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Inaugural Para Sports Festival filled with high energy

  • Writer: ROGER HASFAL
    ROGER HASFAL
  • Oct 7
  • 1 min read

It was high energy celebration of Jamaica's Para athletes and the power of inclusive sport at the inaugural Grassroots Para Sports Festival at the Liberty Academy on the weekend, (October 4, 2025).


Among the sporting events were Para Power lifting, wheelchair fencing, badminton, archery along with track and field classification showcase.


Mark Golding - Former Chairman Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Foundation Limited, Michelle Formante - Executive Director, Americas Paralympic Committee, Iñaki Reguero - Executive, CAF, Juan Pablo Salazar – Director of Inclusion, CAF, Nicolas Monges - Executive, CAF, Christopher Samuda - President, Jamaica Paralympic Association
Mark Golding - Former Chairman Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Foundation Limited, Michelle Formante - Executive Director, Americas Paralympic Committee, Iñaki Reguero - Executive, CAF, Juan Pablo Salazar – Director of Inclusion, CAF, Nicolas Monges - Executive, CAF, Christopher Samuda - President, Jamaica Paralympic Association

President of the Jamaica Paralympic Association Christopher Samuda provides a summary of the day's event.


SAMUDA SUMMARY PARA FESTIVAL

Meantime Chairman of the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Foundation limited and leader of the Parliamentary Opposition Mark Golding had high commendations for the effort.



Golding added



Among the stakeholder Entities were: The Jamaica Paralympic Association – JPA Americas Paralympic Committee – AmPC, Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean – CAF Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport – MCGES UNESCO Regional Office for the Caribbean - UNESCO

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