| **Sport Division**
| Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
| Sport News
Tuesday 26th August 2025
| **‘Minister Watts pledges support for volleyball teams’ **
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| The Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, the Honourable Phillip Watts, has pledged his continued support to the T&T Volleyball Federation and its national teams in their quest for success. Minister Watts spoke at the VIP Lounge of the Piarco International Airport on Sunday night at a welcome reception for the returning women and men national senior teams from the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Senior Championship.
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| **Sport Division**
| Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
| Sport News
Tuesday 26th August 2025
| **‘Minister Watts to drive sports, youth development in Tobago’ **
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**Page 38**
| The Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, the Honourable Phillip Watts, during a courtesy call visit met with the Secretary of Community Development, Youth Development and Sport, Assembly-man Wane Clarke, as he reaffirmed the government’s commitment to advancing sport and youth development in Tobago.
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| **Sport Division**
| Daily Express
| Sport News
Tuesday 26th August 2025
| **‘Help for Athletes: $17m high-performance gym opened’ **
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| Taxpayers, through the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT), have invested TT$1.7 million to outfit two additional elite high-performance gyms. The first one was officially opened at the National Racquet Centre, Tacarigua yesterday, with a second due at the National Cycling Centre, Couva, on September 15. The new facilities form part of a deliberate drive to give elite athletes easier access to world-class training environments.
The Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, the Honourable Phillip Watts hailed the gym as part of a wider national vision.
| [https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/help-for-athletes/article\_99fc9d07-cf44-4d60-8057-bdacbc774615.html](https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/help-for-athletes/article_99fc9d07-cf44-4d60-8057-bdacbc774615.html)
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| **Sport Division**
| Daily Express
| Sport News
Tuesday 26th August 2025
| **‘Help me build volleyball home’ **
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| Title-winning national volleyball coach Deon Hutchinson is willing to lay his money down for a home for the sport here; but with Government’s assistance.
Hutchinson made the proposal Sunday night at Piarco International airport following the national women’s team’s triumphant return from the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Championships in the Bahamas.
| [https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/regional/help-me-build-volleyball-home/article\_8479d3d8-bbd7-4d66-b3e0-9731e7feb4df.html](https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/regional/help-me-build-volleyball-home/article_8479d3d8-bbd7-4d66-b3e0-9731e7feb4df.html)
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| **Sport Division**
| Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
| Sport News
Tuesday 26th August 2025
| **‘Trinidad and Tobago elite athletes get new gym’ **
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| The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs inaugurated the new Elite Athlete Gym at the National Racquet Centre in Tacarigua, on August 25. The facility is designed for the preparation, recovery and overall well-being of high-performance athletes.
The opening marks a decisive step in the modernisation of TT’s sports infrastructure and reflects the vision of a country that seeks to compete on a level playing field on the international stage.
Minister Watts said the new gym represents more than the inauguration of a building and that the space will not only serve as a training space, but also for injury recovery and career extension.
| [https://newsday.co.tt/2025/08/26/trinidad-and-tobago-elite-athletes-get-new-gym/](https://newsday.co.tt/2025/08/26/trinidad-and-tobago-elite-athletes-get-new-gym/)
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| **Sport Division**
| TTT News
| Sport News
Monday 25th August 2025
| **‘TT Women’s Volleyball Team Returns Victorious; Coach Pushes For Home Base’ **
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| The Trinidad and Tobago Senior Women’s Volleyball team returned to the top of the Caribbean pecking order when they defeated Barbados 3-1 in the CAZOVA Championships final on Saturday.
At the welcome reception, the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, the Honourable Phillip Watts reaffirmed his commitment to supporting the sport.
| [https://www.ttt.live/tt-womens-volleyball-team-returns-victorious-coach-pushes-for-home-base/](https://www.ttt.live/tt-womens-volleyball-team-returns-victorious-coach-pushes-for-home-base/)
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