NAPS pays tribute to past president
T&T Guardian
The Naparima College Association of Past Students (NAPS), formerly known as Naparima College Old Boys’ Association, extends its condolences to the family of Roy Jagroop-singh, who passed away on May 3. Roy was an immediate past president and trustee of the association. Roy’s life was centred around the upliftment of sport and youth affairs in T&T, as was evident by his selfless commitment to national duty as seen by his membership in and appointment to numerous sporting bodies.
They include: Member of the executive and general council, T&T Football Federation; first vice president, Southern Football Association; member, T&T Cricket Board of Control; manager, National Secondary Schools Football teams to Jamaica and Antigua (1994 and 1996); president, Secondary Schools Football League; president, Secondary Schools Cricket League; manager, National Under-19 cricket teams to Guyana and Jamaica (2001-2004). He was one of two people from this country appointed by Fifa for the Under-17 World Cup Tournament in T&T, being in charge of the Tobago leg of the tournament.
Roy’s excellence as a national sporting administrator pales in comparison to the exceptional job he did for decades as an educator and sports master at Naparima College. At Naps, he was not only a teacher but a mentor and father to hundreds of individuals whose lives he has molded and influenced. We at NAPS take this opportunity to celebrate the life and achievements of Roy Jagroopsingh, personified in the college’s motto: “From Possibility to Actuality.”
Ahmed Saidwan
PRO, NAPS