Twelve com­peti­tors will be mov­ing on to the semi­fi­nals of the 2024 Na­tion­al Stick Fight­ing Com­pe­ti­tion, which takes place on Wednes­day, Jan­u­ary 31, from 7 pm, at the Diego Mar­tin Sport­ing Com­plex.

A re­lease from the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC) hints at an ex­cit­ing semi­fi­nals, in the wake of “a heat­ed pre­lim­i­nary round on Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 26, at the Ojoe Road Recre­ation­al Grounds, San­gre Grande.”

“The NCC proud­ly wel­comes all to at­tend Wednes­day’s se­mi-fi­nals as we con­tin­ue to show our sup­port for the Stick Fight­ing com­mu­ni­ty and the Na­tion­al Stick Fight­ing Com­pe­ti­tion as an an­nu­al fix­ture on the Car­ni­val list of events,” the NCC says in the re­lease.

Gen­er­al Ad­mis­sion to Wednes­day’s com­pe­ti­tion round costs $75.  Tick­ets are avail­able at the NCC Box Of­fice, Car­ni­val City and on­line at is­landet­ick­ets.com.

The 12 se­mi-fi­nal­ists com­pet­ing on Wednes­day are:

●   Ja­son Alle­maney

●   An­tho­ny Coop­er

●   Kevin Coop­er

●   Lebbeaus De Leon

●   Don­ald Lewis

●   Ronald Lewis

●   An­der­son Mar­cano

●   Ter­rance Mar­cano

●   Oneil Odle

●   Mark Quashie

●   Evon Ralph

●   Wen­dell Wright