 Welcome back we start things off on the Sportsmax zone with track and field anticipation is high as the 51st staging of the Carifta Games is a mere two days away and we continue our build-up to the Easter weekend spectacle which will be live on Sportsmax all three days Saturday through to Sunday or Sportsmax team has landed safely in the spy style of Grenada and they are getting ready to deliver a high-class production we now head over to Grenada we're our reporter Gerard Morris Sealy gives us a report from inside the Kirani James stadium I think we are having some audio issues there with Gerard Morris Sealy what a beautiful view well it's a spy style and it is a lovely country the entire Caribbean is a lovely is a lovely place let's see if we have Gerard now picturesque beauty that is St. George's Grenada that is where we are for this Carifta Games and again the team is definitely hard at work this is going to be one of the biggest productions that you've seen of track and field in the region 10 cameras operating and you can see how full that control room is but here on the track is where all the action is going to be this Easter weekend you do not want to miss it and promises to be something that is fun something that is competitive when all of the best junior athletes in the Caribbean they are going to assemble assemble here at the Kirani James stadium right where I am almost in the middle I'm very close a couple inches away from the finish line and that's where all the glory is going to come this weekend for many athletes here over a hundred of them over 200 of them all competing representing their countries and one such after that we're going to talk to now is a Geolina Daudi she's represented Antigua and Barbuda in the in the sprints under 20 Geolina so glad that you can join me here on our viewers on the sportsmax zone how excited are you for a Carifta Games I'm very excited I've been wanting this for so long and my aim is to just make my country proud yeah and how do you feel to be able to represent your country in such a way that brings them pride and joy I feel very proud I'm happy to represent my country yeah let us know about the events that you will be competing in I'll be competing the hundred meter and 200 meter on the 20 girls what are your personal best coming into this one my personal best for the hundred is like 11 59 and the 223 seven yeah so if you look at the competition you're I know you're getting ready mentally how prepared are you to face what is going to come against you here this weekend well I already told myself that I came out here to execute my races very well and to do some personal best yeah what are some of the things though that you've been able to do this week of course you've been here you're here early enough to enjoy the surroundings a little bit of Grenada how have you been relaxing for the past couple days well I've been in practice but I've been training myself to kind of get yourself ready yeah what are some of the instructions though that your coach will be giving you up on this this point of course he doesn't want to pressure you too much but how is he being able to to get you prepared for this well they would advise me to just go out there and have fun and to do put out my very best yeah thank you so much Jolina and all the best to you this weekend thank you yeah she's the under 20 sprinter for Antigua Barbuda in the under 20 girls division no wanting to know though in the under 20 category no Adija Hodge this time around for the British Virgin Islands is Austin Sealy winner for two years ago she will not be competing this time of course you know she did not compete due to injury in the Bahamas last year career 50 she will not turn out as she is focused on Olympic qualification she's gunning for Paris and we are rooting her on so we want to ensure that we give her our fullest support also Naomi London will not feature for Saint Lucia she is a two-time silver medalist well she's a silver medalist double medalist from last year in the Bahamas as well in the under 17 girls division she was and now she would have been up until 20 the under 20 category but she won't be competing for Saint Lucia well why don't you take that information in let's have a chat with the head of delegation for a Curacao Rashimel Van Lemont thank you so much for joining us and Curacao they're here they're ready to go how is the team looking no things looking pretty good we have a strong team this year 14 athletes that's a big delegation for us normally it's a smaller group but now we have a strong team they're very confident so it's gonna be fun games yeah so now you have 14 athletes that means that there's some kind of improvement going on in the Curacao camp just tell me a little bit more about how the program has grown and that you've been able to pull more athletes to come and compete I mean it's been going great it's like we have a bunch of athletes now higher up in Europe and they're doing a great job so the athletes they see that they're motivated and that's they're gonna use that as motivation to keep going and you see like careftas a goal every year and the selection just keeps getting bigger who are some of the athletes from Curacao that we should be looking out for this weekend we have Dana Marie Barbie and the 1500 meter under 17 she's a server medalist from there last year we have Salsa France and the 110 meter and 100 meter heros and she's the bronze medalist from last year as well yeah so that means that you probably will be focusing more the middle distance to longer distances in getting medals yeah yeah we do we have we have a mix of everything we have a long distance we have hurdles we have sprinters so it's so it's a mix of everything yeah and so far how has the experience been in Grenada I mean it's been nice we got here like they love the accommodation we came to the track they love the track it seems very fast so everyone's excited we think we're gonna see some fast times here yeah we're expecting to see fast times I will look out for you thank you so much for joining us all right thank you all right yeah so Sir Lance and Mariah and viewers that is going to be well what you heard so far is going to be a weekend that is full of competition of patriotism and a lot of the athletes are looking forward to it Sir Lance I want to move away from the track a little bit now I actually went to a place I took a little tour around the country today and I saw a couple beaches that you probably would fancy yourself in in in lunging on right now as you speak I don't think I'm as excited about the beach as a lot of other people are I've had my fear share of that so I actually prefer being indoors these days but I understand what you're saying because the beaches in Grenada are absolutely lovely and I would encourage anyone to go out and have a splash but but I am not interested in leaving the track and field so let me let me stick with that because I want to ask you about the appetite for the meat that you're getting from the general public in in Grenada because they are a public that are high on track and field of course that would have been amplified by the fact that they can boast the Olympics and world champions the public here they're very excited about the games they're looking forward to seeing how the games go some of the people that I spoke to today they are actually looking forward I actually heard a giveaway on the on the radio today for the Carifta games and yeah they are expecting a pretty good crowd here and I'm sure Sir Lanza as you can see around the area is going to be a wonderful wonderful wonderful weekend yeah and I see that it's bright and sunny there at the moment but is there anything that you can tell us about the weather forecast for the weekend because the meat goes up until Monday starting Saturday are the weather forecasters projecting good weather for the meat or has anything not been said about that yet well not much has been said about the weather forecast but I though it is really hot here Sir Lanza and the sun is beaming as you can see it's literally shining on my face so I expect that we would have good weather it is good Friday though we usually get rain I don't know how I don't know when probably that's the skies of course you know it is a religious weekend and the angels are crying in glory but hopefully the rains do stay away for a long enough time and we can get adequate results because of the good conditions right and Gerard how are team preparations coming along because I was saying to Lanza the start of the show that I'm so excited because I know the work and the preparation that has gone into this production by our sports max team I'm so excited to see you know what the production will be like anything you can tell us I know y'all are probably still working it out but just give us a cheese of what word are to expect yes Mariah well I'm so glad you asked me that now this is a 10 camera production this is one of the biggest if not the biggest track and field productions that you will see in the region coming out of of Grenada small island in the world but yes sports max we're responsible for that you will be watching here live from the Easter from the Grenada the spice out this Easter weekend but the team is mixed up of it's basically a carry calm team we have Barbadians here we have Grenadians on the team of course doing logistical work we have our Jamaican cameraman and otherwise we have trainees here it is a big team that is coming all together to deliver a product that is one that is of professional standard one that is obviously that could compete anywhere in the world and we also have St. Lucia joining us Terry Finister he will be joining Ricardo Chambers on the commentary team and he is going to be world-class you do not want to miss a minute of the Carifted Games from Grenada this weekend well just seeing the footage our short while ago I realized that you took some of the best from our sports max team with you I didn't realize how many of you all went but I could definitely say to our viewers some of our best team has you know gone to Grenada and of course they will ensure that they keep you updated you will be seeing a top-class production so Gerard anything else you want to share with us you said you got the opportunity to see Grenada earlier today anything else you noticed that you want to share with us here yeah Mariah the food is amazing here like wow I had a food last night and this morning and then again not too long ago and let me tell you the rice is amazing of course the Jamaicans here they were big the difference sometimes because of of the different styles but yeah this is a spice aisle I actually got a chance to go to the market today and it's not very crowded sir Lance you'll be very happy to see the discipline that is going on in in the markets here everybody was just calm it was a cool vibe the music was playing the chill it was there and even though the sun was hot the people were very relaxed they were very cool karma collected I had I met actually one of the most hilarious coconut vendors there is out there they are out there they love it is out there and he cut me a coconut jelly everything is a I felt like I was on a tourist today the only time that I got a chance to tour the country because it will be hard harder at work from tomorrow from tonight really I love that assignment Lance he gets to go to the market I wonder if he even goes to the market when he's in Jamaica well let me say that he has to I would say make a while the sun shines because after tomorrow there'll be no scenery and scenic excursions for young Gerard more silly and company it's going to be hard work from morning until night but Gerard thanks for linking with us here on the sports mic so we look forward to the coverage show we know it's going to be top-class and ace commentator Ricardo Chambers being joined there by Terry Finisterre and these two gentlemen with immense track and field knowledge will be delivering all the action for our viewers on the home of champions take care my brother and we'll see you when you get back in Jamaica and we'll be seeing you on TV as well because we'll be watching all the coverage from Saturday through to Monday yeah that's a bit of a delay there so that's why he's taking so long to