Unless a willing host is found soon, next year's CARIFTA Games could be cancelled for the first time in its near 40-year history.

There have been concerns in the regional track and field circles after St Kitts, who were to host the regional championships held over the Easter weekend, withdrew and Jamaica, who was being mooted to replace them, is not able to.

The championships that has been the first international exposure for Caribbean track and field stars since 1972, is traditionally held over the Easter weekend and due to the late observance of the Christian holiday in 2011, it would prove to be too much for the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) to host the up to 30 countries.

The meet will be held April 22-24 next year and Howard Aris, president of the JAAA told the Observer recently that the close proximity to the Jamaica International Invitational (JII) an IAAF Area Permit Meet, would prove too much for his organisation.

The JII meet is held on the first Saturday in May and is slated to be held on May 7 next year and Aris says trying to plan and organise both meets at the same time, could be more than what the JAAA would be able to take on.

The Catherine Hall multi-purpose stadium in Montego Bay had been touted as the likely venue.

Jamaica has hosted the event six times, the latest in 1996 and the other times being 1974, 1979, 1982, 1988 and 1990.

Bermuda is down to host the event in 2012, while the Bahamas had made a bid to host the IAAF World Youth Championships in 2013.

Eleven different countries have hosted the championships.