And when we met the new director of the National Sports Council, we took the chance to ask him about his vision for the National Sports Council - which, shall we say, is not universally loved? Ritchel Dominguez told us that he hopes to revive the Sports Council which he concedes has gone dormant for some time. But financing has always been an issue for a Ministry that is never placed at the top of the priority list. Dominguez told us he hopes to overcome this by building partnerships with investors and other members of the community.
Ritchel Dominguez - Director of the National Sports Council
"Right now we are looking at all the facilities. I have just finish a tour. I am visiting each and every facility in the country. We visited Dangriga, Stann Creek and every district. But what happen is that we are focusing on Belize City and Cayo and Orange Walk, because those are the facilities that needs more upgrading and quicker fix so that we can get them up and running to a standard that is acceptable."
Emanuel Pech
"What is the legacy you want to leave behind when you finish your term?"
Ritchel Dominguez - Director of the National Sports Council
"My thing is to partnership with the public, to partnership with businesses out there. To get them to support sports and to support the facilities we have. 1) Is to get them on board to sign up with us in getting their signs on the different facility - to know that we are onboard with each other - go somewhere we want to take sports. Because sports has been a big doormat in my eyes that we haven't taken it anywhere. I believe we need to partner more. We need to know what the public needs from us so that we can give them and in turn they give us the support we need."
Ritchel Dominguez takes the place of Patrick Henry who held the post for many years under the UDP.
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