Jamaica’s Minister of Sport, Culture, Gender and Entertainment Olivia Grange, yesterday paid a visit to the Home of Football facilities in Couva and was impressed by it.
A release from the T&T Football Association said Grange delivered glowing remarks after her tour of the venue on Tuesday.
She was led on the tour by football association president David John-Williams and his General Secretary Camara David and accompanied by Jamaican High Commissioner to T&T Arthur H.W. Williams.
“I’m very impressed with the sports infrastructure that I see here. It’s important to invest in sports facilities for your athletes because our athletes are primarily young people and we have to engage them. They are extremely talented and so I am impressed with what is happening here in T&T, with the sports facilities that you have. I specifically requested to visit the Cycling Velodrome and the Aquatic Centre and then I was surprised when I saw there is also this fantastic football facility that includes a hotel,” she continued.
“I want to congratulate the T&T Government, the Sports Company and the T&T Football Association for this wonderful work. As brothers and sisters in the region, I know we can share best practices. I have benefited a lot from what I see here today."
“As you know, Ato Boldon is coaching Briana Williams, who is our rising star from Jamaica so that collaboration and partnership already exist, and we just have to build on it. I’m looking forward to more collaborations and maybe we can send our athletes here for training camps and T&T can make use of its facilities. We have the largest sports college in the region, the G.C. Foster College of Education & Sport and T&T can benefit from some collaborations with our training facility or institution in Jamaica. It is an opportunity for us to work together and I just want to congratulate T&T for what I have seen. I am most impressed,” Grange concluded.