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Keith Joseph
President
Caribbean Association of
National Olympic Committees
(CANOC)
Dear Friends
The Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Games
Association is extremely fortunate to be hosting the
Commonwealth Youth Games of 2023 (CYG2023). After
having been awarded the rights to CYG2021, the CGA’s
planning was thwarted by the vagaries of the global
pandemic, Covid-19. Last year, however, imbued with
renewed vigour and continued commitment, TTO readily
raised its hand to be given preference for CYG2023.
The entire family of the Caribbean Association of
National Olympic Committees (CANOC) is decidedly
proud of Trinidad and Tobago, on being the second
member of our organisation to host the Commonwealth
Youth Games. The Bahamas hosted the previous
edition, CYG2017.
This historic moment means everything to CANOC, not
the least of which is the establishment of a cadre of
administrators and technical officials who, together with
those who organised and delivered the Inaugural
Caribbean Games in Guadeloupe in 2022, would
enhance the capacity of our small CGAs and NOCs to
bid for, plan and deliver multi-sport Games, a priceless
treasure that would redound to the benefit of all of
CANOC.
While TTO is the host of CYG2023 and the event
belongs to the Commonwealth Games Federation, all of
us at CANOC readily claim a very special place in the
sporting spectacle. We, as members of this Caribbean
we call home, readily acknowledge that our fortunes are
directly integrated with the fortunes of all of us as
Caribbean sporting organisations and, importantly, as
Caribbean people.
On behalf of CANOC, it gives me very special and
historic pleasure in congratulating the CGA of Trinidad
and Tobago, the government and people and the
nation’s entire sports family on the occasion of the
hosting of CYG2023.
We look forward to the performances of all of the CGF’s
members who have willingly come forward to help in the
realisation of this historic moment for all of us in the
broader Movement but in a very special way, for us as
Caribbean people, whose thirst for excellence takes us,
‘Beyond Possible’
Keith Joseph
CANOC President