ST.LUCIA NAMES TEAM FOR THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES IN INDIA
The St Lucia Olympic Committee has announced a six member national Team to represent St Lucia at the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in Pune India from the 12th to 18th October 2008.
The athletes are:
TRACK AND FIELD
Merica Moncherry,
Lenyn Leonce,
Mekeba Alcide,
Sandisha Antoine
Darran Anderson
SWIMMING
Siona Huxley
Over 1,300 athletes and 350 officials from 71 countries will participate in these games, in 9 disciplines -Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling
Apart from the athletes, team officials and Games technical Conduct Officials, there will be representatives from the National and International Federations along with the representatives of Print and Electronic media.
The Commonwealth Youth Games are an extremely significant event for Commonwealth countries they will form the back-bone for their quest for maximum Medals in the Delhi 2010 Games. The Youth Games will also serve to identify countries potential competitors for the 2010 Commonwealth games
The most unique feature of these games is their venue, Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. The venue of the III Commonwealth Youth Games Pune 2008 i.e. Shiv Chhatrapati Sports City, Balewadi, is unique as it is for the first time that the competition venues of all disciplines and the athletes' village will be housed in a single sports complex. Located on 153 acres of land, on the outskirts of Pune, it is all set to host the international competitive multi-sporting event