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commanding the

Commonwealth

…one device at a time

Media content creator and sports/photojournalist Denis Tayé Allen renders his verdict on what digital
transformation will mean for T&T, using the CYG as a launch platform

In the seminal scene of the 1999 film, The Matrix, Trinity We've done big events here before. The islands have
expresses her last moment of doubt when she tells the been home to West Indies cricket for decades—and
hero, Neo: "Nobody has ever done this before." As the who can forget that fateful day, November 19, 1989,
gun racks slide into The Construct, Neo, brimful of blind when the Hasely Crawford National Stadium made
confidence, replies: "That's why it's going to work." room for 40,000 of us to see the Soca Warriors 1990
World Cup campaign collapse agonisingly against the
In Trinidad and Tobago's rich sporting history, the one USA, But this Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth
thing we have never done is to host a global Games (CYG) is something different; perhaps, we dare
multi-event sports franchise. So, when presented with say, even something special.
the opportunity, after the Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games Council were unable to meet Bits and Bytes
its obligations to host the games in Belfast, the Trinidad "The legacy that staging this Games will be for Trinidad
and Tobago Commonwealth Games Association's and Tobago...is transformational and impactful," said
(TTCGA) bold bid to host what was then supposed to Brian Lewis, speaking then as the TTCGA President.
be the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games was like Lewis was instrumental in leading the team that bid for
Neo's moment of resolute bravery. the Games.