{"id":295225,"date":"2022-12-01T14:43:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T18:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=295225"},"modified":"2022-12-01T14:43:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T18:43:40","slug":"two-prominent-contributors-to-sports-in-portsmouth-will-have-facilities-named-after-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/two-prominent-contributors-to-sports-in-portsmouth-will-have-facilities-named-after-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Two prominent contributors to sports in Portsmouth will have facilities named after them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-295231\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pexels-sasha-elaizz-1332237-e1669919663866-642x345.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two well-known residents of Portsmouth who have made significant contributions to sports will have two sporting facilities named after them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are former teacher at the Portsmouth Secondary School, Cynthia Joseph, and sports personality Ira Frazer, also known as \u2018Bloaters\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The announcement was made by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit during one of his party\u2019s recent political rallies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cAs I have said we have done a lot for Portsmouth, you know we have to do the indoor basketball court and that indoor basketball court will be named after a man who has contributed towards basketball\u2026,\u201d he revealed. \u201cThat facility will be named after \u2018Bloaters\u2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Skerrit continued, \u201cWe will also build a netball court and that will be named after a lady who has contributed so much to Portsmouth, Cynthia Joseph who taught us at the Portsmouth Secondary School.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He further revealed that the contracts have been signed for these facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; Two well-known residents of Portsmouth who have made significant contributions to sports will have two sporting facilities named after them. 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