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David Fernandes heads Squash Association
David Fernandes
The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) recently held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Elections and David Fernandes has been elected to head the association for the next year.
The full list of officials handling the management of the association is:
President: David Fernandes
Vice president: Ronald Burch-Smith
Secretary: Vidushi Persaud
Treasurer: Garfield Wiltshire
Assistant secretary/ Treasurer: Robin Low
Chairperson competitions Committee: Tiffany Solomon
Chairperson club committee: Raymond Islam
Chairperson junior affairs Committee: Juanita Fernandes
Meanwhile, newly elected president David Fernandes intends to spearhead the GSA’s effort of increasing participation in the sport. During this calendar year, Fernandes hopes to stage more tournaments and continue the GSA’s School Programme at the National Racquet Centre which is conducted by national coach Carl Ince.
Additionally, Fernandes mentioned that some of the projected highpoints of the 2013 squash year will include Guyana’s participation in the 2013 edition of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Squash Championships in Trinidad and Tobago. Guyana currently has an unprecedented streak of eight-straight overall titles at the Junior CASA Championships which will be held in July. Guyana will also be hosting the 2013 Senior CASA Championships from August 10-18th.
At present, the GSA holds its general elections on a yearly basic. The last president of the GSA was Andrew Arjoon who was elected in 2010 before departing from the office this year. Of the eight members elected, only three are new members who were not part of the GSA’s elected executive members last year. Those persons are Robin Low, Raymond Islam and Juanita Fernandes.
The Guyana Squash Association continues to be sponsored by Digicel Guyana which has consistently contributed to the association’s success and development of for close to three years.
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