CARIFTA Games 2022, ongoing works at the synthetic facilities along with the day-to-day running of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) were among the talking points when Sports Minister, Charles Ramson Jr., recently met with the top brass of the AAG.
So said president of the association, Aubrey Hutson.
Hutson told this publication yesterday that the minister is committed to working in harmony with the AAG to ensure the CARIFTA Games are successfully staged in 2022.
“He is sold on making the games a success. We don’t need to convince him and he will work with us to ensure that we have a great championships.”
Hutson added: “It may seem far away, but it’s around the corner. In terms of planning, you need comfortably two years and we are already in October.”
As customary, the annual games is staged during the Easter weekend.
After being sworn in, Ramson Jr., insisted that sport in Guyana will be run like a business and Hutson highlighted that the top brass was grilled on how the association is run.
“The minister basically wanted to be brought up to speed about our constitution and how we run the association. He was very clear and asked a lot of questions about the association, our books etc. and we were able to provide all the relevant information,” Hutson revealed.
During their visit to the synthetic Track and Field facility in New Amsterdam recently, Ramson Jr., expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace at which the work which commenced two years ago was being done. However, Hutson noted that he was pleased to know… “That we are having all weather facilities and from what I have seen so far, it has met our technical standards.”
Hutson added that the layout is ‘ok’ but was tweaked by the AAG.
“They moved the long jump area near to the 100m straight, so it’s more spectator friendly, so the layout is ok now” said Hutson.
The AAG boss disclosed that going forward, discussions with Ramson Jr., and the AAG will focus predominantly on the successful hosting of CARIFTA Games 2022.
