𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 $𝟏𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒
Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, the Honourable Phillip Watts, presented more than $10 million in grant funding to athletes and sporting organisations on Tuesday, 6 October, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
The funding supports 12 elite athletes, 50 individual athletes, 50 sport-serving bodies and five national governing bodies, helping to meet needs such as training, travel, equipment, coaching and programme development.
Minister Watts encouraged athletes to remain focused and urged sporting organisations to ensure responsible use of the funding, reaffirming the Ministry’s commitment to athlete development, strong sporting institutions and excellence in sport.
