Saint Lucia is all set to host the twenty eighth version of the Goodwill Swimming Championship from August 16 to 18, 2024 on the Rodneys Heights Aquatic Centre in Gros Islet.
The Goodwill Swimming Championship is a premier swim meet within the Caribbean, and it’s also seen as a launching pad in direction of increased ranges of competitors.
In keeping with the knowledge, some 300 swimmers from round ten territories will probably be taking part on this annual swimming competitors. This occasion would be the greatest meet ever hosted by the Saint Lucia Aquatics Federation (SLAF).
The visiting groups embody 2023 hosts Jamaica, defending champions the Bahamas, 2022 winners Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Curacao, Barbados, Grenada, Suriname and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
It’s being mentioned that Guyana which is a Goodwill founding member will probably be lacking a 3rd straight meet.
Notably, the Goodwill Swimming Championships is an annual age group swimming match through which solely chosen nations from the CARICOM take part. The competitors was launched as a improvement meet to supply publicity to youthful in addition to much less skilled swimmers.
Additionally, the Performing Director of Sports activities Clivus Jules mentioned the Authorities has made an enormous funding in a 50-meter pool, and have been hoping it might have come to fruition earlier than this 12 months’s Goodwill Video games.
The meet will start with a gap ceremony at 4:30 p.m. adopted by occasions within the pool.
Through the occasion, every Nationwide Federation may have a most of 40 swimmers – 4 boys and 4 women within the age teams eight and underneath, 9 -10, 11 -12, 13 – 14, and 15 – 17.
The occasion earlier happened in Saint Lucia in 2017 however this 12 months’s meet is alleged to be greater than twice as massive because it was seven years in the past.
The SLAF officers are additionally anticipating that the inflow of holiday makers, together with the swimmers, coaches, workforce officers, supporters, household, and buddies, will probably be greater than 600 individuals.
Groups are reported to reach on the island on Thursday, August 15, 2024 with the Opening Ceremony to happen on Friday, August 16 from 4:30 pm onwards. Following this, there will probably be a 3 days of intense however pleasant competitors with a whole bunch of swimmers representing their nations and giving their greatest performances.
The officers additionally reported that rivals should both be residents or residents of the nation they’re representing. Swimmers who took half within the CCCAN, CARIFTA, CONSANAT Swimming competitions or any increased competitors throughout this 12 months will not be eligible to compete within the Goodwill.
Along with this, the SLAF additionally urged the Saint Lucians to come back out and help the hosts in addition to all of the visiting groups. The 2024 Goodwill Swimming Championships will probably be supported by the Authorities of Saint Lucia, the Nationwide Lotteries Authority in addition to the Saint Lucia Olympic Committee.
The member nations of the Goodwill Swimming Championship host this meet on an annual rotation foundation. Final 12 months, it was hosted by Jamaica whereas the Bahamian workforce grew to become the champions.
