Chester Sambrano
The Delhi Recreational Grounds in Fyzabad has gotten a $100,000 upgrade courtesy of the Digicel Foundation.
In a media release, the Foundation said Fyzo Starzzz Football Club stepped up for their community of Fyzabad last year and applied for a Digicel Foundation EPIC grant to upgrade the Delhi Road Recreational Grounds.
It said A grant of TT$100,000 was approved by the Foundation and the group was happy to finally unveil the completed upgrades to the recreational space at the end of last year.
"A football fete match was also hosted as part of the celebrations," it said.
According to the release, the upgrades to the facility included cleaning and painting the pavilion, repairs to hand bars, repairs and upgrades to locker rooms, storage for team equipment and gear, development of the public bathrooms facilities, team showers, repainting lines and poles of both basketball court and netball court, repair of bleachers and filling the field.
President of the Fyzo Starzzz- Andre Roberts said, “We’ve wanted to do this for years. There is still more to do, but this is definitely a great start.” He reinforced, “It’s not for us at Fyzo Starzzz but the whole community of Fyzabad to enjoy.”
Digicel Foundation Director- Guy Small was present at the opening and reminisced about his youth days playing sports. He said, “Sport is an integral part of development. Playing at different stages is how it starts and to have access to the amenities in your community is exactly what our youth and communities need...This is a great project for the community by the community.”