{"id":6923,"date":"2010-03-29T08:34:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T14:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=6923"},"modified":"2010-03-29T08:36:16","modified_gmt":"2010-03-29T14:36:16","slug":"laudat-sports-committee-aiming-to-improve-lives-of-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/laudat-sports-committee-aiming-to-improve-lives-of-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Laudat Sports Committee aiming to improve lives of young people"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6924\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6924\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/andrew2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6924\" title=\"andrew2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/andrew2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Stedman <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A recently formed Laudat Sports Committee has as a plan the extension of the village playing field and the construction of a basketball court, in it\u2019s quest to keep the youth in the village engaged in positive programs.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the committee Andrew Stedman told Dominica News Online that sports is seen as one of the avenues which could divert the youths&#8217; attention from drugs and violence.<\/p>\n<p>He noted a major challenge faced by sports men who use that playing field\u00a0 is the lack of a water supply on the playing field.<\/p>\n<p>He said that that matter is being looked into.<\/p>\n<p>The committee organized a fund-raising grand sports day on Sunday, featuring football, cricket, rifle shooting, raffles and ball tossing competitions, accompanied by a DJ. The funds from the event will be used to purchase uniforms for village teams to compete in an upcoming District Sports Festival in April, organized by the Sports Division.<\/p>\n<p>According to Stedman, the Laudat Sports Committee was formed last year and has undertaken sporting developmental programs with the aim of developing sports in the village .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSponsorship has been coming in kind of slow, so we the committee decided to do our own fund raising for the sports festival. We are trying to raise funds to purchase uniforms for a football, basketball, volleyball and cricket teams,\u201d Stedman said.<\/p>\n<p>Last week the committee also organized a mini sports day which included a 20\/20 cricket match and rounders game. Stedman noted that the turn out was good.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong> &#8211; Hermisha Rolle, Staff reporter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A recently formed Laudat Sports Committee has as a plan the extension of the village playing field and the construction of a basketball court, in it\u2019s quest to keep the youth in the village engaged in positive programs. 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