Sport can be a powerful tool for development and economic diversification. This was the central thesis undergirding the Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee’s Future of Sport Conference 2017 which took place at Hotel Normandie in St. Ann’s, Trinidad last week. First let me once again commend TTOC President Mr. Brian Lewis and his team on a well-organised and informative event and for kindly inviting me to be a panellist. I also would like to give kudos to all fellow panellists, the moderator and to the audience for making the sessions as engaging as they were.

OLYMPIC duo Keshorn Walcott and Michelle-Lee Ahye won the Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year accolades at the First Citizens Sports Foundation Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards 2016 at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, on Friday night.

Local stakeholders in the sporting industry were urged to be bold, get serious and treat sport as a business, at last Thursday's Future of Sport Conference hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) at Normandie Hotel, St Ann's.

The Coat of Arms of Trinidad and Tobago was designed by a committee formed in 1962 to select the symbols that would be representative of the people of Trinidad and Tobago. The committee included noted artist Carlyle Chang and Carnival designer, the late George Bailey. The Coat of Arms with the accompanying motifs which represent indigenous features of Trinidad and Tobago were selected and formally agreed to be used as the Coat of Arms of Trinidad and Tobago in 1962, in a design approved by the College of Arms. 

Ayesha Boucaud- Claxton, Group Corporate Communications Manager, Guardian Group, has lauded the long term partnership with the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) as crucial for the future of sport locally.