Jean pierre netball biography

Jean Pierre discovered her love for netball as a teenager, training at home with just a net in her backyard.
CAREER: Pierre was an outstanding netball player who played on the higly decorated 1979 T&T netball team that shared the World Championship with Australia and.
"Jean", as she was more popularly known, was a national netball player and captain of the Trinidad and Tobago team.

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On This Day in Sport: March 26

1944 - Former Minister of Sport Jean Pierre was born in Fyzabad, Trinidad. An outstanding netballer, Pierre's shooting played a significant part in Trinidad and Tobago sharing the Netball World Championships title with Australia and New Zealand in 1979. The Jean Pierre Complex in Port-of-Spain was named in her honor.

1958 -Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies fast bowler Jaswick Taylor made his Test debut against Pakistan at the Queen's Park Oval. He took 5/109 but Pakistan went on to win the match by an innings and 1 run.

1959 - Rohan Kanhai hit 167 not out as the West Indies closed the opening day of the 3rd Test against Pakistan at Lahore on 325 for 5. Garry Sobers hit 72. Mushtaq Mohammad was making his Test debut.

1992 - Former T&T youth center forward Johan Peltier was born. Peltier represented several T&T Pro League clubs including San Juan Jaloteh and W Connection.

1999 - Trinidad and Tobago opener Keagan Simmons was born. Simmons represented Trinidad and Tobago and the West Indies at the U19 level playing in the 2018 ICC U1

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Audrey Layne Jeffers CM, OBE was a Trinidadian social worker and the first female member of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago.Born 12 February 1898, Jeffers was most known for her ground-breaking achievements in social work, establishing the Coterie of Social Workers (COSW) in 1921 which provided free lunches to poor school children. The organisation then opened the first ‘Breakfast Shed’ in 1926 and opened other branches throughout the country, as well as homes for the elderly, troubled women, and day nurseries.She advocated for the introduction of a girl’s scholarship, the establishment of a Women’s Police Force and increased employment for educated black women.In 1946 she became the first woman to be nominated to the Legislative Council.She died in June 24, 1968.

Dancer and choreographer Dr. Beryl “La Belle Rosette” McBurnie was influential in developing dance and the arts within T&T and the region.McBurnie taught Caribbean folk dance and learnt dance from the well-known American dance instructor, Martha Graham

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