The event at the Fort Burt Hotel was a joint collaboration with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), as well as Canada Sport for Life. 

Sixty-eight participants, including physical education teachers, doctors, nurses and members of National Federations, took part after BVIOC President Ephraim Penn had addressed the group.

Physical literacy means "having the fundamental movement, and sport skills and motivation, that enable individuals to read their environment and make appropriate decisions, while moving confidently and with control in a wide range of physical activities".

It is hoped that the event will pave the way for residents in the British Virgin Islands to lead healthier and more productive lives.

This, in turn, could help reduce to the cost of healthcare.

Five sporting federations have submitted applications to benefit from the programme - athletics, rugby, football, tennis and sailing.

Andy Bickerton, of the British Virgin Islands Football Association, said: “The workshop was educational and very relevant.

"If we practice what we learnt and employ them in our sport, our athletes should be healthier and the occurrence of non-communicable diseases would lessen.

"It has pointed us in the right direction and we of the BVI Football Association will ensure that we work with participants instead of concentrating only on the elite players, in an effort to sustain our sport.”