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CARIBBEAN GAMES
In or about 2000, Heads of Caribbean Governments determined that in order
to further the development of Sport in the Caribbean, there is need for
the Celebration of Games for Elite Athletes on a periodic basis. The
Heads of Government also acknowledged that the Olympic movement is an
essential vehicle if such games were to acquire appropriate recognition
and accreditation.
Upon its establishment in 1999, one of the prime initiatives of the Caribbean
Caucus of National Olympic Committees was the celebration of games for senior
athletes and the adoption and expansion of the Carifta Games for Junior Athletes.
When the Caucus was succeeded by CANOC in July 2003 in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic it accepted the mandate to establish and administer the Caribbean
Games.
The Caribbean Games will provide a platform to showcase elite Caribbean Athletes
as a means of motivating young sportsmen and sportswomen to aspire to international
standards and achievements. It is intended that the Games should expose Caribbean
audiences to the Best of the Caribbean Athletes.
The Caribbean Games are sanctioned
by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are open to all members
of CANOC. The Caribbean Games will be held quadrennially, in the year immediately
following the Olympic Games. A maximum of 7 sports may be in competition
among which must be 2 team sports to be chosen from football, basketball
and volleyball. Non-core sports must be selected from among Olympic Sports
disciplines.The events chosen for the 2009 Caribbean Games are Tennis, Track & Field,
Boxing, Netball and Volleyball.
Qualifying standards are to be established in consultation with the international
and regional federations.
Individual Sports have no age limit; while there
will be an age limit to participants of Team Sports. Teams will be selected
by their National Olympic Committees.
Competitors will be chosen from among elite athletes, not limited to those
who competed at the preceding Olympic Summer Games.
At a Meeting of the
Council for Human and Social Development of CARICOM in October 2005 in
Guyana, the Trinidad and Tobago Government confirmed that it would host
the inaugural edition of the Games. The Games will be held from July 13th
– 19th, 2009.The Caribbean Games is the most important sporting event in
the region in 2009.
As this is the inaugural Games and a wholly Caribbean endeavor, with Trinidad & Tobago
as host, CANOC is keen to present a memorable event.
www.canoc.net
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