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    abr.15.2010

    Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee(TTOC) president Larry Romany is elated that the Trinidad and Tobago's participation in the netball competition at the Commonwealth Games in India is confirmed. Netball's world governing body IFNA, and the Commonwealth Games Federation confirmed that T&T, Jamaica and Barbados had accepted invitations for the Games scheduled for October 3-14.
     
    Romany said with six months to go the T&T netballers must buckle down and seriously focus on getting properly prepared.He noted that with Australia and Jamaica in the same group T&T will have to be at their very best to stay in medal contention." This is a huge opportunity and I urge the netball training squad to take personal,individual and collective responsibility for their fitness and skill enhancement and development. Focus like they never focused before on the task ahead. Like all of the other local based athletes they will be required to meet the TTOC fitness criteria.Cycling,swimming and track and field (timed sports) are the only disciplines not subject to the beep test."
     
    New Zealand the defending World Champions are also defending Commonwealth champions.
    The Calypso Girls are in Group A with Jamaica,Australia,Samoa,Malawi and India

     
    abr.21.2010

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was deeply saddened to learn today of the death of Juan Antonio Samaranch, aged 89. He was widely credited with renewing and fundamentally changing the landscape of the Olympic Movement.

    “I cannot find the words to express the distress of the Olympic Family,” said IOC President Jacques Rogge. “I am personally deeply saddened by the death of the man who built up the Olympic Games of the modern era, a man who inspired me, and whose knowledge of sport was truly exceptional. Thanks to his extraordinary vision and talent, Samaranch was the architect of a strong and unified Olympic Movement. I can only pay tribute to his tremendous achievements and legacy, and praise his genuine devotion to the Olympic Movement and its values. We have lost a great man, a mentor and a friend who dedicated his long and fulfilled life to Olympism.”

    Born in Barcelona in 1920, Samaranch pursued an outstanding career as diplomat and sports administrator before leading the IOC for 21 years.
    Soon after his election, Samaranch worked towards the abolition of amateurism at the Olympic Games. Despite two boycotts in Moscow in 1980 and in Los Angeles in 1984, Samaranch managed to maintain the quality of the Games and increase the number of participating countries. He was the man behind improving the financial health of the Olympic Movement, developing TV rights and sponsorship negotiations and strengthening Olympic Solidarity, the organ by which the IOC redistributes its revenue in order to ensure the training and participation of athletes at the Olympic Games.

    A hugely energetic man, he was responsible for the new IOC headquarters building in Vidy and for inaugurating The Olympic Museum in Lausanne. He will also be remembered for championing the representation of women in the IOC, overseeing the entry of the first women members in the 1980s. He was likewise responsible for setting up the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and for involving the athletes themselves in the decision-making of the IOC by creating the IOC Athletes’ Commission.

    A diplomat, Samaranch started his career as Municipal Councillor responsible for sport in the City of Barcelona. He then took on the role of National Delegate for Physical Education and Sport before becoming President of the Barcelona Diputación. He was appointed Spanish Ambassador to the former Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of Mongolia from 1977 to 1980.

    Before his election as IOC President in Moscow in 1980, Samaranch had a long career in sports administration. He was a member and subsequently President of the Spanish National Olympic Committee from 1967 to 1970; President of the Spanish Skating Federation; and Chef de Mission at the Olympic Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo in 1956, in Rome in 1960 and in Tokyo in 1964. He was himself a keen rink hockey player.
     
    The IOC has expressed its deepest sympathy to Juan Antonio Samaranch’s family

    abr.27.2010

    Sankar's Taekwondo School won the Tobago Junior Open Tournament which was staged at the Signal Hill Secondary School, in Signal Hill last Saturday, 24th April, 2010.

    Sankar’s school is coached by 2000 Olympian and two time Sports Woman of the year, Cheryl Ann Sankar. Her daughter Chelsea was named the most outstanding female in the Competition. Also among the winners were Tarique Murell (Best Taekwondo Spirit), Daniel Rodriquez (Best Male ) and Zenric Reid (Most Promising). The tournament attracted students from four taekwondo schools in the country: Euge, Sankar, Tobago and Olympic Style Martial Arts.

    Sankar said she opened her school 15 years ago and is aiming at producing an Olympic medalist. Speaking after the day’s competition Sankar said she only brought eight athletes to the tournament. “The experience was good for the the belts who competed for the first time. We are proud of their achievements. We have a lot more work to do. At this level of tournament I see the differences. I need to take them overseas where they can get a higher level of training”. On her daughter's success Cheryl Ann said “she was involved in the sport from about two and a half years”. I trained up to eight months in pregnancy. When she came out she was a taekwondo baby. With more training and discipline she can do better”.

    Mr. John Soverall, Head of School and Host of the Tournament expressed gratitude for the support he received from the many individuals and Organisations in Tobago.

    Secretary of the Tobago Taekwondo School who hosted the tournament, Rachel Low said the tournament went “really well. It was well received despite the challenges of getting the majority of the participants over to Tobago”. Low said the organizers learnt a lot that would help them host future tournaments.

    Mr Anthony Ferguson, President of the Trinidad and Tobago Taekwondo Association, expressed his pleasure at the success of the Tournament. He noted that it was the forerunner to the Tobago Open International Championships which is being scheduled by the TTTA for later this year.

     
    may.03.2010

    Trinidad and Tobago’s top seeded squash player, Colin Ramasra is targeting success at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) and Commonwealth Games later this year.

    He recently won the Cayman Islands Open and Holiday Snacks Open and is currently intensifying his preparation for the two major tournaments after adopting a new training regime.

    “Everything on the professional circuit is going good thus far. I have not played much tournaments because I have placed greater focus on my training. I think this had a lot to do with my success at the Cayman Islands and the Holiday Snacks Open because it was due to a good block of training,” said Ramasra yesterday.

    Currently Ramasra is ranked 172 in the Dunlop Professional Squash Association (PSA) Rankings dropping 24 places due to starting a new training regime and shifting his focus on the CAC and Commonwealth Games.

    “The summer will be a busy time because I would like to be here for the Trinidad and Tobago Nationals in June to finalise my preparation for the CAC Games in Puerto Rico and then get ready for the Commonwealth Games in India. The conditions in India due to the heat will be different and I will need to prepare for that. I am focusing more on training and going into tournament adequately prepared,” said Ramasra.

    The Petrotrin squash played said he will use club games in Holland to ensure that he is match ready and continue his buildup to the CAC and Commonwealth Games. He noted that the progress made recently due to his new training regime has been successful and is confident that it will benefit him later in the season.

    “I decided not to play much tournaments at the start of the season and focus on tournaments later in the year. My performance in the Cayman Islands was not the best but it showed my mental strength.

    Playing in the Cayman Islands with plenty of the local players getting strong support it was a good test. However, I got my rhythm back during the tournament and this transferred to the Holidays Snacks Open,” said Ramasra.

    He added, “I did not drop a set during the whole of the Holiday Snacks Open and this was fantastic. I think during the two tournaments I lost one game and I showed character and fight.”

    Trinidad and Tobago’s first professional squash player commended the standard of the local squash players and paid tribute to national coach Richard Glanfield for the work he has done in improving the standard of play.

    “The junior players played fantastic and it is a great sign for Trinidad and Tobago squash because it can show we can compete. I think there is a bright future for squash in Trinidad and Tobago and the coach Richard Glanfield must be commended for the good shop he is doing thus far,” said Ramasra.
     

    may.06.2010

    Countries that host the Pan American Games will get extra votes to cast for future hosts of the Games under a change in rules adopted at the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO)general assembly in Merida, Mexico. The change, adopted by a 39 to 3 vote, came today after 90 minutes of debate that pitted some small nations of the Caribbean against larger countries.

    Proposed as a way to provide incentives to potential bidders for the Pan Am Games, the new rule modifies an existing one that already grants the NOCs of Pan Am hosts one more vote in the balloting for future Pan Am hosts. The change adds a vote each time a country hosts the Pan Ams. The extra votes are only applicable to Pan Am Games votes, not to other business of PASO. Canada, U.S., Argentina, Brazil and Mexico stand to gain from the change as multiple hosts. But leaders of NOCs such as St. Vincent, St. Kitts and Dominica said the move was not democratic and urged their colleagues to reject it. “This is a form of discrimination that is against the Olympic Charter” said St. Vincent secretary general Keith Joseph. But Richard Peterkin of St. Lucia noted that no fundamental change in PASO rules was being proposed and that the change would benefit small and big nations. Columbia, Dominican Republic and Ecuador were among those rallying to press for the change. “It’s the most important day for our organization,”claimed PASO President Mario Vazquez Rana as he counted the votes. Vazquez Rana told the PASO delegates that there are few incentives that can be offered to games hosts and says this was a choice for “progress over stagnation”. The reason for such concern for Pan Am host countries? The Pan Am Games are becoming a money-maker.

    TV rights fees for the 2007 and 2011 Pan Am Games will reach $28 million, outstripping the money PASO receives from Olympic Solidarity. Vazquez Rana says the extra vote encourages cities to bid for the Pan Ams, building the prestige of the event.

    Jimena Saldana, the long-serving aide to Vazquez Rana, is now the secretary general of PASO, named to the post at the open of the Merida general assembly.She succeeds Felipe Munoz Kapamas, who steps down to have more time to spend on his work as president of the Mexico Olympic Committee. Michael Chambers, who stepped down as Canadian Olympic Committee President last month, will now head the legislative commission for PASO. In this new role he introduced the voting change proposal adopted

    London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe reported on progress to the Games in his second appearance at a PASO assembly since London won the Games in 2005. “I actually think that it’s important for the chairman of an organizing committee to maintain relationships they build during a bid,” Coe tells Around the Rings.“I always said at the beginning that I didn’t want to be an organizing committee that got enough votes to deliver a Games and then seven years later saw those people at the Games.” London was the only OCOG to report at the Thursday session of PASO. tomorrow, Rio 2016, led by President Carlos Nuzman will report, as will Gudalajara 2011, the next Pan Am Games host. Two hours is set aside for the Guadalajara report.
     

     

    may.09.2010

    Barbados,St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago stood their ground and voted against the proposal to give extra votes to future hosts of the Pan Am Games.

    Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Larry Romany and secretary general Brian Lewis represented the TTOC at the contentious Pan American Sport Organization (PASO) general assembly meeting held in Merida ,Mexico from 6-7 May.
     
    On his return to T&T this afternoon Romany told www.ttoc.org that the rule changes were not in accord with the principles of contemporary good governance thinking and the spirit of the Olympic Charter and Olympism.
     
    " There was the implicit inference that voting against the proposed amendment to the Paso Statute could in some way negatively impact PASO Olympic Solidarity funding grants to NOCs.In the context of sport politics the decision suggested that small NOCs were not to be treated as equals.

    Nonetheless, the delegates voted in the affirmative .To say I am disappointed is an understatement. However I remain confident that in due course PASO will revert to a fair and equitable approach to governance. as the reasons put forward for the amendment cannot withstand objective scrutiny." said Romany
     
    39 of 42 PASO National Olympic Committees including Brazil, Canada,,Mexico and the USA voted for the changes.

    However, Romany believes that there is a silver lining as the PASO amendment can be a wake up call for progressive Caribbean Olympic leaders.
     
    " Caribbean NOCs must remain resolute and indomitable.You always have to look for the opportunities and lessons in any setback or disappointment. Building sustainable sport development pathways and putting the best interest of athletes first are the values and objectives that should drive us.Given that PASO is making decisions on the basis of money and television rights. It is time for the Caribbean to become more assertive and self confident in our approach to the issue of broadcast and image rights. It is important that the tremendous progress we [ Caribbean Olympic Committees] have made in terms of arriving at consensus and unity of purpose not be cast asunder." added Romany.

     

    may.13.2010

    According to the International Rugby Board (IRB).The decision by the International Olympic Committee to include Rugby Sevens in the Olympic Games, beginning in Rio in 2016, has provided an enormous boost for rugby sevens and planning is under way by the IRB on the required qualification process for international teams.
     
    This forms part of a major overhaul of the existing IRB Sevens Strategic Plan, a collaborative process with all Unions that will outline the blueprint for the further growth of the Game around the world in recognition of Rugby 7s Olympic profile.
     
    The Strategic Plan will allow the Game to grow in new markets and ensure that all 117 IRB Member Unions can collaborate with their respective National Olympic Committees and have access to a structured development, tournament and qualifying pathway that optimises the effects of inclusion in the Olympic Programme.
     
    Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union(TTRFU) president Leslie Figaro is confident that Trinidad and Tobago has the talent and capacity to benefit from the IRB's new sevens rugby strategic plan.
     
    " I am confident that we can qualify for Rio 2016 Olympic Games. We are also focusing on qualifying for the 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup and the 2011 Pan Am games. In july we go after the CAC gold.Thanks to the support of the Minsitry of Sport Murray Roulston from New Zealand is in T&T for the next two years.The TTRFU and its stakeholders must grab the opportunity in both hands. T&T Rugby will be in the Top 12 of the World Ranking by 2016."

    Figaro recently re-elected T&T Rugby chief for a third consecutive two year term of office said that T&T getting to the Olympic games in 2016 is a strategic objective of his administration.

    " There is a lot of work and attitudes to change but I am unwavering in my beleif that it is a realistic objective. For too long T&T rugby has limited itself. radical changes will have to be made. But it will be done. " added Figaro.

    may.23.2010

    India's Government have been warned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to respect the autonomy of the country's sports federations or risk facing sanctions, including being banned from the London 2012 Olympics.

    Randhir Singh, the secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), revealed that he had received a letter from the IOC following the announcement by Sports Minister M.S Gill that officials would have the length of time they can serve in their positions limited.

    Singh, a member of the IOC, told The Times of India: "The IOC is watching and if anything happens or any of their clauses is disturbed, then we are in trouble."

    Singh, who has held his position for 23 years and is an IOC member, released details of the letter from Lausanne.

    "Public authorities must respect the autonomy of the organisations of the Olympic sports Movement, and must in no way intervene in or interfere with the internal affairs of these organisations," the letter said.

    Gill wants Presidents of sports federations, including the IOA, limited to 12 years while a secretary or a treasurer can serve two terms of four years each but will have to take a four-year break before seeking re-election.

    Suresh Kalmadi, the President of the IOA, who will have held his position for 16 years by the time he is due to re-election after London in 2012, is another who will be affected by the new rule.

    Also, anyone over the age of 70 will not be eligible to continue in their posts.

    A copy of the letter, which has been signed by Miro Pere, the IOC's director of National Olympic Committees (NOCs), has also been sent to Jacques Rogge, the President of the IOC.

    It makes it quite clear that Governments should not interfere in the running of sport in any country.

    "The National Olympic Committee’s (NOC) internal operations, decision-making mechanisms, holding of meetings, election arrangements, etc. all come under the exclusive responsibility and competence of the NOC, in accordance with the NOC statutes and the Olympic Charter, and must not be subject to any external pressure or interference," it says.

    "The same principles also apply for the national sports federations which shall establish their specific internal procedures in their own statutes, in accordance with the regulations of their respective international sports federations to which they are affiliated."

    The letter also draws attention to the Olympic Charter, which says: "The officers and members of the executive body of an NOC shall be elected in accordance with the NOC’s statutes, for a term of office not exceeding four years; they may be eligible for re-election."

    Piro warns of the consequences if the IOC suspect political interference.

    "This might regrettably expose the NOC and the Olympic Movement in India to the protective measures and potential sanctions provided in the Olympic Charter," the letter says.

    Singh said: "If a sanction comes, India would not be able to participate in Olympic Games as well as international events."

    The IOC has previously suspended several countries when they believe that the Government is interfering, most notably Iraq which nearly kept their competitors out of the Beijing Olympics.

    A row with the IOC could also seriously jeopardise a proposed bid from New Delhi for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics and would overshadow the Commonwealth Games, which are due to open in the Indian capital on October 3.

    Gill, though, was unmoved by the IOC letter and defended his position.

    He said: "I can’t help it if [sports officials] they want to be in their posts for 23, 33 or 43 years... till the end of time.

    "We are trying to introduce the best practices, the norms followed across the world.

    "Our guidelines have taken a leaf out of the IOC regulations.

    "The federations must respect it."

    jun.02.2010

    2 June- Port.of. Spain

     Last Saturday the Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union (TTRFU)  announced the names of eighteen (18) players selected to the T&T Central  American and Caribbean (CAC) Games Seven-a-side rugby squad. The shortlist was made from a training squad of thirty seven players . The squad will be further reduced to  will be reduced twelve players by the end of June 2010.

    The Trinidad and Tobago team is scheduled to participate in the CAC Games  7s  competition . Also  on the cards is  the  2010 NACRA  7s. The tournaments are set to take place in Guyana between July 23 to 31, 2010. The NACRA tournament will also be the regional qualifier for the 2011 Pan American Games.

    Rugby Sevens was included in the CAC Games after a landmark decision by the International Olympic Committee in October 2009 to include Rugby Sevens as an Olympic sport. “It is in this vein that we thought it wise to also announce a group of young players to prepare for the 2016 Olympics. This group is being called our 2016 Squad and will start training immediately” said  T&T's New  Zealand  born  Technical Director, Murray Roulston.

    The National Women’s Rugby Sevens team is also scheduled to play in the NACRA Sevens tournament in Guyana in July. “Presently both squads are in training, to be the best we can be when representing our country and ourselves” said Curtis Nero, Chairman of the Selection Committee.

    The National Men’s squad is being coached by John Williams with support from Murray Roulston, Larry Mendez and Willet Pantor with Orlando Griffith as strength and conditioning coach. The women are being coached by Kitty Andrews-Nero.

    The shortlisted CAC and 2016 squads are as follows:

    T&T National 7’s Squads 2010

    - National Squad to prepare for upcoming 2010 Tournaments

    - and Development Squad 2016

     
    jun.11.2010

    Saturday, June 12 2010

    THE United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the University of Delaware created a programme called International Coaching Enrichment Certification Programme (ICECP) to certify national coaches from all sports for the improvement of their coaching structure in their countries.

    Three archery coaches participated in the ICECP 2009-2010 edition with the support of the Olympic Solidarity.

    The coaches presented their final projects in Lausanne, Switzerland. The FITA Development Department was invited by the organisers to attend the presentation and graduation day at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters and at Maison du Sport International (MSI).

    FITA Development Department was pleased to attend and celebrate the success of the archery coaches.

    Yu Chiao-Hsu (TPE), Edward Ramesar (TRI) and Badamkhatan Tsogt (MGL) photo benefited from this programme and graduated successfully.

    Tsogt graduated with honours on his project.

    Chiao-Hsu presented a project on the importance of combining Pilates in the archery training programme. Ramesar’s project was focussed on developing youth archery in his home country.Tsogt’s presentation was on youth talent identification with a calendared programme.

    FITA Development Department looks forward to collaborating with the new ICECP certified coaches for the development of archery in their countries.

    Ramesar was selected to attend the ICECP course based on his long experience in the sport of archery including five years as a coach. The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee offered the TTTAF a spot on the course, which was eagerly accepted.

    This was the second edition of the ICECP where participants learn advanced coaching methods including topics specific to their sport. Ramesar spent six weeks at different locations in USA including the US Olympic Centre, the University of Delaware and the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center.

    Ramesar recently presented his paper in Lausanne, Switzerland at the home of the International Olympic Committee.

    jun.13.2010

    TRINIDAD and Tobago’s Richard Thompson clocked a fast 9.89 seconds yesterday to win the gold medal in the Men’s 100m final at the Icahn Stadium, New York as the Diamond League continued with the Adidas Grand Prix.

    Thompson, a silver medallist at the 2008 Olympics, showed his pedigree with a scorching but wind-aided 9.89 sprint, leaving Jamaican Yohan Blake in his wake.

    Blake was second in a time of 9.91 seconds while Antiguan Daniel Bailey followed closely in third in 9.92 to complete a 1-2-3 Caribbean finish. Americans Trell Kimmons (9.92), Ivory Williams (9.98) and Michael Rodgers (9.99) placed fourth to sixth respectively.

    Thompson received six Diamond points for his victory and is now second on the 100m Diamond Ranking.

    Pan Am Junior gold medallist Keston Bledman was second in the Men’s “B” 100m final, crossing in 10.01 seconds in a scintillating finish with American Rae Monzavous Edwards.

    Bledman won gold at the Star Athletics Sprint Series I last week in a wind-aided 9.93 seconds but just missed out on glory as Edwards pipped him for first place in 10 seconds flat. Marc Burns was third in 10.11 seconds.

    There was no more success for TT at the meet as hurdler Jehue Gordon and sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste failed to medal. Gordon, a bronze medallist at the Ponce Grand Prix recently, had a disappointing showing in the Men’s 400m hurdles.

    Gordon crossed the finish line in eighth place, stopping the clock at 49.96 seconds. American Kerron Clement, who holds four “world” gold medals, broke USA James Carter’s meet record with a sizzling 47.86 finish to take first place.

    Compatriot Bershawn Jackson had a season best 47.94 time to take silver while Puerto Rico’s Javier Culson was third in a time of 48.47 seconds.

    Kelly-Ann Baptiste just missed out a bronze medal in the Women’s 200m event, clocking a season best 22.82 to finish in fourth place. Baptiste has been in sensational form since switching camps recently, lowering her 100m personal best to an impressive 9.84 recently.

    The former NCAA 100m champion, lowered her season best time over 200m but it was still not good enough to mount the rostrum.

    Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown produced a world leading and met record time of 21.98 seconds to win the gold medal while Americans Allyson Felix (22.03) and Bianca Knight (SB 22.59) were second and third respectively.
     

     
    jun.13.2010

    Murray Roulston, the former Highlander Super 12 assistant coach and first ever Technical Director of the T&T Rugby Football Union (TTRFU) is determined in his efforts to change the mentality and attitude of the T&T national rugby players.

    Speaking to ttrfu.com at the VIP room at the Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday TTRFU President, Leslie Figaro, revealed that Roulston who had returned to the country in March is making a huge difference.

    "Our [TTRFU] intention this year is to capture the gold medal at the CAC Games , win the NACRA Rugby 7s gold medal and qualify for the 2011 Pan AM Games, and successfully defend our Caribbean 15s Rugby title. Murray[Roulston] is making progress. The players are starting to buy into his philosophy and vision. For most of the players it is a culture change. But they are starting to come around.The work ethic and discipline has improved."

    Figaro was among a large gathering of national sport leaders at a breakfast meeting hosted by new Minister of Sport ,Anil Roberts expressed confidence that the progress achieved by T&T Rugby will continue during the tenure of Minister Roberts.

    " This morning the Minister spoke a lot about good governance,transparency and accountability .Also the need for NSOs to balance elite sport with development. These are all areas that the TTRFU have prioritized in the last eight years. So I know that Rugby will meet the administrative and governance standards set my him."

    jun.14.2010

    Chief Instructor of Jung's Taekwondo School, Master Stokely Clarke, is this country’s latest Coach to earn International Certification under the World Taekwondo Federation – Khyung Hee University Coaches Programme in South Korea.

    Under an initiative of the Trinidad and Tobago Taekwondo Association to have all Coaches Certified Internationally, thus placing them at the cutting edge of the Sport, Clarke went to the University for the One Month Course. Among the areas that inputted the Course were the Philosophy of Taekwondo; Competition Sparring and; Poomsae or Forms. Clarke is now the third Certified Coach, following in the steps of national team Coach, Colin Mofford and John Soverall, Coach of the Tobago Taekwondo School.

    Clarke was among twelve (12) participants from the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Israel, Libya, Luxemburg, Poland, South Africa and the USA and describes the training as enlightening. Taekwondo originated in Korea and Clarke said prior to travelling there, he felt that the Koreans were the best Taekwondoins in the world because the sport originated in their country. Now that he had the chance to visit and train in the Asian country he realises that the dedication shown to the sport is the main reason for their success. “I now appreciate their whole approach to training. Their concept of the Taekwondo is different. They put everything into the sport they have given to the world. Athletes train three times a day: Before the sun rises, mid-morning and in the afternoon and that's the normal training schedule. Persons who are on the national team train four times a day, seven days a week. The attention to detail in my view is second to none. They leave no stone unturned. From the biggest to the smallest issue they pay particular attention and they apply science to get what they want.

    Clarke, an eight time Caribbean heavy weight champion, said the Koreans’ philosophy of training is that the Coaches must be able to demonstrate whatever they want the athletes to do. “I had my own concept of what I thought a Coach was. In many sports in the Western world the coaches simply instruct and the athletes follow. But their philosophy is that if any athlete does not understand a move, the coach must be able to demonstrate. From day one it was both theoretical and practical. They put us through all the steps as though we were athletes too.”

    jun.16.2010

    The Trinidad and Tobago National 7s rugby team will travel to Curacao on Thursday morning . The Calypso Warriors will participate in the Bavaria Curacao Open 7s Rugby tournament this week end.

    The T&T team is preparing for the Central America and Caribbean( CAC) Games which will be held in July. Rugby 7s will be making its debut on the multi sport games programme.
     
    Curtis Nero ,chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union( TTRFU) selection committee said that the ten players selected for Curacao are aware that the eight other palyers from the training squad who were not selected are still in the 'running" for CAC selection.
     
    " Some players were omitted becuase of poor fitness test results. Those players still have an opportuntiy to improve their fitness levels. There are three senior team debutants . Keishon Walker ( Tobago RFC ), Andrew Crooks (Trinidad Northern) and Joseph Quashie( Harvard/UTT). Wayne Kelly(Harvard/UTT) is the captain . It is the first time that he will be leading the national team. Players traveling to Curacao have an opportunity to convince the selectors that they have the fitness,focus,discipline and determination we want ."
     
    Matthew Marine(Rainbow) will miss out.The speedy winger suffered an ankle dislocation playing for his club Rainbow during last weekend's National 7s Rugby Championship and will be in a cast for the next three weeks. Carib's Abdeel Gilkes replaces Marine.
     
    Two TTRFU clubs listed in the tournament schedule are Rainbow and Eastern Graduates. Teams from Curacao,Aruba,Jamaica,Venezuela,USA and
     
    Holland are also expected to participate.
     
    The T&T team selected to travel is as follows:

    1. Wayne Kelly ( Harvard/UTT)(captain)
    2. Graeme Alkins(Caribs)
    3. Kurt Quashie(Caribs)
    4. Joseph Quashie(Harvard/UTT)
    5. Kelson Figaro(Royalians)
    6. Andrew Crooks(Trinidad Northern)
    7. Ronald Silverthorne( Caribs)
    8. Keishon Walker (Tobago RFC)
    9. Jonathan O'Connor( Trinidad Northern)
    10. Abdeel Giles( Caribs)

    Curtis Nero- Team Manager
    John Williams-Coach
    Larry Mendez( Asst. Coach)
    Rajesh Dharrie- Maharaj

    jun.17.2010

    The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) commemorates Olympic Day 2010 on Saturday June 26 at King George V Park, St. Clair, Port of Spain from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

    Mini hockey, small goal football, continuous cricket and SNAG Golf (a miniature version of the game) are new additions on the programme.

    The day’s activities also include target archery, cycling, wheelchair events and running events. Running events are sanctioned by National Association of Athletic Administration of Trinidad and Tobago (NAAA) and prize money will be at stake for the various events.

    Participants will include 50 children and teachers from Tobago as well as from TTOC’s Shape the Community Sport Development Programme.

    Brian Lewis, Secretary General of TTOC said “Olympic Day 2010 is significant as it coincides with the Youth Olympic Games.”
     
    The event is open to the public and registration is free for participants of the under 10 to under 19 events and $20 for those over 19.

    For more information contact TTOC at (868) 625-1285 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (868) 625-1285      end_of_the_skype_highlighting or e-mail contact@ttoc.org.  

     
    jun.21.2010

    The veteran duo of Penelope Stephens and Stacey Siu Butt have been included in a 21-member national women’s hockey that leaves here on Wednesday for a 12-day tour of Chile. The tour is being used as part of this country’s preparations for the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games next month in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi, India, in October. In Chile, the T&T women will play five matches against the Chile national team and three against top club oppositions. Stephens’ has been in good form for her club Stag Malvern and her inclusion by coach David Francois in the team for the South American tour is geared towards getting her ready for the Commonwealth Games as the team for Puerto Rico has already been submitted to the T&T Olympic Committee.

    She will be making her first national tour in close to eight years, while Siu Butt of Shandy Carib Magnolias, has also been among the goals for her club and is fit to travel after recovering from a hamstring injury that kept her out of her team’s T&T Hockey Board Championship Division “Big Four” series which ended on Sunday. The team for Chile includes four US-based Collegiate players in Avion Ashton, Krizia Layne, Teresa Lezama and Kristin Thompson while the teenage quartet of Stephanie Whiteman, daughter of former national players, Kenneth and Carol Wynn-Whiteman, Charnise Cato, Brittney Hingh and Kelli O’Brien earn their first senior call-ups. At the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi India, the T&T women’s team will play in Pool A with defending Australia, South Africa, India and Scotland. Pool B comprises, England, New Zealand, Canada, Malaysia and Wales.

    Women’s hockey team:
    Patricia Wright-Alexis (nee Borneo), Avion Ashton, Petal Derry, Arielle Du Quesnay, Kecia Jones, Krizia Layne, Teresa Lezama, Sekayi Liburd, Stacey Siu Butt, Oire Trotman, Curlyne Wynn, Alanna Lewis, Blair Wynne, Anastasia Netto, Kelli O’Brien, Britney Hingh, Charnise Cato, Sarayahu Plaza, Penelope Stephens, Kristin Thompson, Stephanie Whiteman.

    Technical staff: David Nicholas Francois (coach), Anthony Marcano (assistant coach/videographer), Joan Layne (manager), Kemoy Clarke (assistant manager), Ian Carter (physiotherapist).
     

    jun.23.2010

    Today,Olympic Day will be celebrated all around the world: hundreds of thousands of people – young and old – participate in sports activities, such as runs, exhibitions, music and educational seminars. Over the last two decades, the event has helped to spread the Olympic ideals to every corner of the world.

    Olympic Day was introduced in 1948 to commemorate the birth of the modern Olympic Games on 23 June 1894 at the Sorbonne in Paris. The goal was to promote participation in sport across the globe regardless of age, gender or athletic ability.

    Over the last 20 years Olympic Day has been associated with Olympic Day Runs all over the world. From 45 participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in the first edition in 1987, the numbers have grown to nearly 200 participating NOCs.

    Olympic Day is nowadays developing into much more than just a sports event. Based on the three pillars “move”, “learn” and “discover”, National Olympic Committees are deploying sports, cultural and educational activities. Some countries have incorporated the event into the school curriculum and, in recent years, many NOCs have added concerts and exhibitions to the celebration. Recent NOC activities have included meetings for children and young people with top athletes and the development of new web sites directing people to programmes in their neighborhood.

    The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee( TTOC) will join with NOCs around the world in celebrating Olympic day today. However TTOC activities will be held on Saturday at the King George V Park from 10 am.

    TTOC president Larry Romany believes that with the attention of the sporting world focused on the FIFA World Cup in South Africa it is important to take time to reflect on the Olympic values of fair play,tolerance and the joy found in effort.

    " Sport is a universal language that can be used to foster peace,harmony and understanding . While there will always be negative controversies and moments. It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day sport is fun and enjoyment. It is about children,young men and women,the elderly,adults living a healthy and active lifestyle .It is not only about the business of sport but also about unity and harmony. At the TTOC we always look forward to the 23 June as it brings us back to our roots and core values." said Romany.

    Romany made the observation that when one considers the number of projects and activities that the TTOC is currently undertaking it is very easy to lose perspective.

    "As we expand our reach and organisation. Keeping the vision and mission of Olympism and the Olympic movement at the forefront of what we do and why we do things remains a priority." added Romany of what we do cannot be taken for granted."

     
     
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    jun.21.2010

    England-based Kwandwane Browne will lead a 23-member T&T senior men’s hockey team which leave today for a two-week training camp in Belgium. The camp is being used by the locals as part of their preparations for the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) and Commonwealth Games. Browne is already in England and will meet up with the players en route to Belguim.

    In addition to Browne, the local team heading to Europe includes five other players who ply their trade in England in Dillet Gilkes, Terrance Baptiste, Matthew Tang Nian, Mickel Pierre, Evan-Piers Farrell. The team which will be accompanied by two local coaches in Bruce Tang Nian and Glen “Fido” Francis as well as manager Denise Scanterbury will link up with the T&T Hockey Board Coaching Consultants, Netherlands duo, Eric Verboom and Rob Haanjtes on arrival in Belgium.

    The team also features five senior squad newcomers in Chad Pedro, Carlos Stephens, Shaquille Edwards, Jovan Woodward and Dominic Jaikaransingh. The team is expected to return home on July 9 before heading off to the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico ten days later.

    Following the CAC Games the national men’s indoor team will then take centre stage as they compete at the Indoor Pan American Championship, August 9 to 15 in Barquisimento, Venezuela. The Commonwealth Games is carded for New Delhi, India in October, where the local men have been placed in Pool B along with England, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. Reigning champions Australia are in Pool A with Pakistan, India, Malaysia and Scotland.

    Source:www.trinidadexpress.com/sport- writer: Mark Pouchet

    HISTORY FOR HOMERHe may not be Hasely Crawford but Trinidad and Tobago's Christian Homer is now also an Olympic champion. Homer gained this country's first gold medal at an Olympic event since Montreal 1976, yesterday in Singapore.

    The occasion was the inaugural Youth Olympic Games currently underway there.

    After qualifying as the top-seed after setting a new national record of 26.31 seconds in the semi-finals, Homer held true to the form book when he clocked 26.36 seconds in the final of the one-lap 50m backstroke event at the Singapore Sport School Olympic-sized pool.

    And the multiple Carifta, Caribbean Island Swimming Championship (CISC) and Central American and Caribbean Age-Group Swimming Championships (CCCAN) champion had to defy large home crowd support for Singaporean Kal Wee Ng Rainer to touch the time pad first.

    Ng Rainer posted a 26.45 silver medal effort, while there was a tie for third place with Kuwait's Abdulah Altuwaini and Australia's Max Ackermann both clocking 26.46.

    Homer's golden swim is the sport of swimming's most significant achievement on the world youth stage and is only to be outdone in the Open arena by the achievements of George Bovell with his Central American and Caribbean (CAC), Pan American and Olympic feats, including his Athens 2004 Olympic bronze medal in the 200m individual medley (IM).

     


    jun.23.2010

    Source: www.olympic.org
    On the occasion of Olympic Day, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic family today celebrated the 2010 Women and Sport Awards. Five continental trophies and one world trophy were given to exceptional personalities who all have made a significant difference to boosting the development, participation and involvement of women and girls in sport around the world.

    The official ceremony was held at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, in the presence of IOC President Jacques Rogge; Anita DeFrantz, IOC member and Chairperson of the IOC Women and Sport Commission; the members of the IOC Women and Sport Commission; IOC Executive Board members; and guests invited to take part in the Olympic Day celebrations.

    The winners of the 2010 Women and Sport Awards – five women and one man - include former Olympic medallists, sports leaders and political decision-makers.

    National Olympic Committees (NOCs), International Federations (IFs) and Continental Associations were invited to submit candidatures, and the winners were selected by the IOC Women and Sport Commission. This year, the trophies were awarded as follows:

    - IOC World Trophy: Erica Terpstra (Netherlands)

    - IOC Trophy for Africa: Germaine Manguet (Guinea)

    - IOC Trophy for the Americas: Leslie McDonald (Canada)

    - IOC Trophy for Asia: Yuko Arimori (Japan)

    - IOC Trophy for Europe: Grete Waitz (Norway)

    - IOC Trophy for Oceania: Susan Simcock (New Zealand)

    Addressing the winners and the audience, President Rogge said: “It is fitting that our celebration of Olympic Day this year includes the presentation of the 2010 IOC Women and Sport Awards. For all the progress that society has made, we still need to improve the access of girls and women to sport around the world. The recipients of the Women and Sport Awards are role models who are opening doors to gender equality on the field of play, within coaching staff and in sports administration.” 

    Speaking at the ceremony, Anita DeFrantz said: "Olympic Day is about getting everybody to move and about moving together - regardless of age, athletic ability and gender. It is meant to be a truly inclusive event that can be celebrated by everybody, everywhere. Today’s award winners have all embraced this philosophy.” Speaking about achievements, she declared: “On the field of play, we are moving closer and closer to men and women competing in even numbers on the world’s greatest sporting stage. This year, more than 40 per cent of the athletes taking part in Vancouver 2010 were women, a new record for women’s participation in the Olympic Winter Games.” 

    Information on the winners:


    Erica Terpstra (The Netherlands)
    Twice an Olympic medallist in swimming, Erica Terpstra participated in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964. After her athletic career, she went on to serve sport. Her term of office as President of the Netherlands Olympic Committee has just come to an end. In this function, she used her influence and position to involve all members of Dutch society in sport and to promote a tolerant and equal environment in sports associations throughout the country. Throughout her career, Erica Terpstra has supported initiatives targeting disadvantaged communities and people with disabilities in and outside the Netherlands. In her activities, she has always highlighted the challenges and achievements of girls and women in particular. For instance, she supports the NGOs Women Win, which promotes sport and physical activity as instruments for social change and women’s empowerment in developing countries, and Lady Fit, a fitness club for migrant women in the Netherlands. Furthermore, she managed the Female Managers Network of the Netherlands and helped create the Fanny Blankers-Koen Award, which pays tribute to one of the greatest women athletes of all time by rewarding sportspersons in the Netherlands for outstanding achievements, both sporting and non-sporting.

    Erica Terpstra, a former sports journalist, was a member of the Dutch parliament from 1977 until 2003, including a term as Minister of Sport. She headed the European Year Against Discrimination and made a high-profile stand against age discrimination by companies and organisations in the Netherlands.  Erica Terpstra attends countless events each year, including walks or runs raising funds for women, tournaments for girl athletes, or other related good causes, and her presence invariably attracts greater numbers of participants.

    Germaine Manguet (Guinea)
    As Chairperson of the Women and Sport Commission of the NOC of Guinea, Germaine Manguet has created regional branches of the Commission, established the national day of Women and Sport, organised sports administration training sessions and helped integrate women into sports organisations and national policy decision-making. She has ensured that all the Commission’s events would be covered by predominantly female journalists and she has organised an annual radio programme on the theme of women and sport. Furthermore, as Minister of Social Affairs and Promotion of Women and Children of Guinea in 2008 and in 2009, Germaine Manguet played an important role in the promotion of women at the political level.

    Leslie McDonald (Canada)
    The Honorary President of the International Triathlon Union (ITU), has changed and driven the gender policy within his sport. In 1975, after his daughter was denied entry to a race, Leslie McDonald created a 10km race in Vancouver exclusively for women. He established the first triathlon in Canada to have equal rewards for men and women, which is a fundamental principle of the ITU today; he established a minimum of 50 per cent of women on regional and national triathlon bodies; and, as President of the ITU, he introduced the principle of 20 per cent of women on the executive board, which also has to be respected by national federations.

    Yuko Arimori (Japan)
    She was the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic track and field medal for 64 years when she finished second in the 1992 marathon, won bronze four years later, and since then has campaigned ceaselessly for women in sport. She is the founder and director of Hearts of Gold, an NGO that assists victims of disasters and helps people in war-torn areas become self-sufficient. In this function, she helped women and people with disabilities to enter the Angkor Wat Marathon, Cambodia’s first international sports event; as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, she promotes empowerment and gender equality throughout Asia; in Kenya, she opened a shelter for women fleeing genital mutilation and infant marriage; and, in Ethiopia, she has helped promote gender equality and HIV prevention. She is an IAAF Women’s Committee member and Japan Athletics Federation board member.

    Grete Waitz (Norway)
    Grete Waitz has set world records, won various marathons and an Olympic silver medal in 1984 in Los Angeles. Her contribution to women’s sport since those days has been no less impressive. She founded the Grete Waitz Run in Oslo for women and girls, and is Chairperson of the New York Road Runners Foundation, which facilitates physical activity and training for schoolgirls and boys. She is a renowned lecturer on women’s training, including programmes for cancer prevention. Her influence on Norwegian and international sport has contributed significantly to a change in society’s views on women in sport.

    Susan Simcock (New Zealand)
    Susan Simcock was the first woman to be elected President of the World Squash Federation and the first to be elected as a council member of the General Association of International Sports Federations, known today as SportAccord. She is also Chairperson of the Women and Sport Committee for the New Zealand National Olympic Committee. She led the mergers between women’s and men’s federations in international squash and New Zealand golf, ensuring gender balance at executive level. As President of the World Squash Federation, she oversaw support for the Brighton Declaration for Women. She has initiated several projects, including a study on gender balance in her own country, and developing guidelines to assist other national sports federations to improve gender balance on their boards.

    About Olympic Day
    Olympic Day was introduced in 1948 to commemorate the birth of the modern Olympic Games on 23 June 1894 at the Sorbonne in Paris.  The goal was to promote participation in sport across the globe, regardless of age, gender or athletic ability. Over the last 20 years, Olympic Day has been associated with Olympic Day Runs all over the world. From 45 participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in the first edition in 1987, the numbers have grown to nearly 200 participating NOCs. What’s more, many of the participating NOCs are in Africa – proving the event’s worldwide appeal.

    Over the past few years, Olympic Day has developed into much more than just a run or a sports event. Some countries have incorporated Olympic Day activities into the school curriculum. Others have added concerts and exhibitions to the sports activity. Athletes and Olympic champions are also active on Olympic Day to encourage people to take up sport, enjoy and excel. If you want to get active on Olympic Day, join us on Facebook and tell us what you do!