ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-Track and field officials here say plans are progressing well for the staging of the 2016 Carifta games in Grenada, the 45th edition of the annual regional championships.
Chair of the local organizing committee (LOL) Veda Bruno Victor .
About 500 athletes will compete from March 26 to 28 at the new Chinese built national athletic stadium expected to be handed over to the government next month.
Chair of the local organizing committee (LOL) Veda Bruno Victor says a quarter of the estimated EC two million dollars budgeted for the event, had already been raised.
“A budget we have put forward-just a little over 2 million dollars is what we presented for the hosting of the games and we have sought sponsorship from local corporate business and we are receiving favorable responses,” said Bruno Victor, addressing a live televised launch of CARIFTA games 2016.
“To date the NOC has pledged US 100,000 to support the effort. This US 100,000 –US 50, 000 from our regional body PASO (Pan American Sports Organization) and we have asked Olympic solidarity to assist us with another 50,000”. It will be the second time in 16 years the games will be staged in Grenada after hosting in 2000 but unable to repeat in the aftermath of hurricane Ivan in September 2004 which forced the meet’s relocation to Tobago.
“With 150 days to go, we are sparing no effort to have everything in place to have a successful hosting of the 2016 CARIFTA games,” said Bruno Victor.
