Cricket administrators in the City have once again placed confidence in the leadership of former Guyana and West Indies all-rounder Roger Harper, electing him to head the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) for his fifth consecutive term on Tuesday evening at the Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of office-bearers at the Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) pavilion.
Harper, as he was in 2017, was uncontested for the post of President and will continue to lead the association for the next two years.
Not surprisingly, Harper’s two deputies Neil Barry and Azad Ibrahim were returned as first and second vice-presidents respectively. Under the theme of continuity, it appeared as if the remainder of the committee remained intact and will feature the return of Deborah McNichol (Secretary), Paul Castello (Assistant Secretary), Colin Alfred (Public Relations Officer), and Shawn Massiah (Chairman of the Competitions Committee).
Changes to the committee will see Imran Ally swapping roles to assume the title of treasurer having previously acted as the assistant treasure while local cricketer Marcus Watkins in the new assistant treasurer.
Manzoor Nadir is the association’s Marketing Manager.
Harper in an invited comment to Stabroek Sport, spoke of the intention of renewing the association’s efforts to run off more tournaments in 2019 following a successful 2018 where they were able to secure sponsorship and organised several tournaments that canvassed every age group level.
Harper has long been regarded as one of the administrators linked to returning administrative respectability and legitimacy to the sport at the national level.
He said that his focus is also curved towards implementing more developmental initiatives in the next two years under his guidance. This will be his final tenure as President as mandated by GCA’s constitution.
