Thompson to officiate at 2019 Special Olympic World Games

November 28, 2018

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Special Olympics Cayman Islands (SOCI) Bocce Coach Nicole Thompson has been selected to officiate at the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi starting 14th March.

This will be Thompson’s fourth World Games, most recently coaching at the World Games in Los Angeles in 2015, as well as the Caribbean and Latin American Games.

In a press release, Thompson said “I am happy and honoured to be selected as one of the 16 International Technical Officials for the Games and one of only 2 officials from the Caribbean.”

Bocce is one of the most popular sports at World Games with more than 1,000 matches expected to be played over 7 days.

Special Olympics Cayman Islands is set to announce it’s team for games this weekend.

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Jordan Armenise began his sports broadcasting journey with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). It was in this role where he was able to craft the immersive and enthusiastic approach to reporting, broadcasting and production you see here today in Cayman's sports community.

Jordan has also worked behind the scenes for a number of Canadian broadcasting & production companies such as CBC Sports, Cineflix Productions and Cream Productions.

Did he mention he was St. Clare of Assisi's 1994 Athlete of the Year?

Now dubbed 'The Sports Guy', Jordan relishes the role as Cayman 27 Sports Producer, where he can tell the stories of Cayman’s athletes. You can reach Jordan at 333.6521 or jordanarmenise@hurleysmedia.ky.