Concacaf Project Manager, McIntosh visits GFF’s Durban Park Project Site

Apr 04, 2019 Sports

The three officials during yesterday’s Site visit.

Senior Project Manager of Concacaf, Howard McIntosh, is in Guyana for a two-day visit which began yesterday with a meeting with the Executive Committee of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) followed by a visit to the Homestretch Avenue located plot of land that has been leased by the Government of Guyana (GoG) for 25 years to the GFF to construct a football complex.
The media was invited to the latter activity yesterday which was also attended by Director of Sports Christopher Jones, and President of the GFF, Wayne Forde. Gianni Infantino; President of FIFA, had visited Guyana in 2017 and paid a courtesy call on H.E. President Granger, an activity that was vital in streamlining the GoG leasing the Durban Park land for the GFF football complex’s development.
During his brief address at the site of the Project which is scheduled to begin later this year, McIntosh stated that good partnerships are keys to major development, “Without partnership among the government, media and corporate sponsors, we cannot go forward.”
Forde shared with the press during the site visit that McIntosh is here for a couple of reasons, “First, to convey to all of Guyana, (Concacaf) President Victor Montagliani’s congratulations for qualifying for the Nations League and Gold Cup while being updated on the projects the GFF have been running locally.”
The GFF head further posited that, “He (McIntosh) has been integral in providing guidance to the GFF on compliance and getting support from FIFA for our projects.” Meanwhile, NSC’s Jones reiterated support of the GoG while referencing the GFF’s costly venture of preparing its team which eventually qualified for a maiden Gold Cup as a model for investment in sports. “The Government is very pleased to lend support to football. We not so long ago saw that once you make investments in sport, you get rewards with the qualification of Guyana for the Concacaf Gold Cup last month.” (Calvin Chapman)

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