Last weekend Saturday, the Grassroots Owia programme was visited by their sponsor Cedric McIntyre of Tropical Shipping and cricketer Tino Best.
Louise Mitchell, SVGSF’s coordinator of the Grassroots Swim Programme, expressed gratitude to Tropical Shipping for supporting the Federation in its continued efforts to ensure more Vincentian children learn the life skill of swimming.
Cedric McIntyre, Island Manager of Tropical Shipping, was present on site at Indian Bay on day one of the programme and distributed branded swim caps with coach Gary John, who is facilitating this installment of the Grassroots programme in Indian Bay. A total of EC $3000 was donated by the Tropical shipping. This benefited both programmes: Owia and Indian Bay; with funds going towards meals and coaching, besides the swim caps.
According to a press release by Tropical Shipping, McIntyre told participants that discipline is “doing what you have to do when you don’t want to do it” and make the sacrifice to come out to the swim camp every Saturday. He also added it was a privilege to make a meaningful contribution to the development of swimming in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and that such a donation, falls under the company’s corporate social responsibility policy emphasizing youth, sports, learning and educational initiatives.
Tino Best, International cricketer, also spoke to the participants telling them, “How you see yourself is the limit. If you don’t believe in yourself, yo not going to get what you want. If you believe in yourself, the world is your oyster.“
Here’s some photos from the action that day:
