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Letter to the Sports Editor ECB responds to Prince Holder

Jul 03, 2014 Sports

Dear Editor,
The Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) would like to clear the air as it relates to a letter captioned, “ECB coach should have been suspended for improper conduct” published in the Tuesday 24th, June 2014 edition of the Kaieteur News, written by Prince Holder.
Mr. Holder stated that he had formally written to the ECB to launch an investigation into the conduct of one of its executive members, who as coach of the Under-15 team in 2013 allegedly made players catch cricket balls after turning off the lights. Mr. Holder further stated that “astonishingly neither the ECB nor the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) cared to launch an investigation; instead I was banned by the E.C.B for seeking an investigation.”
Mr. Editor, it seems as if Mr. Holder’s memory is fast eroding. After a complaint on the above issue was made to the ECB, the executive met and decided to establish a committee, headed by Mr. Alvin Johnson to investigate same. Mr. Holder had vehemently stated that he has evidence to support the allegation.
The committee twice fixed dates for Mr. Holder to present his evidence. These dates were communicated to Mr. Holder well in advance by the Secretary of ECB Mr. Otto Christiani. Lo and behold Mr. Holder never showed up.
Mr. Editor, at the statutory meeting of the ECB, the members decided that Mr. Holder should apologise to the coach since he could not have proven his allegations. He bluntly refused and stormed out of the meeting. It was then decided that Mr. Holder be suspended until he apologised to the coach.
Additionally, the President and Secretary of the GCB never uttered a word in all that transpired. Their presence at the meeting was at the request of the ECB which had a few issues to discuss with the GCB. So for Mr. Holder to state that the GCB President and Secretary participated in silencing him is far from the truth.
In concluding Mr. Editor, it is clear that Mr. Holder has a personal vendetta against the ECB. Apparently, he is disgruntled by the defeat he suffered at the hands of Fizul Bacchus for the Presidency of the ECB at the last elections. Well Mr. Holder, democracy prevailed!
Yours Respectfully,
Nazeer Mohamed
Public Relations Officer
Essequibo Cricket Board

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