National Youth Swimming Team Gets Support From The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport

Minister Olivia Grange (centre), with the General Manager of the Sport Development Foundation, Alan Beckford and Manager of the Jamaica Goodwill Swimming Championship Team, Christina Chuck Smith (right) and members of the swim team.

Kingston, 13 August 2025 – The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has given one and a half million dollars to enable the national youth team to participate in the Goodwill Swimming Championships in Barbados this weekend.

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, made the presentation on Tuesday (yesterday) during a courtesy call by members of the team.

Minister Grange said the donation, through the Sports Development Foundation, is an investment in the young swimmers.

“We are sending off our swimmers to the Goodwill [Swimming Championships], and I thought it was important to give them financial support in order to prepare them adequately for the competition,” said Minister Grange.

The 40-member Jamaican delegation is scheduled to depart the island on Thursday for competition from Friday to Saturday.

Minister Grange said she had “high hopes” for the team.

“They’re all young swimmers. They are the future stars, and even at the tender age, they are doing exceptionally well as swimmers, and so we have to make sure that we nurture our sportsmen and our sportswomen from an early age so that they can become outstanding performers,” said Minister Grange. 

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