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Sunday, February 23, 2025

Former national sportswoman Marjorie John dies

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Rachael Thompson-King
1006 days ago
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Marjorie John, late national sportswoman.

Marjorie John, late national sportswoman.

Na­tion­al sport­ing icon Mar­jorie John died on Sat­ur­day morn­ing at the age of 89.

John of net­ball, ten­nis and bas­ket­ball fame, hav­ing rep­re­sent­ed T&T at all sports, but not lim­it­ed to those as she played crick­et, ta­ble ten­nis, hock­ey, com­pet­ed in ri­fle shoot­ing and cy­cling.

So mul­ti-tal­ent­ed was the re­tired Po­lice Sergeant and beloved na­tion­al ath­lete, who was re­ferred to as an all­rounder.

For­mer T&T Olympic Com­mit­tee (TTOC) pres­i­dent Bri­an Lewis paid homage to the pa­tri­ot, yes­ter­day.

“They don’t make them like Mar­jorie any more!” said Lewis. “She played all those sports and ex­celled in all. She was very pas­sion­ate about sport and coun­try. She will be missed. May she rest in peace.”

A na­tive of Bel­mont, John moved to St James to live with her god-daugh­ter Lin­da Howard in 2018 when she fell ill. Ac­cord­ing to Howard, she suf­fered from de­men­tia for some time now.

Born on Sep­tem­ber 20, 1932, John was a mem­ber of the na­tion­al net­ball team at the first-ever World Net­ball Cham­pi­onship in East­bourne, Eng­land, in 1963 along with Judy Fran­cis, Enid Browne, Phyl­lis Pierre-Walk­er and the late Jean Pierre and Janet Bai­ley.

John was in­duct­ed in­to the First Cit­i­zens Sports Foun­da­tion Hall of Fame in 1987 and in 2013 was a Life­time Achieve­ment awardee at the Spir­it and Sports Awards (SOSA) staged by the Min­istry of Sports and Sport Com­pa­ny of T&T (SporTT), join­ing the ranks of Mc­Don­ald Bai­ley (2012) and Rod­ney Wilkes (2011) the oth­er re­cip­i­ents. The award recog­nis­es those who have giv­en their lives to T&T through sport.

She leaves to mourn broth­er Hen­ry Bonadie, who re­sides in Cana­da, along with nieces and nephews here and in Cana­da. She was al­so the aunt of Bish­op An­drew John.

The fu­ner­al ser­vice for the all­rounder John will be held on Fri­day at the All Saints An­gli­can Church on Mar­li Street, Queen’s Park West, Port-of-Spain from 10 am, fol­lowed by a pri­vate cre­ma­tion at Clark and Bat­too.


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