the Jamaica Conference Centre (JCC) in Kingston on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
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