# Monday 18th

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#### <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> **Daily Media Monitoring Report -** </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Saturday 16<sup>th</sup> <sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>August - </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Monday 18<sup>th</sup> <sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>August 2025  
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>**Prepared by: Elijah Samaroo**</span></span>

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Saturday 16<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span></span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 303.547px;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">‘Wallace, James add more cycling bronze’ </span>**</span>

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</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 303.547px;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">T&amp;T cyclists Makaira Wallace and Danell James added more silverware when they raced to individual bronze medals in their respective six-lap keirin finals at the second edition of the Junior Pan American Games at Velodrome in Asuncion, Paraguay last Friday. The two bronze medals carried T&amp;T’s overall haul at the games to seven bronze medals, five in cycling and two in swimming. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Saturday 16<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span></span>

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</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 285.75px;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">‘Gittens-Spotsville lands NACAC long jump bronze’ </span>**</span>

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</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 285.75px;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">National long jump record holder, Tyra Gittens-Spotsville earned this country’s first medal at the North American, Central American, and Caribbean (NACAC) Area Track and Field Championships when she got bronze in the women’s long jump final in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas last Friday evening. </span>

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</td><td style="width: 126.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 285.75px;" valign="top" width="168"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">https://www.guardian.co.tt/sports/gittensspotsville-lands-nacac-long-jump-bronze-6.2.2377686.97c07c0378</span>](https://www.guardian.co.tt/sports/gittensspotsville-lands-nacac-long-jump-bronze-6.2.2377686.97c07c0378)</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sunday 17<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 190.047px;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">Soca Princesses edged by Aruba 2-1 in CFU Challenge</span>**</span>

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</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 190.047px;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">T &amp;T’s Under-14 Soca Princesses went down in their opening match of the Caribbean Football Union ( CFU) Under-14 Series at the Hasely Crawford stadium in Mucurapo, losing 2-1 to Aruba yesterday.</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sunday 17<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 232.359px;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">Fraser and Thong advance to table tennis quarters </span>**</span>

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</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 232.359px;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">T&amp;T’s pair of Chloe Fraser and Jordan Thong moved to the quarterfinals of the Women’s Doubles after an enthralling contest in the 1/8 final round of table tennis action at the Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay, in which the team in red, white and black prevailed 3-2 last Saturday evening.</span>

</td><td style="width: 126.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 232.359px;" valign="top" width="168"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">https://www.guardian.co.tt/sports/fraser-and-thong-advance-to-junior-pan-am-games-table-tennis-quarters-6.2.2378246.cd9d24358a</span>](https://www.guardian.co.tt/sports/fraser-and-thong-advance-to-junior-pan-am-games-table-tennis-quarters-6.2.2378246.cd9d24358a)</span>

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Friday 15<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 306.203px;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">Sport Minister Watts describes first 100 days as mixed bag; SporTT board coming soon</span>**</span>

</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 306.203px;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, the Honourable Phillip Watts has described his first 100 days in office as a “mixed bag” after conducting reviews, internal audits, and identifying areas of improvement. Since the Minister’s appointment on May 4<sup>th</sup>, Watts has begun to transition the ministry to a professionally-run organization to fulfill the government’s mandate and focus on sports and youth affairs.</span>

</td><td style="width: 126.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 306.203px;" valign="top" width="168"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">https://newsday.co.tt/2025/08/15/sport-minister-watts-describes-first-100-days-as-mixed-bag-sportt-board-coming-soon/</span>](https://newsday.co.tt/2025/08/15/sport-minister-watts-describes-first-100-days-as-mixed-bag-sportt-board-coming-soon/)</span>

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Saturday 16<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 211.516px;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">Daniel 5<sup>th</sup> in NACAC long jump</span>**</span>

</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 211.516px;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kelsey Daniel produced a 7.79 metres leap to secure 5<sup>th</sup> spot in the Men’s long jump at the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Championships in Freeport, Bahamas last Friday. </span>

</td><td style="width: 126.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 211.516px;" valign="top" width="168"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/daniel-5th-in-nacac-long-jump/article\_c48bdb82-a293-452e-a955-3705643d8978.html</span>](https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/daniel-5th-in-nacac-long-jump/article_c48bdb82-a293-452e-a955-3705643d8978.html)</span>

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Monday 18<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 190.047px;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">CAREBACO gold for T&amp;T</span>**</span>

</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 190.047px;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The T&amp;T team won all four fixtures for the gold medal in the CAREBACO (Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation) Junior Team Championships in Barbados. </span>

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Monday 18<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 217.219px;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">Trinidad and Tobago 4<sup>th</sup> at Goodwill: Valentine, France win more gold</span>**</span>

</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 217.219px;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">T&amp;T swimmer Xaiden Valentine continued his superb performances on the final day of the 29<sup>th</sup> Goodwill Swimming Championships 2025 as he racked up four more gold medals and meet records in the boys 11-12 category on August 17 at the Aquatic Centre, Wildey Barbados. </span>

</td><td style="width: 126.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 217.219px;" valign="top" width="168"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">https://newsday.co.tt/2025/08/17/trinidad-and-tobago-4th-at-goodwill-valentine-france-win-more-gold/</span>](https://newsday.co.tt/2025/08/17/trinidad-and-tobago-4th-at-goodwill-valentine-france-win-more-gold/)</span>

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