The Sports Division will kick off its 2016/2017 Schools Competitions with the staging of the 2016 Independence Schools Athletics Championships.
The championships comprise of competition at the Primary Schools and the Secondary Schools and will commence with the Primary Schools Preliminaries Meets on Wednesday, October 5th.
The Primary Schools Preliminaries were originally set to commence on Monday, October 3rd, however, due to the fact that the passage of Tropical Storm Matthew has affected field and other logistical preparations, the Sports Division has been forced to move the start of the prelims for the Primary Schools to Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
The preliminaries for the North Zone, South East Zone and the South Zone will now take place on Wednesday, October 5th from 10:00 am at Portsmouth, Castle Bruce and Pottersville respectively whilst the prelims for the North West and South West will be held on October 6th.
The Prelims for the North East and West Central which were carded to take place on October 4th will now be held on October 11th at the Londonderry Playing Field and Potterville respectively.
The Primary Schools Independence Athletics Final will be held on October 19, 2016 at Portsmouth.
The 2016 Independence Athletics Championship for the Secondary Schools will be held on October 12th and 14th at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium.
The Olympic Committee is the middleman to getting the resources but they will not collaborate with or guide its membership and stake holders as to how to source the resources. However, one thing is certain. They, the members of the executive, will not miss the continental and international meetings and the Olympic Games for sure. Even if our representation in terms of athletes is below average. Great suggestion Righteous
I think it would be very nice if the Dominica Olympic Committee were to sponsor this.
The Dominica Olympic Committee could definitely put that in their annual events with collaboration from the sport division in order to get grants to ensure maximum participation. There is always a way to get this things done, we just have to be creative. It would be great to see the private sector chip in as well. A little goes a long way.
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