And while the playing of the games is about the competition, the opening is a cultural showcase for Belize. That was held this afternoon at the Marion Jones Stadium in Belize City - and it was a proud moment for the minister of state with responsibility for sports, Elodio Aragon. It's the first time Belize is hosting the game and it wasn't easy - but today he told the media it was a most worthwhile undertaking:...
Hon. Elodio Aragon, Jr. - Ministry of Youth. Sports, Culture
"It's exciting. I think at the end of the day when you see all the people came in from yesterday and to participate at the games for CODICADER. It's a good feeling to know that Belize is for the 1st time ever hosting CODICADER. I think that speaks well of Belize. I think it speaks well of sports and it makes me feel proud to know that we are doing this together. These are some of the events that we need to host. We need to be recognized. We need to be exposed to the rest of Central America as an active member Central America and I think that when we look at CODICADER this is just 1 opportunity that we get to showcase our athletes and to showcase to Central America that we are capable to host such events and I think that the kudos goes to all those who have assisted in one way or the other, because I'll tell you this is a big logistic work 
for the Ministry of Sports. This is a big logistics work for the National Sports Council. So, I know there's a lot of people working on this. I know there's a lot of people organizing, a lot of people collaborating, a lot have supported us in this, whether financial or otherwise. So, the thanks goes out to them because they are the ones making this event a reality this week. We have competitions from around Central America. So, we want to see how we fair off, but at the end of the day I want to invite the general public to come out here and enjoy themselves, participate and in terms of coming out and supporting our Belizean athletes."
You can see all the results at the facebook page named: "CODICADER Belize 2016."
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