Olympism

In the recent past the debate on the national stadium has again been brought to the fore. It is important that this matter not be allowed to die as natural a death as some other projects once deemed essential to the developmental pathway of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

A quick perusal of the sports facilities across the country leaves one with no doubt that despite the changes that have taken place in terms of popularity Cricket remains the primadonna of Vincentian sports. No other sport comes close in respect of the number of facilities to which this sport has access, at least in the minds of the governmental authorities responsible for sport.

Globally it has become quite commonplace to find the authorities engaging in annual research projects aimed at monitoring the developments taking place across their respective countries and how they impact what they do in so far as sports facilities are concerned. Read the rest of this entry »

The St Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee is the leading national organisation in the field of human resource development. The number of persons trained in any given year remains an outstanding feature of the organisation’s mode of operation. One wonders though to what extent these training opportunities are positively impacting the national sports landscape.

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Barrow defines physical education as an education of and through human movement…

Webster’s Dictionary defines it as a part of education which gives instruction in the development of the body ranging from simple callisthenic exercises to a course of study providing training in hygiene, gymnastics and the performance and management of athletics games.

Perhaps one of the best definitions comes from Charles A Bucher – an integral part of the total education process…a field of endeavour which has as its aim the development of physically, mentally, emotionally and socially fit citizens through the medium of physical activities which have been selected with a view to realising these outcomes. Read the rest of this entry »

There is a belief amongst some that sport facilitates unity. Many analysts in the region who have examined the path of West Indies cricket over the years express this view.

True, our peoples of the Caribbean used cricket to establish themselves; to show the world that as a once colonised people we have no less talent than those who started the game and those who had become its primary adherents.

CLR James emphasised the importance of the game to our people in his highly acclaimed, Beyond A Boundary.

Over the years we have heard that the only institutions that reflect the aspirations of our people towards regional integration are West Indies cricket and the University of the West Indies.

In reality however the region has not been drawn any closer through our sporting endeavours even as we continue to speak of this as a viable option.

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