By Matt Spina: Hello again everyone! What a crazy, crazy month. I really can’t believe 30 days have passed since my last post. Shortly after our “Canada Day” celebration, the hours became longer and longer until we reached a point where we were spending less time at home per day than the office. This was […]

By Emily Stratford: Hi everyone, The time has come that I write my final blog post. 63 countries, 982 athletes, 9 sporting disciplines, 6 days of competition… we did it!!! On July 14th we began welcoming teams into beautiful Nassau. Over the course of 4 days Geordie, Luke, Matt, and I met with all of the […]

By Emily Stratford: Hey everyone! I can’t believe it’s already been 2 months since I touched down in Nassau. Time is flying and work is busy but I’ve been making sure to make the most of everyday. A big task for the month of June has been conducting pre-DRMs (Delegation Registration Meeting) with all participating countries […]

By Matt Spina: Hello everyone! Though I intended to update you all a lot more often, work and life seems to have its way of getting in the way. Since we last posted much has happened in our world. I will stick to the items that I was responsible/working on over the past month to […]

By Emily Stratford: Greetings from paradise! It’s been just under one month since Matt and I touched down in Nassau to work with the Bahamas 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Organizing Committee. It’s hard to believe how quickly I have settled in and how much we’ve already done. I give huge thanks to the other interns, Geordie […]

By Matt Spina: Hello from Nassau everyone! I apologize for the delayed first post but it has been a busy three weeks… closer to a month at this point! Emily and I landed on the 2nd of May on a rather warm evening here on New Providence Island with nothing but excitement flowing through our […]

By Geordie Moss: It’s been a while since I last posted and how it is only becoming busier here in Nassau! My last blog I spoke about our sponsorship event at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium and how exciting it was to start showcasing the amazing event that is set to come. A lot […]

By Luke Giffen: Hi all, Luke again coming to you with my last blog before our new friends come join us in the Bahamas. Matt and Emily are scheduled to join us next Tuesday so we will let them continue the blog and describe all of the awesome things that have been happening on the island. […]

By Luke Giffen: Hi all, Luke again. It has been a couple weeks since my last post and I just wanted to keep everyone up to date with our happenings. This marks our 12th week in paradise (my mom makes sure to keep me updated on how long I’ve been gone; she must miss me […]

By Geordie Moss: It has been just over a month since my last post and it’s crazy to think how much has happened in that short period of time. As mentioned in my last post, we were on the back-end of hosting our second site visit from our third CGA, and as Luke mentioned in […]

By Luke Giffen: Hi all, Luke again. It has been a few weeks since my last post and I figure it was time to post a quick update on what has been going on over here. On the work side, since last we spoke we have had two more site visits. Team Scotland came two […]

By Luke Giffen: Hello again, Luke here. Has it really already been 3 weeks since last time we talked? Time is really going by quickly but don’t worry; I have a lot to tell you. As Geordie mentioned in his previous blog, we are still working towards compiling each team’s “Team Size Calculator.” As there […]

By Geordie Moss: Well it has officially been just over a month since Luke and I touched down in beautiful Nassau, and the time is already flying by! The past few weeks have been very hectic to say the least, as we’ve had two site visits from three different Commonwealth Games Association team representatives, a […]

By Luke Giffen: Hi guys, Luke again. It’s time for the monthly update on how things are going over in paradise. Geordie and I have been here for a little over two weeks now and are finally getting into the swing of things as we move towards the Commonwealth Youth Games mid July. Much of […]

By: Geordie Moss Well it’s been just over two weeks since myself and Luke touched down in Nassau, and what an experience it has been thus far – I’m still expecting to wake up in my bed in Ottawa only to realize this was all a dream! Upon arrival, we were picked up by our […]