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HOURS after the Prime Minister announced his decision to step down from office on March 16, his successor, Energy Minister Stuart Young made his way to witness the NCC National Stickfighting finals at Skinner Park, San Fernando on February 27.

He met and shook hands with fighters, stopped for selfies with some of them, and members of the audience.

He also watched some of the exhibition matches and dancers, including “Babes in the Kalinda,” children of fighters who are being trained to continue the legacy. Young, accompanied by San Fernando mayor Robert Parris, NCC chairman Winston “Gypsy” Peters and CEO Keiba Jacob Mottley, also engaged the young fighters in a pretend fight. Each child received brown envelopes containing cash from them.