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Letter to the Editor : Schubert Cappel was a Multi-Talented Athlete
It is with profound sadness the sporting fraternity learnt of the sudden passing of a great son of the soil Schubert Cappel, although the once part-time journalist was more popular on the basketball courts.
The sport that first gave him national attention was cricket. Schubert was an integral part of the Mark Harper led National Under-19 Team that participated at the 1977 Regional Under-19 Championship in St Kitts.
At Basketball he made his international debut against Suriname at the then National Sports Hall in a Goodwill Series in December of 1980, and when Guyana hosted the first Caricom Championship in August of 1981. He and Mark Agard were the rookies selected in the Hewley Harry led National Team that placed a respectable third.
Schubert played his second Caricom Championship in December of 1982 again under the stewardship of Harry in Jamaica. He was also selected in the 1983 Caricom Team but the Championship was cancelled.
His biggest moment came when he proudly represented Guyana at the World Military Games in Suriname in October of 1984.
He gave a good account of himself against opponents from Germany, China, Saudi Arabia, USA and Italy. Schubert played his last Caricom Championship under the captaincy of centre Eon ‘Watusi’ Andrews in 1985 in Barbados, and after that Championship he wrote a professional analysis of Guyana performances, check the Guyana Chronicle (Quarter) October to December 1985.
Tours: 1977 – St Kitts – National Under-19 Cricket Team
Basketball Tours: 1981 – Goodwill series in Trinidad
1982 – Caricom Championship Jamaica
1984 – World Military Games – Suriname
1985 – Caricom Championship – Barbados
Please find below Caricom Championship Team Cappel played on:-
1981: Host of Tournament – Guyana
Team: Hewley Harry – Captain, Schubert Cappel, Mark Agard, Eon Andrews, Orin Cumberbatch, James Brusche, Keith Alexander, George Sharples, Shelley Hubbard, Stanislaus Hadmon, Compton Hinds, Brentnol Carmichael, Mike Brusche – Coach.
1982: Host of Tournament – Jamaica
Team: Hewley Harry – Captain, Schubert Cappel, Mark Agard, Compton Hinds, Merton Fitzalbert, Eon Andrews, George Sharples, Royston Telford, Brentnol Carmichael, Shelley Hubbard, James Brusche, Stanislaus Hadmon, Michael Brusche – Coach, Melroy Fitzalbert – Manager.
1985: Host of Tournament – Barbados
Team: Eon Andrews – Captain, Schubert Cappel, Mark Agard, Leon Christian, Auric Tappin, Ray Williams, Nigel Hinds, James Brusche, George Sharples, Hubert Adams, Dave Trotman, Cecil Melville, Hewley Harry- Coach.
Sleep on Champ, you always taught us that failure is not a cause for disappointment but rather an incentive for improvement.
Charwayne Walker
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