AN INTERVIEW WITH DR LOPEZ ON PLAYER WELFARE IN A DEVELOPMENTAL ACADEMY AND SPORTS INJURY PREVENTION RESEARCH
December 12th, 2016
The Barbados Rugby Football Union (BRFU) in collaboration with the Tourism Development Corporation (TDC), the Barbados Tourism Marketing Incorporated (BTMI) and FLOW telecommunications company hosted the Caribbean’s premier Club Rugby-7s tournament on December 10th-11th, 2016, at the Trents and Frederick Smith Secondary School grounds in Trents, St James, just north of historic Holetown.
Dr. Lopez, was in attendance to discuss the tournament’s involvement with the Rugby Research and Injury Prevention Group, Inc., and current injury surveillance and injury prevention work across the Americas, as well as with the Northeast Academy. The Northeast Academy, with training locations in New York City, Boston and Buffalo, a National Rugby Development Academy sanctioned by USA Rugby as the official designated pathway to the USA Eagles National Team, attended this international event and won the men’s and women’s premier divisions as well as the Christmas caroling competition. While in attendance at the Rugby Barbados World 7s International Tournament, there was an interview with Director of Medical Services of the Northeast Academy and the Executive Director of the Rugby Research and Injury Prevention Group, Inc., where Dr Victor Lopez Jr, DO, PhD, discussed “Player welfare in a developmental academy and sports injury prevention research in Rugby-7s.”
This event was previously known as the Tobago International Sevens, which was held in Tobago over the past five years. Event owner Brian Stollmeyer of Trinidad decided to change the venue to scale in size. Therefore, approaching the BRFU to seek funding to relocate and host the event in Barbados. BRFU brought in the Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) and the Barbados Tourism Marketing Incorporated (BTMI) and FLOW Telecommunications to offer both financial and marketing support. FLOW was formerly a brand of Columbus Communications providing residential and business telephone, internet and television services across the Caribbean. FLOW is now the consumer-facing brand for Cable & Wireless Communications operations covering the Caribbean area: Barbados, Jamaica, The Cayman Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Montserrat, Dominica, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Anguilla, Curaçao, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
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