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Jan 14, 2010 Sports
Benefited most from GOA training in 2009
By Edison Jefford
The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) maintained its place as the Guyana Olympic Association’s (GOA) favourite affiliate last year when it was revealed that the association benefited the most from international training.
President of the AAG, Colin Boyce disclosed that four persons were recipients of training and the trend is to continue this year. He was speaking at the association’s annual Awards Ceremony and Presentation at the YMCA Hall.
Bedford All-Stars Track and Field Club Coach, Julian Edmonds got the green light for an intense high level track and field course in Mexico in June last year while Raymond Daw attended the technical version in November.
Mark Scott, who is an AAG Council Member, attended a lecturers’ course in Puerto Rico, while GOA and AAG Office Secretary, Shanomae Blackmore went to a Data Processing Seminar in Argentina in June last year as well. In comparison, the athletics association topped the list for amount of officials trained in a year, and even former President of the AAG, Claude Blackmore later acknowledged that that is a consistent gesture of the Olympic Association.
“We are trying to train a number of officials so that we would not have a problem when it comes to officiating at the senior level, schools level and the Joint-Services level,” Boyce said, adding that the practice is to continue this year.
The AAG Head said that he intends to iron out all the issues related to unfair practices of officials in the sport. He said that the only way that can be done is through the training of the requisite personnel, and the GOA fits that agenda.
“The reason behind this exercise is to ensure that we have some degrees of fairness when it comes to officiating whether it’s at the schools or Joint-Services level,” he said, dealing with an area of the sport that has had some notoriety.
Tracing the most recent furore as it relates to poor officiating, the Schools’ Championship immediately comes to the fore. Boyce indicated that he was very disappointed with those reports that came out of Linden two years ago.
“One of the things that we want to see is that officials must move away from the trend, as you would recall what happened in Linden when there were some controversies. We want ensure fair play at all times,” the AAG top official said.
Upper Demerara and North Georgetown had degenerated into venomous unsportsmanlike practices at the School Nationals in Linden in 2008, which prompted disciplinary actions against those officials that were found wanting.
The same thing had happened in Georgetown at the National Stadium and there were few complaints this year at Albion. The issue of poor officiating was criticised. “We’re urging our officials to stay firm and be fair to all athletes” Boyce concluded.
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