The  sport activities in this youth month of June, give us a fair barometer of what is going on at grassroots level.

Our many National Federations must be complimented for the work they do in their junior divisions around the clock and around the country.

With the 2014 Commonwealth Games drawing ever closer, we are seeing some great performances by our athletes and if we maintain this pace, we should not only do well in Glasgow but also lay a good platform for the Rio Olympics in 2016.

The latest media briefings on the progress made or not made in in the field of transformation revealed yet again the amount of work we still have to do  to transform sport in our country.

The annual gathering of International Federations (IF's) was recently held in Belek, a sea resort near Antalya in Turkey.

I arrived in Kuwait this week for some interesting commission meetings.

As we, and the rest of the national and world, keep an eye on the proceedings in the Oscar Pistorius case we are also keeping a close watch on all the preparations taking place for upcoming sporting events (African Youth Games; Commonwealth Games; Youth Olympic Games) in the months ahead.

The 2014 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay has come and gone and a great time was had by all who came into contact with it.

The Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay has reached the halfway stage of its journey to 70 countries, passing through Mauritius and what a reception on the island of Rodrigues.

I've just got back from Malaysia where the Commonwealth Games Federation's Extra General Meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur.