Letter to the Sports Editor...AAG should beware of officials with questionable characters

Letter to the Sports Editor…AAG should beware of officials with questionable characters

Apr 03, 2014 Sports

Dear Editor,
As a Member of the track and field fraternity in Guyana, I read with great concern the AAG’s (Athletics Association of Guyana) selection of a team for the upcoming CARIFTA Games to be held in Martinique later this month.
My concern is not about the nine athletes selected, but more so, about the officials selected to accompany them.
It is time the Executives of the AAG begin a process of vetting their officials prior to selecting who should accompany teams, especially when it may consist of young athletes both male and female.
Why is it they continue to select officials with questionable characters to send with our young athletes?
Has this Executive forgotten the incident that occurred at the 38th CARIFTA Games, which was held in St. Lucia in 2009, involving a long distance athlete and her Coach, who the General Council failed to investigate, even though the matter was reported by the St. Lucian Liaison Official?
Was the AAG Executive not present at the recent CARIFTA Trials held at Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, when one of these selected officials was engaged in a ‘cuss out’ with female athletes and their parents?
Are the AAG Executives saying they are not aware that the same selected official had to resign from a private school as Coach after being accused of sexual assault of a young female student athlete and after paying the victim’s parent?
Are the AAG Executives not aware that the same official was arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for sexually assaulting a female student of North Ruimveldt Secondary School and as such had to resign?
Do the AAG officials know that this same official was accused by his club members and officials of having sexual relationships with an underage athlete?
I do not believe they do not know when a Senior Executive of the AAG, moreso the President, is affiliated to the same club in question.
Therefore, a word of caution to the parents of the selected athletes, please ensure that prior to signing any letter of consent for your ‘young ones’ to travel, you are satisfied that they are really in good hands. Do not take the word of the AAG Executives.
Yours Respectfully,
Name and Address Provided

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