GOA Sports Administrators Course concludes

Dec 03, 2012 Sports

The Guyana Olympic Association Sports Administrators Course concluded yesterday with a simple ceremony at Olympic House, High Street, Kingston. The eighteen sports officials that took part in the course which started on Thursday were presented with certificates.

Participants displaying their certificates after the closing ceremony.

They were given lectures on topics such as Values and Ethics in Sports, Challenges facing Sports in developing countries, Women in Sports, Sports and the Environment, Sports and the Law, Drugs and Doping in Sports, Conducting Meetings and How to prepare Budget for sports delegations.
Associations that took part in the course were from Athletics, Football, Karate, Cycling, Volley Ball, Table Tennis, Swimming, Net Ball, Weightlifting and Squash. Charles Corbin, Claude Blackmore, Kit Nascimento, Abigail Caleb, Wanda Richmond, Ivor O’Brian, Noel Adonis, Justice Roxanne George, Emily Dodson, Hector Edwards and Mayfield Taylor-Trim were the facilitators.
Meanwhile, Trim in an invited comment said that the course was geared to enhance young sports administrators’ managerial skills and was pleased with the response. Claude Blackmore gave a review of the course, while President of Guyana Olympic Association K. A. Juman Yassin delivered the feature address. The course was sponsored by Olympic Solidarity.