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Sep 11, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
It is with great concern with which I pen this letter. As a member and former secretary of the Transport & Harbours Sports Club from 1964 I saw many changes.
The ground was redone by members on a self-help basis and turned out to be one of the best grounds in the country, where test players practiced whenever Test cricket was played in Guyana.
The building was repaired a few times and it was extended some years ago, all of this was done by the employees of the Transport & Harbours Department and there was no intervention of any Government Minister and the club progressed in a satisfactory manner.
There were some problems, but after some deliberation a decision was taken to rebuild the structure. This construction was completed in March 2009. All the facilities were put in place to make members feel comfortable.
To date no one has been able to tell the members what is the true position with the club. The cricketers cannot enter; dominoes and billiard players have moved to other clubs and no opportunity for overseas members to interact. In keeping with the constitution the General Manager of Transport & Harbours Department is the President of the Club and he is unable to update the members.
What is being rumoured is that Minister Robeson Benn is in control of the building and nothing is happening club wise at the present time.
What I do know is, the club is losing money and the members are being deprived of the usage of the facilities therein.
It is my opinion, if indeed the Minister has control, then the Minister should hand over the club to the members so that they can put things in place to make it functional once more in keeping with the club’s constitution.
Kenrick Fraser

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