THE HOPE THE INSPIRATION THE BEGINNING
FIRST CITIZENS SPORTS FOUNDATION AWARDS
Friday 17th March 2017
Feature Address - Brian Lewis
– President - TTOC/TTCGA .
Sport is the great equalizer an international and universal
language that allows us to speak eloquently the words hope, inspiration and
beginning and the National watch words of discipline, tolerance and production.
As our beloved Trinidad and Tobago endures - probably its
toughest social and economic times in decades. Let us put on our armour of
hope.
Bridge the Gap. Take A Leap of Faith.
DREAM with me for a minute – soar into the future –Paint a
picture of a Safe ,Stable ,Prosperous Trinidad and Tobago where sport is one of
the pillars of our economic diversification where every child in every school
and community experience the joys of sport, physical education and physical literacy . We are an
example to the world of gender equality, best practice sports
governance - our sports media, sports medicine professionals, coaches ,
officials, our sportsmen and sportswomen ,our sports research and development
and technology are world class and in demand around the world.
Our dream influenced by the lens of hope, inspiration and a new
beginning.
The challenges, obstacles, problems of this moment are but a
blink of an eye in eternity. Let us not choose to see the world through lens of
fear , despair, pettiness and self interest. Let us not let the Toxic
minority, crime, corruption , bacchanal
define us all.
When we believe something we act as if it is true. Our beliefs
strongly influence our behaviour. They motivate and shape what we do. Beliefs
shape our experience .
Life is a stage all of us have a part to play. This is the time
we are called to be our own MASTER Piece to be our best self. Tough times dont
last. Tough, resilient, creative and
innovative people do.
Hope inspires resolve and an indomitable will to greet each day
as a new beginning.
Our history provides hope and inspiration- our fore fathers and mothers and generations
before us inspired by the fires of hope and pray and with boundless faith in
the destiny of these islands of the blue Caribbean sea stood side by side to
forge a brighter future. Theirs is an unfinished race. The baton is in our
hands . Its our duty responsibility and obligation to share the burden and be
the tip of the spear.
In 1962 T&T became an independent nation. That same year the
sports foundation was established.
In 2004 First Citizens became the Sports Foundation partner. A
new beginning that stood on the shoulders of hope and inspiration.
The First Citizens sports foundation Awards are a symbol of the
hope ,the inspiration that motivates champions on the field of sport and in
life.
CONGRATULATIONS to all the nominees and those who will be
announced as 2016 First Citizens Sports Foundation Sportsman and Sportswoman of
the year, Lystra Lewis Award and the
Jeffery Stollymeyer Awards.
Thank you to the Sports Foundation and First Citizens – Continue
to envision the bigger picture. Continue to be in the vanguard of nation
building and providing through sport the children, youth and young people with
hope and inspiration that the future is brighter.
Hope of a better brighter future inspires us all . Let us
encourage each other to be awesome. Be extraordinary. Be the hope that inspires
others in particular the children, youth
and young people of our beloved T&T .
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