DOUBLE Olympic bronze medalist, Lalonde Gordon finally met with Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Orville London during a courtesy call yesterday morning at the Chief Secretary’s Office in the Administrative Complex, Calder Hall.
London said he was pleased to have finally met with Gordon after his successes in London, just over a month ago where he earned bronze medals for TT at the 400 metre final and the 4x400 metres relays.
The chief secretary, who only a day before, was in Trinidad to march with the People’s National Movement party in a call for the removal of Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and Minister of Justice Herbert Volney, congratulated Lalonde and presented him with a book entitled Tobago-Clean, Green and Serene.
London also praised the rest of the Tobago and Trinidad athletes that performed credibly at the games.
Gordon is enjoying a brief holiday in Tobago and the Chief Secretary noted that while he may have left Tobago some time aback, he was happy to know that Lalonde represented the ‘sister isle’ well.
On August 20 Gordon missed out on a planned reception at the THA office after being held up in a motorcade that same day. The motorcade, organised by government, prevented Gordon and other athletes from attending the reception.
Then Gordon was honoured with the 'Lalonde Gordon Sports Development Fund' to be started with an initial allocation of $1 million coming from the THA and then $1 million every year after. In addition the THA agreed that for every dollar that is put into the fund from corporate Tobago and Trinidad, it (THA) will match it dollar for dollar. Yesterday Gordon said he had already gotten a positive feedback from three sponsors to the fund.
Source: www.newsday.co.tt