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Caribbean United Medec peeved over decision to debar Barbadian player
Christopher Matthias
– GFA officials adamant that information was disseminated
Medical official of the visiting Barbados-based Caribbean United team Sandra St. Kitts in an interview with Kaieteur Sport yesterday expressed her disappointment about the decision taken by the Organisers of this year’s Banks Beer / GFA Knockout Cup to debar Barbadian Romel Haynes from playing in Wednesday’s fixture against Blueberry Hill which they lost 2-3.
St. Kitts, a Guyanese residing on the island informed this newspaper that at no time did the Organisers, who had invited the team to play in this year’s competition, convey in their invitation any reservation or ruling that prohibited other natives beside those born in Guyana from taking the field and it was not until they arrived in Guyana that that information was related to them.
“We travelled on Tuesday to play Wednesday and it was not until we arrived in Guyana were we told of this development and I’m extremely disappointed with this decision, especially since the player took time off and spent his last money to come and play for the team,” St. Kitts said.
She added that the Organisers on inviting them should have stated the criteria for eligibility for players to play in the tournament, insisting that at no time was this information received by any member of the touring party.
“Every team looks for the strongest players to make their team to give them the best chance of winning and Romel happens to be one of our best players and to hear that he cannot play after making all those sacrifices is really painful and disappointing to him and the team. They invited us we accepted and came down at a huge cost individually, paying our own money in advance and to come here and be treated in this manner will surely affect us going forward,” she stated.
Vernon Burnett
Meanwhile, when contacted by this newspaper both the General Secretary and President of the Georgetown Football Association Christopher Matthias and Vernon Burnett respectively refuted the claim made by St. Kitts.
Both officials said that it was made crystal clear to all participating teams that only players born in Guyana will be allowed to play in the tournament.
This they said was established to all Managers of teams at a briefing which was held last week Tuesday, adding that even the teams that had expressed a desire to invite guest players were told that only those born in Guyana would be eligible.
“They (Caribbean United) knew about that decision even before they came here so to now say that they knew nothing about the decision is far from accurate,” Burnett stated.
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