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The CARIFTA Games is the annual sporting event that features many different athletic competitions. Those competitions include track and field, middle distance track competitions, spring races, hurdle races as well as many jumping, throwing and relay events. The CARIFTA Games were founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association and the first Games were held back in 1972. The rules of the Games say that the competitions are split into two age categories. Those categories are Under 17 and Under 20. The rules of the Games also say that the countries that are associated with the Caribbean Free Trade Association are allowed to compete in these competitions.

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According to the words of the former president of the International Association of Athletic Federations, Lamine Diack, the CARIFTA Games are considered to be among the most important events for young athletes that are being organized in the world. The CARIFTA Games are actually an event for young athletic from all sporting events to show their talents, skills and what they can do. These games are considered to be one of the best events for the development of young athletes.
Young athletes that might not get the opportunity to perform at some other athletics competitions have the opportunity for their names to be heard and to steal the attention of a huge number of trainers that come every year in hope of finding a new star. These Games have grown so much that even coaches from the United States are coming every year in their search for new talents.

During the initial years while the CARIFTA Games were still in their initial phase, the competitions were held on grass tracks. Besides that, the athletes that participated in those sporting events in this competition were often placed in schools or some other types of temporary and improvised habitual spaces. As the Games were developing the accommodation options increased as well as the surface of track on which the competitions were being held. Today, the CARIFTA Games are one of the best organized sporting events in the world with the top quality of accommodation options in which athletes will stay during these games.

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There are sketchy references to cricket being played in the Caribbean as far back as the late 18th century, but it was in 1806 that the first club - St Anne's in Barbados - was formed. By the 1830s the military had established the game as a way of life in Barbados, and within a decade Guyana was in the same state. As early as 1842 Trinidad CC was described as being "long standing". In 1865 the first inter-colonial game took place between Barbados and Demerara; in 1886 a West Indies team visited Canada and in 1887 a side from the USA visited the Caribbean.

As with many areas, the game was initially limited to Europeans - slavery was only abolished in 1833 and as late as the 1890s it was noted that there was "little opportunity for the coloured people to play". In 1900 a West Indies side toured England and included "black bowlers" who were paid professionals. Regular tours followed both to and from the region, but two tours to England in 1901 and 1906 were disappointing.

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Why Was The West Indies Cricket Formed ?

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Why Was The West Indies Cricket Formed ?

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The West Indies Cricket Team was mainly formed to create a representative side to play against the visiting English sides.  Since they are very small islands, talent from all the island nations was pooled to create the team that began to be called Windies. Also, the visiting English could possibly not play against all the island nations teams, hence the creation of one or two representative sides comprising of all the island nations.