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  • 4 months ago
Dreams do come true.

As It seems longstanding Athletics Club Coach Gunness Persad will be getting his wish to have the Manny Ramjohn stadium upgraded.

The Simplex Coach has been calling for renovations to be done to facility since 2018.

And it seems he will be getting his wish as Sports Minister Phillip Watts visited the facility on Wednesday.
Transcript
00:00Well, after years of requests and calls for the Maniramjohn Stadium to be upgraded,
00:05Simplex Athletics coach Gunniss Poussard is finally getting his wish.
00:09Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Philip Watts visited the Maniramjohn Stadium today
00:14to assess the facility's current state.
00:17The minister met with athletes from various clubs who regularly train at the stadium.
00:21He observed the condition of the track and field as well as the facility
00:25and gave a statement on his Facebook page,
00:27which indicated that he acknowledged the need for urgent improvements
00:31and pledged to restore the stadium to full operation.
00:35It's welcome news for the 80-year-old Simplex coach.
00:38I feel delighted that he visited the stadium
00:41and had a full-time view of the challenges, coaches and artists at the venue.
00:47Based on the above, we expect to see repairs to the roof of the covered stand
00:52so it can facilitate pit run at our games.
00:56Also repair to the track, toilet facility, lighting and new gym equipment.
01:02Further, we expect to see overall improvement in the continuous maintenance of the facilities.
01:08Meantime, a team from the Sport TT accompanied by councillors
01:12paid a follow-up visit to the Shoguanas Regional Indoor Sporting Facility earlier this week
01:17to get an idea of costing to repair it.
01:19Councillor for Kunupia Richard Sukdio gave an idea about the areas that they intended to repair.
01:25Some of the things he highlighted were the floor, the painting, the windows,
01:29the washrooms of course, the fans, the basketball, the backslap.
01:35Those are the major items presently that I need of repairs to get this facility up and going.
01:40A costing is expected to be revealed in the coming months.
01:42Serial for TVS Expo.
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