By Jenna Brown: Sawubona! It has been officially one week since Mitch and I arrived in Swaziland. After two days of travel, we arrived in the country last Friday, where we were met at the airport by Dalton and Bandile, two members of the Olympafrica Centre in Lobamba. They greeted us warmly, and showed us […]
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Finishing Off my Work and Travelling North
By Jarrett Costron: There are only 21 days until I am back in Canada. In other words, it has been 77 days since I jumped on a plane and embarked on what has been one of the most memorable experiences of my life. Moving across the world, away from family and friends, has certainly been […]
March Madness: The Home Stretch Now
By Jamie Worboys: ** Check me out in the local newspaper at the Track Association of SVG’s Annual Awards Ceremony (bottom right image) March is almost done. This means that my internship is about to wrap up and I head back home! Throughout the month I volunteered my time coaching five year old kids the […]
Packed Stadiums, Cattle Posts, and Car Troubles
By Jarrett Costron: On March 20th-21st we will be having our second grassroots coaching module. As a result, a portion of the last couple of weeks have been spent preparing for the second module. Thankfully, organizing the module has been a lot less stressful than organizing the first. Not only do I have way more […]
SOCGA February Recap
By Rachel Ivey: This month was pretty busy for us at the Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. Thankfully, we had Megan, a former Australian Olympic Committee employee, volunteering in the office for 3 weeks to help us out. These are the main things that we have been working on. Sport Values 4 Life Festival […]
February’s Progress: Both Opportunities and Challenges
By Jamie Worboys: Interning for SVGOC has provided me with many opportunities along with challenges. Being a young undergraduate student I have begun to apply the knowledge I have attained from Sport Management at Brock University to help the sport system of SVG. I have spent my days in the office assisting various community based […]
BLTAD Module 1
By Jarrett Costron: Two weeks ago we hosted the first module of our Botswana Long Term Athlete Development (BLTAD) grassroots coaching programme. All ten coaches that registered showed up on each day of the seminar and successfully graduated by the end of the fifth and final day. Overall the module was a success and we […]
CANOCs S4L Symposium
By Jamie Worboys: Last night I was invited to a meeting that was based on the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) Sport for Life Symposium which focuses on LTAD and Physical Literacy. Mr. Joseph, the General Secretary of SVGOC, led the meeting while many others attended. Affiliates from specific Ministries of Government attended […]
My First Rugby Sessions
By Brennen Guy: Working for the Turks and Caicos Islands Rugby Football Union has allowed me to travel throughout some of the islands in Turks and Caicos. As the Rugby Development Officer my main job is to teach rugby sessions within schools in Turks and Caicos. My first rugby sessions took place on the island […]
The Work Begins
By Jarrett Costron: A few days after going over the program with the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) and Botswana Taekwondo Federation (BTF). The BTF decided that, given their needs, our original action plan regarding how to begin implementing the Botswana Long Term Athlete Development plan (BLTAD) within their federation was inappropriate. As a result, […]