Cayman to host regional Olympic conference

(CNS): The Cayman Islands will welcome 130 delegates from 32 countries from across the Caribbean and Central America later this month for executive and specialist meetings of the regional Olympic committees. The Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CACSO) and the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) will both have Executive Committee meetings, General Assemblies and other associated gatherings. Hosted by the Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (CIOC), government is the major sponsor via the ministry responsible for sports. The CIOC described the event as “an excellent example of the CIG and the CIOC working together for the benefit of sports.”

The meetings will take place as the Grand Cayman Marriot Beach Resort on West Bay Road from 25-29 October. PremierMcKeeva Bush and the sports minister Mark Scotland will address the General Assemblies.

Regional delegates from  Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, EL Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela,  are scheduled to attend,.  Delegates from countries in the region without Olympic Committees, Anguilla, Curacao, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos, will also attend.

The CIOC said representatives from Vera Cruz, Mexico the host of the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC), Toronto, Canada, host of the 2015 Pan American Games, Guatemala City, Guatemala, the bid city for2018 CAC Games and Nanjing, China the host of 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games will also be making presentations