The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee(TTOC) 10th annual Olympic Youth Camp got underway today at Shaw Park, Tobago. Twenty two young Tobagonian athletes between the ages of 13 and 17 years old created TTOC history as it is the first time the popular Olympic youth camp is in the Sister Isle.
TTOC vice president Annette Knott said that it was the TTOC's dream from the inception of the annual Olympic youth camp to host a Tobago leg.
" The fact that we were not able to do so until this year was not for want of trying. However this year is the tenth anniversary and there was a collective determination within the TTOC that Tobago must happen." said Knott.
The support of the Tobago House of Assembly(THA) in partnering with the TTOC proved invaluable according to TTOC president Michael Romany.
" Without the support of the THA the Tobago leg may not have happened. While we do receive support from Olympic Solidarity our ambition to hold camps throughout T&T require local support. Last year we held legs of the camp in Port.of. Spain,Point Fortin and Trincity. This year we are in Tobago and at the Joao Havelenge Centre of Excellence."
Romany said the TTOC is committed to the goal of the Olympic movement which is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport.
The TTOC's Tobago Olympic Youth Camp will close on Friday 15 July.