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Feb 06, 2013 Sports
Footballers of the Guyana Veteran Football Association (GVFA) were thrown into grief following the discovery of a former colleague, Winston DeHaarte, whose body was retrieved from a trench opposite the East La Penitence Night Shelter, Wednesday morning last.
Coach of the GVFA and former national player, Godfrey Norville, said that the news was very upsetting as most of the players of his organization would have played with the deceased. He said that DeHaarte, a former British Guiana and Guyana national left winger, was a member of the Thomas YMCA before it became Thomas United FC. He said that DeHaarte represented Guyana against Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados and his contemporaries are Chris Fernandes (GFC), Alvin ‘Geronimo’ Braithwaite and Pat Britton. Norville had the distinction of playing with DeHaarte, while he (Norville) was a member of the St Barnabas Football Club.
Norville, who has since lost his sight, said that the GVFA’s mission is to assist those players with similar physical deficiencies and those that would have fallen on hard times; some have become destitute and homeless while others, like him, would have lost the use of their sight or other limb. Towards this end, the GVFA will be hosting their Surinamese counterparts in two matches on February 24th and 26th to raise funds in the realization of these goals. The matches will be played at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground.
Mr. Norville would also like to express condolences to the DeHaarte family on behalf of the membership. He is also pleading with the corporate community for assistance towards the success of the tournament.
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