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Jun 08, 2019 Letters
DEAR EDITOR,
The development of sports will continue to limp along at snail’s pace as the National Sports Development Council seems out of sorts in finding solutions, then and now. This council seems to be overwhelmed, and as such remains incapable of dealing with the foundation for the development of sports in the rural areas where the majority of sports men and women reside.
There can be no serious development of sports with grounds that have not risen from the category of fenced and unfenced pastures only fit for the grazing of animals.
This situation requires the establishment of a board that will administrate the development of playfields and parks all across this dear land of many waters. This board will then coordinate the efforts of the Neighborhood Democratic Council and the Regional Democratic Council in addressing this very crucial issue.
The policy of leaving the grounds to be developed by playfield management committees in the many communities across the nation has simply failed over the years, because of the absence of human and material resources to develop and maintain these fields.
The ground enhancement committee of the National Sports Development Council is absolutely inadequate to deal with playfields all across Guyana, and is just suited with its limited resource to work with the National Stadium, synthetic track at Leonora and a few grounds on Carifesta Avenue.
Well-managed playfields in communities help in the reduction of deviant behaviours among youths and helps in combating non communicable diseases that is tearing apart our small population. Sports and cultural tourism can only become a reality with playfields of high standards that match those of the nations that are doing excellent in this area here in the Caribbean – countries such as Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica, that depend heavily on the Tourism industry.
We can learn from our CARICOM brothers and sisters, who I am sure, will be willing to share their experiences, if we can only humble ourselves and be prepared to learn.
RAS Aaron Blackman
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