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Apr 13, 2011 Sports
Dear Sir,
The Bartica Football Association would like to respond to various erroneous statements that have been printed by sport reporters and in the letter column of the daily newspapers accusing the Bartica Football Association of being inactive and not carrying out its mandate as it relates to organizing football competitions at all levels, inefficient financial management and non holding of mandatory meetings.
Mr. Editor is it not good journalistic ethic to engage the subject of a story to get the fact, and more so to verify the veracity of what one is told? Please note that not one of the sport journalist/letter columnists has ever contacted the Bartica Football Association to enquire, to clarify or to confirm and yet they proceed to write.
Is this the new journalistic norm and standard, or perhaps these reporters have their own agenda?
What about having every angle of a story, is this not needed?
A simple phone call to the Bartica Football Association would have confirmed that our Association over the years has been very active, we have consistently had competition at all levels every year for instance boys under thirteen, fifteen, seventeen, and seniors and women football.
Pertaining to our operating compliance over the years, we were once adjudged the best association for our efficiency as it relates to adhering to the GFF constitution mandate for holding of meetings such as annual general meetings and more so our professional approach in how we administer our duties.
Our sound financial Stewardship and good accountability practice enables us to partner with Mr. Eddy Grant and Mr. Giles Stephen a/k Gillo to upgrade the flood lights at the Bartica Community Centre ground at a cost of over Two Million Guyana dollars to the second best in the country, other to the National Stadium.
Over the years we have submitted annual audit financial statements to the GFF. Today we are the most financial sound Association in Guyana perhaps other Associations may have had more activities but the fact remains we are the most financially sound of all of the Associations.
If Bartica had the amount of clubs and sponsorship potential market as Georgetown and other Associations due to our excellent financial Stewardship, we would be in a position conceivably to give FIFA a loan.
Other than having the various football competitions annually, the Bartica Football Association can boast to having an established academy that was launched two years ago sponsored by GTM group of Companies.
Every Saturday over thirty boys and twenty girls are taught the rudiments of football. Please note that GTM sponsored the initial programme and the Bartica Football Association has been financially sustaining this programme over the years.
Like any other organization, the Bartica Football Association has it failures and challenges. The most challenging task for us is to strengthen the club structure and build individual capacity. We are cognizant that our educational programme is subject to the functional and behavioral competency of individuals. For us to be able to be successful in our endeavors to strengthen clubs structure the various subjects must be “docile” and willing to learn and persons must have the necessary functional and behavioral competencies to take up their individual and collective leadership responsibilities.
Our country is currently suffering a brain drain and all sports, more so football is being affected.
We would like to extend an invitation to any reporters and also the letter columnist Mr. Lester Sealey to visit Bartica and meet with us and to get both sides of the story; this will enable them to write facts not hearsay.
Carlos Prowell
President Bartica Football Association
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