22 Cayman Islands athletes competing in XXII Games
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Commonwealth Games team is now in Birmingham, UK, for the XXII Games, which start on 28 July and end on 8 August. The team of 22 athletes, which includes one athlete who is just 13 years old, will be competing in swimming, squash, gymnastics, cycling, boxing and track & field competitions.
They are accompanied by coaches and officials, including Chef de Mission Janet Sairsingh, Cayman Islands Olympic Committee President Laurie Powell and Secretary General Carson Ebanks, who will be among the fourteen CI officials participating in the Opening Ceremony on Thursday, 28 July.
Before they left for England, twelve of the athletes met with Premier Wayne Panton and Sports Minister Bernie Bush, who told them to try their best and have a good time.
Commonwealth Games coverage will be live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app.
See the list of Cayman Islands athletes and their competitions here.
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Where were we at the opening ceremony? Not on the BBC. …
Sorry. Separate section for Caribbean from Americas apparently.
14 officials for 22 athletes. Come on! Who is paying for all of the groupies?
Good luck to the athletes!
Standard CIOC.
Who’s their Treasurer by the way?
Yes absolutely silly. Everyone wants to show they have status. Let the athletes go! So much grandstanding. Amazing how much coverage the sailor got for winning! Cayman sports minister never batted an eye on sailing until now. Probably wants the credit for the funding for sailors
It would be fun to know who they were and their sports so we might root for them.
CNS: Follow the link at the bottom. It was the only one I could find.
Good luck Hepseba, all your friends and colleagues at GT are rooting for you!!
All the best to all the athletes. Do your best to represent yourself, your country and your sport.
14 officials for 22 athletes does however seem a bit excessive.
6 sports are attending. Each sport has a coach and a manager. Athletics ,Swimming, Boxing, Gymnastics Squash, and Cycling. ,Not excessive.
Grossly excessive.
Each sport a coach, one team leader and you are done!
JuJu used to be a hurdler you know, and Bernie a “National Team athlete”.
LOL!!
This is why there is a desperate need for a lawn bowls facility. Could double the team size in one go.
*participating
Pretty jerky comment there. These athletes put in countless hours of training and will definitely be competing and striving to do their best.
What effort did the 14 ‘officials’ put in for their free trip to the U.K.?
How many civil servants are amongst the 14 officials ? Is there a list of the 14? Public have a right to know
Organizing and coordinating logistics for athletes at Games is nothing less than a monumental endeavor. There is a huge amount of admin required just to get the athletes registered and landed at the venue. And once there, attendance at numerous technical meetings, training sessions, etc. and on event day coaching, nutrition & equipment support just to name a few. Throw in this for multiple athletes and I can assure this is no “free trip”. The officials support YOUR national athletes the entire time – no one is off sightseeing or shopping at the mall. It would be better to call it a “business trip” – the business of supporting our national athletes representing the country we all call home.