Fitness test for CAC athletes

Meeting the TTOC’s fitness criteria is compulsory for athletes desirous of representing the country in both individual and team sports at Games under the auspices of the National Olympic Committee.

Twenty-four TTOC affiliates are eligible for the 2006 CAC Games which will be held in Colombia.

TTOC General Manager Catherine Forde confirmed that the affiliates have been duly notified and informed that all athletes in consideration for selection must present themselves for the fitness test.

According to TTOC Secretary-General Brian Lewis the process has started over and attendance at the recent Commonwealth Games in Melbourne is no excuse.

Melbourne bronze medalist in the women’s shot put Cleopatra Borel-Brown and sprinter Kevon Pierre both competed at the Southern Games last weekend.

The hockey, badminton, table-tennis and squash teams are all expected at the Jean Pierre Complex on Saturday morning.

However Missing from Saturday’s fitness testing session will be the TT Under-21 national football team which failed to get pass Dominica and Haiti in the CAC qualifier held in Trinidad earlier this week.

Lewis who was at the Larry Gomes stadium in Arima on Tuesday to witness Trinidad and Tobago’s two CAC qualifying matches said that a searching and objective evaluation of the football team’s disapointing performance is required if TT are to qualify for the 2006 Pan Am and 2008 Olympic Games football competition.