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GUYANA CHRONICLE Wednesday February 11, 2015
Roberts backs Garner for WICB president K I N G S TO N , J a m a i c a (CMC) - Former West Indies fast bowler Sir Andy Roberts has spoken out against the re-election of Dave Cameron as president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) ahead of elections carded for March 7. Sir Andy is instead throwing his support behind Joel Garner, his former Test team mate in the 1970s and 1980s and who is seeking to unseat Cameron. “I am happy to hear that Garner has put himself up for the position of president. It is about time that someone takes the presidency from Cameron,” said Sir Andy, after participating in the third
Former West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts er my choice to be there in the first place, and his annual Caribbean Premier behaviour and practices League Twenty20 draft in since have only worsened Jamaica. my position.” “He (Cameron) was nev-
Cameron was elected 7-5 during the WICB’s last voting annual general meeting held in Barbados in 2013 and has presided over the introduction of the Caribbean Professional League (CPL), the revamped regional first class tournament. However, he has come under fire for the withdrawal of the players from the West Indies’ tour of India last month, and a subsequent US$42 million debt. “The whole India situation was a nightmare,” Sir Andy said. “Things should have never been allowed to escalate in the manner which they did. It is a travesty, and as the leader, the buck stops with him (Cameron).”
CAF chief Hayatou seeks to extend leadership CONFEDERATION of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou wants to change the body’s rules on age limits so he can continue into the next decade. CAF requires officials who reach 70 to step down but a change will be proposed and discussed at a congress in April. Hayatou, 68, is in his seventh term of office, having been elected in 1998. “FIFA does not have age limits for its committee mem-
bers so CAF wants to bring this in line with them,” executive committee member Kwesi Nyantakyi said. Hayatou’s current mandate ends in 2017 and he is seeking four more years until at least 2021, when he turns 75. The CAF statutes state that “at the time of their election, all candidates nominated to the CAF Executive Committee must be “bona fide” members of their national associations and must be under seventy
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ecutive committee, a tightknit club closely controlled by Hayatou. FIFA does not have the same restriction. Cameroon-born Hayatou, a former athletics official, is already the longestserving senior member in FIFA structures, where he acts as vice-president, and has had few challengers for power in Africa. (BBC Sport)
The Jamaica Cricket Association’s board of directors voted to support the candidacy of Garner, while the Leeward Islands Cricket Association says it’s backing Cameron. “West Indies cricket needs a more competent and respected leader,” insisted Sir Andy. “Someone who can easily galvanise the support of the entire region, and I believe Joel fits that bill easily.”
Trinidad Cricket Board gets $250,000 from government P O RT- O F - S PA I N , Tr i n idad, (CMC) -The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has received a cheque valued at $250,000 from the government, as well as accolades for its management of the sport in the twin island republic.
CAF president Issa Hayatou
(70) years of age.” But this will be scrapped if passed, as expected, at the congress. The change in the rule follows success in recent years in adapting the statutes to limit potential opponents to Hayatou’s rule. CAF previously brought in a rule that candidates for its presidency can only come from the ranks of its own ex-
Cameron of Jamaica has been nominated by the Guyana Cricket Board and will enter the contest with Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control president, Emmanuel Nanthan, once again his running mate. Garner, who has been nominated by the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), is set to have Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board director, Baldath Mahabir as his running mate.
Newly appointed Sports Minister Brent Sancho has praised the TTCB saying the cricketing governing body has “exemplified good governance” and is being rewarded. “We had a long discussion…and I think it is the first time Mr. Bassarath has left the Ministry smiling,” Sancho told the media following a press conference at the Ministry of Tourism. “We have had a lot of acrimony in the past but I said to him we cannot right the wrongs of the past but we will work in partnership moving forward.” President Azim Bassarath has complained that TTCB has received no financial assistance since 2011, and
that it was owed funds which have severely hampered the organisation’s ability to administer its programmes. “We presented a cheque to Mr Bassarath for a $250,000 because I believe that the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board has exemplified good governance in sports in terms of what is required to get funding for various programmes,” said Sancho. “They have done the requirements that we need in the Ministry of Sport and we want to reward and show the other sporting bodies what good looks like.” Sancho, a former national footballer who become the new sports minister following last week’s cabinet shake-up, says government and TTCB have agreed to partner on a number of initiatives. They include the use of the country’s cricket icons to facilitate training camps during Easter and summer for young cricketers.
Hinds re-elected to lead WIPA
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC)-Wavell Hinds, who ignored calls to step down at the height of an impasse with the West Indies Cricket team late last year, has been re-elected as president of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA). Hinds, a former West Indies cricketer, was re-elected unopposed at WIPA’s Annual General Meeting at the Four Season Hotel in Jamaica on Monday.
Wavell Hinds He was involved in a bitter row with former
West Indies One- Day International captain Dwayne Bravo who raised concern over his role in a signed collective bargaining agreement between WIPA and the West Indies Cricket Board. The dispute over the agreement led to the controversial decision by West Indies to cut short their tour of India. The new WIPA VicePresident is Nixon Mclean,
whose position was previously Honourary Treasurer, a release from WIPA said yesterday. Wayne Lewis retained his position as Honorary Secretary; the new Honourary Treasurer is former West Indies Captain and Wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs and the newly elected Asst Honourary Secretary is Windward Islands Volcanoes Captain Liam Sebastien.