Pamela Cum­ber­batch has been ap­point­ed by World Net­ball (WN) as the Tech­ni­cal Del­e­gate for the Trin­ba­go 2023 Com­mon­wealth Youth Games tak­ing place from the Au­gust 4-11.

Cum­ber­batch will work in col­lab­o­ra­tion with World Net­ball, the host Or­gan­is­ing Com­mit­tee (OC), and the Com­mon­wealth Games Fed­er­a­tion (CGF) as re­quired on a vol­un­tary ba­sis to en­sure com­pli­ance with World Net­ball’s rules and reg­u­la­tions both pri­or to and dur­ing the com­pe­ti­tion.

On her ap­point­ment, Cum­ber­batch said: “It’s a priv­i­lege and an ho­n­our to serve in any way that will aid in pos­i­tive­ly im­pact­ing our youths.

“Har­ness­ing the tal­ents of the young in such a pos­i­tive en­vi­ron­ment, will on­ly au­gur well for their per­son­al de­vel­op­ment and the con­tin­u­ing evolve­ment of the sport of net­ball.”

World Net­ball CEO, Clare Br­ie­gal, con­grat­u­lat­ed Cum­ber­batch say­ing: “Pamela has worked in net­ball since 1995, play­ing a vi­tal role in many na­tion­al and in­ter­na­tion­al net­ball events host­ed by and in­volv­ing Trinidad and To­ba­go.

“From be­ing the Sec­re­tary of the World Net­ball Mem­ber, Trinidad & To­ba­go, from 2004 to 2006, to train­ing and co­or­di­nat­ing the ta­ble of­fi­cials for the Amer­i­c­as Games in 2012, whilst al­so man­ag­ing the Trinidad & To­ba­go Un­der 21 squad in the same year, and most re­cent­ly in her role as the cur­rent Tech­ni­cal Train­er of the Trinidad & To­ba­go Net­ball As­so­ci­a­tions ta­ble of­fi­cials, Pamela has gained mul­ti­ple ex­pe­ri­ences which will be key to her suc­cess in this role.

“World Net­ball looks for­ward to work­ing close­ly with Pamela, the Trin­ba­go 2023 lo­cal or­gan­is­ing com­mit­tee and the Com­mon­wealth Games Fed­er­a­tion on the de­liv­ery of a world-class FAST5 net­ball com­pe­ti­tion at the Com­mon­wealth Youth Games.”