The injunction filed against the newly constituted executive body of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) by former president Colin Boyce has been withdrawn from the High Court earlier this week according to the applicant’s attorney Euclin Gomes.
The injunction had sought to prevent incumbent AAG president Aubrey Hutson, his vice presidents, Dr. George Norton and Gavin Hope and the other elected members of the AAG from functioning as an association. Boyce had alleged that the AAG’s Annual General meeting and quadrennial elections that were held on January 20, were unconstitutional and of no effect.
Boyce’s purported basis for that claim was that three clubs (Rising Stars, Bedford All Stars and Royal Youth Movement) were not in good standing with the association and should not have been allowed to vote as is stipulated by the AAG’s constitution.
Boyce served one term as president of the AAG from January 2009 before he was ousted from the post this year.
The matter was scheduled to be heard in court on February 12 but was adjourned to March 12.
In spite of the injunction, the AAG held its first Developmental Meet last Sunday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground, Camp Ayanganna which the association used as Trials to select a team for the upcoming Junior CARIFTA Games.
With the injunction withdrawn from the Court, the AAG, with its newly elected members are free to function in the capacities in which they were elected to serve.
Those members elected are: Aubrey Hutson (president), Gavin Hope (vice president), Dr George Norton (vice president), and committee members Wayne Walcott, Leslie Black, John Martins, Mart Scott and Faye Naughton. The AAG is expected to name the team for the 2013 Junior CARIFTA Games, which will be held in Bahamas during Easter weekend this, before next Monday’s submission deadline.
