Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2017 (#28)

chris anderson
Dragon boat racing is very popular
Tennis
The recently completed National Tennis Complex
(Tacarigua) is the centrepiece of the sport,
while there are also public courts at Nelson
Mandela Park (St Clair), and courts for hourly
rental at the Trinidad Country Club (Maraval)
and some hotels. T&T Tennis Association:
625-3030
Name-dropping …
n Stephen Ames: former world top 25 golfer
with four major PGA titles, including victory
over Tiger Woods at the Players Championship
(2006)
n Ato Boldon: four-time Olympic medallist
(2 silver, 2 bronze for 100m and 200m, 1996
and 2000), and 200m World Championship
gold medallist (1997). Now a commentator
with NBC in the US
n George Bovell III: nation’s first Olympic
medallist in swimming (2004 bronze in
200m individual medley), among several
other international medals
n Hasely Crawford: nation’s first Olympic
gold medallist, winning men’s 100m (1976)
n Brian Lara: star cricketer and world record
holder for the highest test match score
(400 not out, 2004) and highest first class
score (501 not out, 1994)
n Keshorn Walcott: two-time Olympic
medallist (gold in 2012, bronze in 2016). He’s
the youngest male athlete (and the first
black one) to win a gold medal in javelin; the
first individual track and field athlete ever to
win World Junior and Olympic titles in the
same year; and he holds the North, Central
American and Caribbean junior record
n Rodney Wilkes: nation’s first Olympic
medallist (weightlifting silver in 1948, bronze
in 1952).
Learn more …
To learn more about Trinidad’s sporting
scene — basketball, bodybuilding, hashing,
hockey, horse racing, kayaking, martial
arts, netball, sport fishing, sailing, surfing,
yoga, and more — visit our website at discovertnt.com;
the Sporting Company
of T&T (sportt-tt.com); and the T&T
Olympic Committee (ttoc.org).
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