TTOC to attend Elite and High Performance Sport Conference

sep.08.2009

Larry Romany, President of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) will attend the V1 Forum on, Elite Sport and High Performance Training Centres. The Forum is organized by the International Association of High Performance Training Centres(IAHPSTC) The Conference is being hosted by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC)and will take place at its High Performance Training Centre in Colorado Springs.

The Conference will cover such topics as: Leadership in Sport, Training Centre / Environment, and its effect on performance, emerging trends in High Performance Training, Leadership Roles in Training Centres, International Exchange Programmes, Corporate Sustainability, Strategies for the development of Elite Athlete Programmes.

The USOC as part of its ongoing international cooperation with Olympic Committees in the Americas invited the NOC of Trinidad and Tobago. The Conference will run from 8th to the 13th September.

The TTOC invited the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs to be part of the TTOC delegation.

Mr Ken Charles, Executive chairman of the Sport Co will attend along with the National Olympic Committee leader.

Romany said that the TTOC has worked closely with the USOC for the past twelve years and that the USOC sharing of knowledge and information has assisted the TTOC in building multi- disciplinary capacity and infrastructure.

The national Olympic movement chief believes that the opportunity to share information and points of view with elite and high performance leaders from various countries is invaluable.

“We have a very close relationship with our colleagues in the USOC. In particular their international relations department. Their willingness to mentor is a reflection of their (USOC) commitment to the Olympic philosophy” added Romany.