# Tuesday 2nd

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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 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Tuesday 2<sup>nd</sup> September 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="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Friday 29<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">‘Minister Watts Meets With Martial Arts Athletes To Discuss Funding Support’</span>**</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;"> </span>**</span>

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</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, the Honourable Phillip Watts, hosted a meeting with martial arts athletes Chelsea and Christian Winter, along with senior Ministry executives, at the Minister’s office to discuss pathways for financial assistance toward international competition and continued programme development. The meeting forms part of the Ministry’s ongoing engagement with athletes and clubs seeking support through established grant mechanisms and high-performance pathways.</span>

</td><td style="width: 126.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="168"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">https://www.ttt.live/minister-watts-meets-with-martial-arts-athletes-to-discuss-funding-support/</span>](https://www.ttt.live/minister-watts-meets-with-martial-arts-athletes-to-discuss-funding-support/)</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Friday 29<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">‘Ministry of Sport Distributes $817,000 in Grants to Athletes and Organizations’</span>**</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;"> </span>**</span>

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</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs advanced its commitment to sport development and athlete empowerment across Trinidad and Tobago with the disbursement of $817,000.00 in grant funding. </span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A total of 11 cheques were issued to beneficiaries across key categories:</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">High-Performance/Elite Athlete Assistance Programme – 1 cheque valued at $250,000.00</span></span>

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</td><td style="width: 126.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="168"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">https://www.ttt.live/ministry-of-sport-distributes-817000-in-grants-to-athletes-and-organisations/</span>](https://www.ttt.live/ministry-of-sport-distributes-817000-in-grants-to-athletes-and-organisations/)</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Saturday 30<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">‘Minister Watts Meets With Martial Arts Athletes To Discuss Funding Support’</span>**</span>

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">Page 40 </span>**</span>

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</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, hosted a meeting with martial arts athletes Chelsea and Christian Winter, along with senior Ministry executives, yesterday at the Minister’s office to discuss pathways for financial assistance toward international competition and continued programme development.</span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The meeting formed part of the Ministry’s ongoing engagement with athletes and clubs seeking support through established grant mechanisms and high-performance pathways.  
  
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</td><td style="width: 126.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" 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/minister-watts-meets-with-martial-arts-athletes-to-discuss-funding-support-6.2.2388108.50d925c80e</span>](https://www.guardian.co.tt/sports/minister-watts-meets-with-martial-arts-athletes-to-discuss-funding-support-6.2.2388108.50d925c80e)</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Monday 1<sup>st</sup> September 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 95.85pt;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">‘Young, Hoyte get silver, bronze road cycling medals’</span>**</span>

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</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 95.85pt;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">T&amp;T’s Kylee Young and Shameka Hoyte copped the silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the Juvenlies Girls 11.4 kilometre Time Trial when the Caribbean Junior Road Cycling Championships rode off at the Graeme Hall Course in Barbados on Saturday. </span>

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Monday 1<sup>st</sup> September 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">‘JAVA Meets CPL’</span>**</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;"> </span>**</span>

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</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, the Honourable Phillip Watts said the JAVA Cricket Programme has delivered on its pilot promise to take cricket development “down into the grassroot,” with special focus on rural and less-advantaged young people.</span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dozens of youngsters got a close up look at professional cricket with their attendance at the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League clash between the Trinbago KnightRiders and the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots. This was part of the Ministry’s push to inspire the next generation. </span>

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</td><td style="width: 126.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="168"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">https://www.ttt.live/java-meets-cpl/</span>](https://www.ttt.live/java-meets-cpl/)</span>

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