While delivering one of the keynote speeches at the historic resuscitation of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) following a five-year hiatus, Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, disclosed that plans are being conceptualised for the inaugural staging of the Border Games between Nickerie District and Corentyne
Addressing the gathering of dignitaries, officials and athletes, which also included Prime Minister Mark Phillips, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson jnr., and Suriname’s Minister of Regional Development and Sports, Garcia Emmanuel, at the National Stadium, Providence, Ninvalle revealed that the Border Games initiative, which is in its formative stage of discussion, is a direct consequence of the Inter-Guiana Games.
“It would be remiss of me if I don’t inform you that as a byproduct of our discussions, we have already started speaking with Suriname about a Border Games which will see the Corentyne having competitions with Nickerie and I think this is a wonderful gesture and it says that we are pushing in the right direction,” said Ninvalle.