Guyana express interest in hosting 2026 CARIFTA Games

Apr 02, 2024 Sports

President NACA, Michael Sands

Kaieteur Sports – The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has expressed interest in hosting the CARIFTA Games in 2026, as revealed by Michael Sands, President of the North American, Central American, and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC).

During an exclusive interview with News Room Sport at the 51st Games in Grenada, Sands disclosed that bids were opened last year in The Bahamas for the hosting of the next three Games.

Successful bids were awarded to Grenada (2024), Trinidad and Tobago (2025), and Barbados (2026). However, Barbados recently withdrew their bid offer due to facility readiness issues, prompting a reopening of bids.

Sands stated, “As a result, we reopened bids, and thus far, Guyana has expressed interest.” He further highlighted that Guyana now has a window of 30 to 90 days to formally express their interest.

AAG President, Amanda Hermonstine

To be considered seriously, Sands said that the AAG needs to provide a letter from the Government of Guyana or a guarantor of sponsorship, after which their documentation will then undergo full ratification by the council.

Previously, in 2019, it was announced by NACAC that Guyana would host the 50th edition of the Games in 2022, later rescheduled to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, hosting rights were ultimately relinquished after bids were reopened.

In January 2020, key NACAC officials conducted a site visit at the National Track and Field Facility, West Coast Demerara, where they stressed the necessity for rehabilitation works on the track’s surface and other improvements.

In October 2023, the resurfacing of the synthetic track was successfully completed at a cost of G$77 million.

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