The Na­tion­al Gas Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go (NGC)yes­ter­day an­nounced its plat­inum spon­sor­ship of the 7th edi­tion of the Com­mon­wealth Youth Games (CYG) to be host­ed in T&T from Au­gust 4 to 11, 2023.

In a news re­lease, NGC said its part­ner­ship as plat­inum spon­sor with the CYG is an ex­ten­sion of the com­pa­ny’s long­stand­ing com­mit­ment to de­vel­op sport in Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Speak­ing at the me­dia launch of the CYG 2023, Head Cor­po­rate So­cial Re­spon­si­bil­i­ty at NGC, Myles Lewis, shared the com­pa­ny’s hope for the Games: “NGC sees the Com­mon­wealth Youth Games as an im­por­tant cat­a­lyst for the sport­ing stars and lead­ers of to­mor­row, con­tribut­ing to the fur­ther de­vel­op­ment of youth sport through­out the Caribbean and the Com­mon­wealth.

“We hope these games res­onate not just in Trinidad and To­ba­go but through­out the Com­mon­wealth and the world. This spon­sor­ship is not just an in­vest­ment for NGC. It is a sig­nal of our ded­i­ca­tion to our part­ners, our young peo­ple, our ath­letes, and our coun­try.”

Trinidad and To­ba­go was award­ed the ho­n­our of host­ing the 7th edi­tion of the CYG, which was sup­posed to take place in 2021. The COVID-19 pan­dem­ic de­layed the Games, but all is set for the com­pe­ti­tion to kick off this Au­gust.

For the first time, this year the Games will fea­ture para-ath­let­ics events. In­au­gu­rat­ed in 2000 as a plat­form to help tal­ent­ed young ath­letes across the Com­mon­wealth tran­si­tion from ju­nior to se­nior lev­el com­pe­ti­tion, the CYG has been a flag­ship sport­ing event that has helped launch the ca­reers of many pro­fes­sion­al sports­men and women. Events in­clude ath­let­ics, cy­cling, swim­ming, net­ball, rug­by, triathlon and vol­ley­ball.

Over 70 coun­tries, 1,000 ath­letes and 500 of­fi­cials will take part in these games.