Cakau House won the Ratu Ka­davulevu School inter-house competition at Deans ground in Lodoni, Tailevu North yester­day.

The men in green collected 14 gold medals, 12 silver and nine bronze while defending champions Ma’afu came second with 13 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals. Degei came third with 12 gold, 17 silver and 17 bronze medals as Sukuna finished in fourth place with 10 gold, 18 sil­ver and 8 bronze medals.

Cakau House claimed gold in all grades of the 100 metres finals on day one with Jeke Gade winning the blue ribbon event with a manu­al time of 11.42 seconds. Timoci Tu­imavana of Ma’afu House finished in second place clocking 12.02s, while Alfred Turner also of Ma’afu House finished third with a time of 12.17 seconds.

Bolstering the Lodoni athletics squad this year is Kameli Saudu­adua who won the 400m senior boys grade while the one to keep an eye for is former Natabua High School high jumper George Vokiti.

The Nakorotubu, Ra native leaped 1.95m during the school’s inter house on Thursday.

RKS principal Peni Senikarawa earlier stated that they aim to bet­ter their performance this year af­ter a tough battle against Natabua High School and Marist Brothers High School last year.

“We have reviewed our prepara­tion and this year we will focus on our weaknesses to produce a well-balanced team for the Coca-Cola Games,” Senikarawa added.

Edited by Leone Cabenatabua

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