4 multipurpose sport facilities for hinterland regions – Ramson

With the intent of exposing communities to several other sport disciplines aside from the usual football and cricket, five multipurpose sport facilities are in the works, four of which will be for the hinterland regions, according to Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr.
Ramson Jr. was at the time addressing the opening ceremony of 2023 Heritage Games at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) Ground, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown on Wednesday evening when he told a crowd of Indigenous athletes: “It is because of that that we are making the largest investment in our capital infrastructure in this country’s history, which includes our sports areas. And that is why, starting this year, some of you would’ve seen myself and Minister Pauline Sukhai all across the hinterland areas. We are going to be starting the commencement of the construction of multipurpose indoor facilities, five of them, four of which are going to be in the hinterland, staring this year.”
While the facilities will reportedly be built in Regions 1, 3, 7, 8 and 9 (Region 3 being the non-hinterland venue), the Minister shared on the wide variety of sports they will cater for. He said, “These are going to be the first of its kind in your part of the regions. You’re going to be able to play indoor sports like volleyball, futsal, basketball, badminton, table tennis, tennis; you name it. All of that will become available to you on the completion of that facility next year.”

Labelling each facility ‘a catalyst for development of talent’, the Minister, under whose mandate culture also falls, revealed that the indoor facilities will also be available for cultural activities and weddings, among other events.
“In addition, we saw the display of so many beautiful cultural items here today on display, the multipurpose facility will cater for all kinds of events,” Ramson Jr. said.
The 5 multipurpose facilities have a timeline for completion in 2024. In the meantime, however, Ramson disclosed that investment has gone into 100 Amerindian communities for ground enhancement projects.
The Sport Minister disclosed, “I want to also share with the entire Games here today; at the last NTC (National Toshao Council) Conference, we already distributed $100 million to 100 communities for their ground enhancement. And in a very short space of time, we’re going to continue that until we complete all of the Amerindian communities across the country.”