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 […]
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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, […]
The Only Time is Island Time…
By Jamie Worboys: Interning for St. Vincent and the Grenadines Olympic Committee (SVGOC) under Commonwealth Games of Canada’s Queen Elizabeth Scholars Initiative has been nothing but an exciting yet challenging experience. Seeing as I came into this internship position not knowing what to expect, I really had no expectations. When I first walked into the […]
Meeting the Olympafrica Volunteers
By Rachel Ivey: Sawubona! This week, I went to our committee’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Olympafrica Sports Development Centre in Lobamba. The AGM is where the SOCGA Executive Board summarizes the last year and gives recommendations for the future. There were representatives from each of the National Sport Associations present. I was able […]
Representing Rugby in Turks and Caicos
By Brennen Guy: On January 21st, 2016 I was honored with representing the sport of rugby in Turks and Caicos at the Turks and Caicos Islands Sport Commission meeting. Through this meeting I had the opportunity to meet more than 20 representatives from a variety of different sports in Turks and Caicos, all with the passion for […]
I’ve Already Been Here for a Week
By Rachel Ivey: The first week of my SportWORKS internship at the Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (SOCGA) has been very busy. I feel like I’ve done so much since I’ve been here. Here’s a list of some tasks I’ve completed: Created an action plan and volunteer application forms for the Sport Values 4 […]