Some $3.6 million were disbursed by the Ministry of Sport and Community Development towards the downpayment to secure hotels for the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) set to unfold from August 4-11.

The handover ceremony took place on Friday at the Ministry of Sport and Community Development’s head office and present were Gabre Jesu McTair, from left, Director, Physical Education and Sport Division, Diane Henderson, president of the T&T Commonwealth Games Association and Beverly Reid-Samuel, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Sport and Community Development.

The hosting of these games will further position Trinidad and Tobago as a hub for sports tourism, providing a platform for Caribbean athletes to showcase their skills and will bring economic benefit to this country, said Shamfa Cudjoe, Minister of Sport and Community Development.

The government is pleased to support the Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Games Association through the disbursement of 3.6 million dollars towards down payment to secure 5,000 hotel room nights across six hotels in Trinidad and Tobago, including the Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Radisson, Cara Hotels, Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort, Mt Irvine Bay Resort and Comfort Inn and Suites. We are delighted to partner with the sporting fraternity and support the economy through sport, said Minister Cudjoe.

With only 200 days remaining, T&T is getting ready to welcome some 1,000 athletes, between the ages of 14 and 18, competing in seven sports-swimming, athletics, cycling, netball, rugby, triathlon, beach volleyball-at the seventh edition of the CYG.