The center of excellence and education through sport

The Center for Excellence and Education through Sport (CEES) is holding an information meeting on Saturday, June 20th at 5 PM at the Grand Case Beach Club to present the Territorial Sports Centers (CSTs) to prospective students and their families ahead of the September school year.This meeting will provide an opportunity to learn about how this program works, its organizational structure, and the opportunities it offers to young athletes in the region. The CSTs are one of the pillars of the sports policy of the Collectivity of Saint-Martin. Implemented in partnership with local leagues, committees, and sports clubs, as well as with the National Education services, they are based on a triple objective: athletic, academic, and socio-educational.

An information meeting dedicated to the CST (Territorial Sports Centers) program was held on Saturday, June 20th at 6 PM at the Grand Case Beach Club in Grand-Case. Led by CEES, this tripartite program brings together young student-athletes, schools, and sports organizations to support the success of their triple academic, athletic, and socio-educational project.

On May 15th and 16th, the Jean-Louis Vanterpool Stadium Sports Hall hosted the first edition of the Sister Islands Basketball Tournament (SIBT), an international U18 men's tournament organized by the Northern Islands Territorial Basketball Committee, with the support of the Center for Excellence and Education through Sport (CEES) and the Territorial Fund for School Works (CTOS).

In early May, 43 students from the Centre of Excellence and Education through Sport (CEES) participated in several workshops led by the Soualigan Slangs association as part of the Languages, Arts and Cultures Festival (FLAC). The objective: to learn to "work as a team to solve challenges" and to "cultivate differences" to progress.

Saint-Martin's U18 team won the first edition of the Sisters Islands Basketball Tournament this weekend against the United States, 33 to 30. A successful first edition, which highlights the Territorial Committee's ambition to make the island a must-attend event for Caribbean basketball.

From February 9 to 11, 2026, CEES brought together 39 student-athletes from the territory at the Soualiga Middle School for three mornings dedicated to strengthening the triple project: academic, athletic and civic. Through six thematic workshops, this gathering reaffirmed the CEES ambition: to structure pathways, support high standards and make sport a lever for education, engagement and personal development.