Bermuda Team Set For Samoa Youth Games
The Bermuda Olympic Association [BOA] have announced the names of the athletes who will represent Bermuda at the Commonwealth Youth Games, which will be held from September 5 to September 11 in Apia, Samoa.
Four athletes will represent Bermuda in two sports, including David Darrell, Tahje Taylor, and Tiara DeRosa in athletics, and Susanna Armano in squash.
Those athletes, along with Chef-de-Mission Calvin Simons and officials, comprise the Bermuda team.
Commenting on the upcoming Commonwealth Games, Judy Simons, President of the BOA, said, “The Commonwealth Youth Games are a fantastic opportunity for our younger athletes who may be on the path to elite status to compete internationally and test their skills against some of the best young athletes in the world.
“The Games will also provide these four, young Bermudians with a unique opportunity to meet and interact with peers from around the globe.
“We know David, Tahje, Tiara and Susanna will do us proud.”
The Samoa Commonwealth Youth Games will be the fifth iteration of the Games, the first of which were held in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2000. Bermuda first sent a team to the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo, Australia, and competed in subsequent Games in India [2008] and the Isle of Man [2011].
Up to 1,000 athletes aged 14 to 18 from the 53 nations that comprise the Commonwealth are eligible to compete in the Games, which are held every four years.
Would be nice if we can host these games one day. It seems like a scaled down version of the actual Commonwealth Games itself.