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Cur­ry duck was the star of the PNM Pointe-a-Pierre Con­stituen­cy’s Cur­ry Duck Cook­out and Fam­i­ly Day at the Plai­sance Park Recre­ation­al Ground, Clax­ton Bay.

There were nine teams in the cook­out com­pe­ti­tion which got un­der­way from 10 am with judg­ing from 2 pm.

The pan­el of five judges award­ed points for pre­sen­ta­tion, taste and the spir­it of ca­ma­raderie. Tast­ing was done in a sep­a­rate space with cod­ed box­es.

Meat and Greet won the prize for the best tast­ing dish, while the over­all com­pe­ti­tion was won by the Con­duck­tion Crew from Cou­va. Out for Duck and the Caps Old Boys placed sec­ond and third place re­spec­tive­ly.

The main spon­sor of the event, Mukesh Ram­s­ingh of the Metro Ho­tel, do­nat­ed the chal­lenge tro­phy and oth­er prizes.

Ram­s­ingh, the for­mer head of the Cou­va-Point Lisas Cham­ber of Com­merce said he was al­ways hap­py to get in­volved in com­mu­ni­ty events.

Dr Daniel Dookie, left, presents, Stephen Seepersad of the team that placed second, Out for Duck Crew, with a trophy and $1000 cash prize

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Natalie John, left, presents Sharlene Rambharat from the Meat and Greet Crew with the award for the Best Tasting Duck

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