2020 Carifta Games postponed
The Bermuda National Athletics Association, the Carifta Local Organizing Committee, the NACAC Executive Board and the Carifta member countries have advised that following long discussions and consultations, it has been mutually agreed to postpone the Carifta Games that were scheduled to take place in Bermuda April 10th – 13th 2020.
In a press release dated FRiday, March 13th, it said, “The decision was not taken lightly but in the best interest of all stakeholders against the backdrop of the rapidly evolving situation with regard to the COVID 19 across the globe and supported by the World Health Organization declaring a global pandemic which has led several countries to close their borders, cease travel and stop mass gatherings. The health and safety of our athletes, coaches and officials especially who were traveling to our shores was of utmost importance.
We have not selected a date at this time, as there are still too many unknowns regarding this virus.
Fortunately for us this is an Olympic year and there are not many events scheduled on the NACAC calendar therefore affording us the opportunity to re-schedule the games.
We also did not want to take away the opportunity for the athletes who have trained hard and prepared themselves for these games. This is a yearly event and etched deep in the history of Bermuda and the Caribbean countries.
We would have never predicted an occurrence of this magnitude a week ago. We were deep in preparations making our final adjustments. We were ready to host the 2020 Carifta Games and ready to welcome the 27 countries to our shores.”
The Executive Committee of TASVG, had previously suspended all our participation in all events for a 40 period, inclusive of the 2020 Carifta Games.
