Caribbean RADO Marks 15th Anniversary

Nov 12, 2020 Sports

Caribbean RADO Board Members during 2019 AGM in Tortola.

Kaieteur News – (Bridgetown, Barbados) The Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO) will mark its 15th anniversary today, Thursday, November 12th 2020. As a result of the ongoing global pandemic, the celebrations will be virtual, a release from the organisation informed.Caribbean RADO Chairman Patrick Werleman stated that the organization is proud to reach the milestone. “As the Caribbean RADO, we have an imperative role to play in ensuring that all Member Countries are able to comply with, and implement, the many anti-doping rules and regulations that apply to all of us,” says Werleman.

Caribbean RADO Executive Committee; Guyana’s Dr Karen Pilgrim is 2nd right.

The Chairman has also thanked the ‘Caribbean RADO family’ who saw the importance of establishing the regional anti-doping body, and assisted with its success over the years.
“We salute them. Without their dedication and creativity, we would not be here today. Today, we can proudly say that the Caribbean RADO has 18 member countries and we are all committed to preserving the Olympic values including fair play and clean sport.”
Current Caribbean RADO Vice-Chairman Dr Adrian Lorde, who was one of the founding members, says the organization has several achievements of which it can be proud. “We have been honoured with awards. We’ve been recognised by WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency] as one of the top two RADOs in the world. We’ve done testing for international organizations. Our doping control officers have worked at the Olympics, Pan Am Games and CAC Games. We have done extremely well with limited resources in that 15 years,” says Dr Lorde.
In congratulating Caribbean RADO, Tom May, Director, Programme Development and NADO/RADO Relations at WADA, has noted that he is pleased with how the regional body has progressed since its inception.
“I was fortunate enough to be involved in the original discussions about the establishment of this RADO in 2005. To see the progress made over these past 15 years is truly remarkable; and this has only been made possible by all those involved, both past and present, in the work of the RADO. This includes the RADO staff, the Executive and the Board, the authorities in the Member Countries, and especially all of the people, including the many volunteers who contribute to the implementation of anti-doping programs throughout the Caribbean region,” said May.
Caribbean RADO is committed to its mission of clean sport in the region, and the protection of clean athletes. Although the global pandemic brought the sporting world to a halt, the work of the body continued, particularly under its mandate of anti-doping education; while also spearheading the doping control process during the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) in Trinidad & Tobago.
Activities to mark the 15th anniversary this week will be centred around the Caribbean RADO social media platforms – Facebook and Twitter. Plans are also in the works for more celebratory activities in 2021.
The 18 Caribbean RADO member countries are Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, and U.S Virgin Islands.

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