The Honourable The Chief Justice and President of the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Mr Justice Ivor Archie in his key note address last evening at the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee 17th Annual Awards ceremony at the National Academy For the Performing Arts(Theatre 2) said the Olympic values and ideals should be embraced by Trinidad and Tobago.
The listening audience included their Excellencies Professor George Maxwell Richards, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Dr Jean Ramjohn- Richards,four time Olympic medal winner Ato Boldon, the Honourable Minister of Education Dr Tim Goopeesingh, Minister of Education and the Honourable Minister of Legal Affairs Prakash Ramadhar and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sport Ashwin Creed and Senator Elton Prescott .
Justice Archie a founding member of Tobago United Sports Foundation, a non profit foundation with a mission to develop leadership and life skills among youth in Tobago gave an insightful and thought provoking message that reflected on the history of the Olympic movement and the philosophy of Olympism. He also noted that excellence in the context of Olympic sports rested on the holistic development of the human being rather than a narrow focus on winning medals.
-Brian Lewis