Sport

As one of the three themes our CSI programme, sport is an avenue for holistically developing our nation’s young people. Further, sport brings communities and the nation together and NGC is proud to help make this possible.

Our involvement with sport ranges from the construction of facilities to the sponsorship of individuals and teams and the hosting of tournaments.

NGC is the mainstay of support for the Primary Schools Track and Field Games in the Moruga Zone and the St. Patrick and Caroni Districts. We also co-sponsor the Track and Field Championships of the National Association of Athletics Administration (NAAA).

Although we provide funding for competitions, our main interest is in promoting training in the field of sport. It is for this reason that, over a decade ago, we created our own sports development programme: NGC Right on Track. The main component of this programme is the NGC Right on Track Coaching Caravan which uses a science-based approach to developing the key skills in Track and Field and Basketball among boys and girls of 8-19 years.  The track and field component was sanctioned by NACAC and introduced in four countries of the eastern Caribbean.

NGC has also been highly involved in cricket. Since 2012, we have been a sponsor of the Trinidad and Tobago cricket team and the official T20 partner of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board and its developmental programmes. This is part of NGC’s wider objective to develop cricket at the youth club and national levels.