Fizul Bacchus confirmed as GCB President

Feb 04, 2020 Sports

Acting President of the GCB, Fizul Bacchus was on Sunday, 26th January, 2020 last, given the green light by delegates at the GCB AGM to continue serving the GCB as its substantive president.

Fizul Bacchus

Anand Sanasie

Mr. Bacchus acted in this position for almost two years. It should be noted that Mr. Bacchus is also the president of the Essequibo Cricket Board.
The full list Elected officers of the Board are:
President – Mr. Fizul Bacchus
Vice President – Mr. Dru Bahadur
Vice President – Mr. David Black
Secretary – Mr. Anand Sanasie
Asst. Secretary – Mr. Anil Persaud
Treasurer – Mr. Anand Kalladeen
Asst. Treasurer – Mr. Rahaman ‘Buddy’ Khan
Marketing Manager – Mr. Lalta Gainda
PRO – Mr. Andy Ramnarine
Competitions Committee Chairman – Mr. Colin Europe
The Trustees are: Mr. Lalta ‘Rishi’ Digamber
Ms. Tamika Johnson
The Auditors are: PKF, Barcellos, Narine & Co.
The positions of chairmen of the selection panels were filled at an Executive meeting held immediately after the AGM. The Chairman of the Senior Selection Panel is Mr. Rayon Griffith and the junior panel is to be chaired by Mr. Nazimul Drepaul.
Mr. Bacchus indicated that an executive meeting to appoint committees will be held shortly.
Secretary, Anand Sanasie, probably the most experienced person in Cricket Administration, locally, in an invited comment indicated that the GCB has a lot of work ahead especially as it relates to attracting sponsorship. In this regard, he further indicated that a vibrant Marketing and fund-raising committee must be put in place immediately. He welcomed the new executives and posited that they must be prepared to expend personal resources to forge ahead as ‘the path would not be easy’.
The Guyana Cricket Board is clearly the most successful territorial Board in the region through fantastic on-field performances over the past five years from both senior and junior cricketers.
The GCB has been doing a tremendous job of promoting the game by organizing league cricket and in building practice facilities at Parika and Everest Cricket ground with plans to build two per year across the country where Cricket is popular or has been played.

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