Tap dancer Sachin Beepath of Pickering took home gold at the World Junior Tap Dancing championship in Germany earlier this month. Sachin, a double silver medallist in the 2011 event, is of Trinidadian parentage. He and his twin sister Ariana competed at the event, and the top performing students of Pickering High School were believed to be the only children of Caribbean roots to compete. Sachin and Ariana are the children of Paras Beepath formerly of Mahadeo
Trace, Debe and Indira Ramphal formerly of Mohess Road, Penal.