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Letter to the Sports Editor… WHERE IS LATOYA SMITH?
Dear Sports Editor,
The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association has taken note of the decision of the Guyana Selectors to leave out Latoya Smith from its Fourteen players to represent this country at the
WICB Regional Tournament next month in Trinidad and Tobago.
With June Ogle opting out due to personal reasons, one thought that this would have been the ideal opportunity for her to come through. It is a most surprising move, considering that this player has been improving steadily over the last couple years. The Guyana team returned from Dominica last year where she only played one game and with nothing to do until the two Inter County games when Demerara played recently. It would be interesting to know how the Selectors came to this decision because there were no trial games.
With Smith being in and out of the Guyana team from the age of fifteen and working so hard in the off seasons with coaches Orin Bailey and others due to no organised cricket tournament by the Demerara Cricket Board or the Guyana Cricket Board, one would have thought that at her present age of twenty years old, only a replacement for Ogle should have been sought.
This association, her parents and supporters would be happy to know the reason she was treated this way, so that we can plan for the future. The criteria used for selecting this team would also be an asset to other teams if you published same in the media so we can learn selection strategies.
Please remember that Smith is the only player dropped from the squad that returned from Dominica after playing one game. Joan Vansertima suffered the same fate last year. We impatiently await a response.
GFSCA Organizer
Wayne Jones.
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