Olympic Day, 23rd June, is celebrated annually by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and over 205 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) worldwide, including Trinidad and Tobago.

The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) however, will host its Olympic Day activities on the 25th June, 2011 at the Chagville Beach Facility, Chaguaramas beginning at 9:00am.

The TTOC in preparation for Saturday’s event held its first ever Beach Clean-up on Thursday 23rd June, 2011 (Corpus Chrisiti) at the Chagville Beach Facilities. Students of the UWI/ FIFA/ CIES Post Graduate Diploma in Sport Management together with past TTOC Olympic Youth Campers of the  came out in their numbers.

With sunshine throughout the day, the clean-up was successful said TTOC Administrative Assistant Kyome Pascall Mortley.

“With all the rainy days that we have been having we were hoping that today would be blessed with sunshine. We had a large turnout and the objective was to ensure that the area and environment where the Olympic Day activities would be held was cleaned up. Our objective was achieved and we had fun doing it.”

Editor’s Note: This year, the TTOC expects approximately one thousand (1000) persons to participate in the annual celebration. The celebration will take the form of a ‘Family Day’, and participants will be exposed to an array sporting activities including Sporting activities such as Sailing, Hockey, Football, SNAG Golf, and continuous Cricket, as well as a variety of team activities such as Tug-o-War. The traditional Relay Run, Cycling and Wheelchair races are all expected to generate lots of excitement and interest