A contingent of 17 young athletes left Seychelles to take part in the third African Youth Games, organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (Anoca) between July 19-28 in Algiers, Algeria.
The African Youth Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years to complement the current All-Africa Games. The first Games was hosted by Rabat, Morocco.
This international sportive event has been created by Lassana Palenfo, current director of the Anoca. The idea came in 2006, but the very first African Youth Games only occurred in 2010. The 2nd African Youth Games took place in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital City from May 22 to 31, 2014.
Team Seychelles will be led at the event by Chef de Mission Norbert Dogley and our young athletes will take part in nine sporting disciplines. They are athletics, badminton, cycling, judo, table tennis, triathlon, swimming, sailing and weightlifting.
In line with the Association for National Olympic Academy of Africa (AANOA) promotion of Olympic values during the Games, the athletes attended a session last week organised by the Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (Socga) in collaboration with the National Olympic Academy of Seychelles (NOAS) to brief them on the values.
Team Seychelles at the 3rd African Youth Games:
Athletics: Denzel Adam, Joshua Onezime, Clinth Stravens, Caleb Vadivelo, Jean-Pierre Barrallon, Tessy Bristol (athletes), Gerrish Rachel, Joseph Volcy (coaches)
Badminton: Jakim Renaud, Jie Luo (athletes), Calix Francourt (coach)
Cycling: Rupert Oreddy (athlete), Lucas Georges (coach)
Judo: Martin Michel (athlete), Naddy Jeanne (coach)
Table Tennis: Mario De Charmoy Lablache (athlete), Janice Melie (coach)
Triathlon: Luke Miller (athlete), Guillaume Bachman (coach)
Swimming: Samuele Rossi, Aaliyah Palestrini, Stefano Palestrini (athletes) Guillaume Bachman (coach)
Sailing: Dominique Labrosse,Samantha Faure(athletes), Alain Alcindor (coach)
Weightlifting: Chakira Rose (athlete), William Dixie (coach)
We wish the young Seychellois sports men and women success in these games
