Letter to the Sports Editor....ALVIN JOHNSON RESPONDS TO WINSTON BOSTON

Letter to the Sports Editor….ALVIN JOHNSON RESPONDS TO WINSTON BOSTON

Aug 16, 2013 Sports

Dear Editor,
I have read Winston G. Boston’s letter on page 34 of Kaieteur News, Wednesday August 14, 2013 and I am compelled to respond since my name has been negatively mentioned in the article captioned “Major stakeholders of Guyana’s cricket support parliamentary process.” It is my expectation that the full text of my letter is published as it seeks to justify my involvement in cricket up to this current time.
Let me mention from the outset that I played club cricket in East Bank Essequibo and represented East Bank Essequibo but was not good enough to play for the County of Essequibo. I also represented Cyril Potter College of Education in 1978 and 1979.
I have disclosed this because I do not want anyone to speculate as it is felt by some that if you have never represented your county, country and some cases the West Indies you are not competent to be around cricket and its administration.
It is felt that cricket administration at the GCB level since 2010 has gone into disrepute, therefore permit me to justify what made me eligible to manage national teams before and after 2010.
·I became a member of the Essequibo Cricket Board in 1985 and has always been thereafter.
·I am a retired headmaster having served the teaching profession for thirty nine (39) years (1973 to 2012) in ten (10) schools, heading eight (8) of them.
·I have a Trained Class 1 Grade 1 Teacher’s Certificate (Physical Education Major).
·I am a trained Mass Games Instructor who was in charge of the Region Three Chapter from 1980 – 1984.
·I have a Certificate in Public Administration/Management from the University of Guyana
·I am the holder of a Bachelors of Education Degree (Administration In Education) from the University of Guyana
·I was President of the Essequibo Cricket Board from 2001 to 2009
·I was Vice President of the Guyana Cricket Board from 2001 to 2009
·I was Manager of the West Indies Development Under 19 Team in 2000 when then Regional Under 19 Tournament was played in Guyana.
·I was Manger of the Guyana Under 19 Cricket Team from 2003 to 2010.
·I was Manager of the West Indies Select Senior Team that played a Three-Day Practice Match against Sri Lanka at Providence in 2008
·I attended the last workshop that GCB organized for Team Managers and prospective Team Managers in March 2010 for which I have a certificate of participation
I think that the aforementioned qualify me for the management of any national cricket team after 2009. Currently I am the Assistant Treasurer of the Essequibo Cricket Board, Chairman of East Bank Essequibo Cricket Committee, President of Parika-Salem Sports Club and Chairman of Parika Community Playground Management Committee
During my years of managing teams I have never had an adverse report to disqualify me from further team management. I therefore take offence to Mr Boston stating that it smacks at the root of indecency that I along with the other named persons have been appointed to manage our national teams ostensibly as a trade off for loyalty to the current GCB. I have always been loyal to cricket and the befitting administrators of cricket – some of those administrators include Chetram Singh, Bishwa Panday and Terry Holder.
Alvin Johnson

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