Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union(TTRFU) president Leslie Figaro has extended congratulations to Heather Moyse Canada's dual national sport athlete in bobsleigh and rugby on her Gold medal for Canada in the two woman bobsleigh event at the Vancouver Olympic Games.Figaro said that Moyse made many life long friends during her three year stay in T&T.
" Heather was very involved in rugby here. She played with Caribs Rugby Club. She helped the TTRFU with coaching and the efforts to develop women's rugby. She is a wonderful person. Her determination to compete at the international level in two demanding sports is an inspiration ." said Figaro
In 2001, Heather was selected to serve as a Disability Sports Program Officer with Commonwealth Games Canada in Trinidad and Tobago. She developed and established a camp for children who are deaf or hearing-impaired from islands across the Caribbean called Camp ABLE (Active Bodies, Leadership, and Esteem). Following her three year stay she returned to Canada to do her Masters in Occupational Therapy, she has continued to serve as a Member-at-Large for Commonwealth Games Canada with an avid interest in international development through sport.
On her website
www.heathermoyse.net Moyse said she went to Trinidad and Tobago as a Disability Sports Program Officer through the internship with Commonwealth Games Canada, using sport as a medium for development. Where she worked with the Special Education Unit, Ministry of Education to develop and implement sporting programs/events for students with various disabilities. Planned and held a workshop for teachers of “Special” schools, as well as a seminar for the Physical Training Instructors for the National Defence Force of Trinidad and Tobago on movement analysis and adaptation to sport. Founded, organized, established, and directed Camp ABLE (Active Bodies, Leadership & Esteem): a sports leadership development camp for hearing-impaired teenaged students from various Caribbean countries.
Worked as a consultant for the Trinidad and Tobago Chapter of Disabled Peoples’ International, preparing and presenting a proposal to the Government to implement an incentive system for public transportation for wheelchair users.
"It is really this line of work about which I am truly passionate. I believe that sport is a wonderful medium for development – individual development, group development, community development, and national and international development. Lessons can be learned, eyes can be opened, and barriers can be overcome – it can be a better world because of sport" said Moyse
