The recently established Guyana Gym Owners and Trainers Association (GGOTA) have dispatched letters to the Ministry of Sport and the Ministry of Health seeking dialogue to propose the safe reopening of gyms and fitness centres.
While neighboring countries and Caribbean islands have reopened gym doors and fitness centres using safety guidelines stipulated by the World Health Organization (WHO), the gyms here which have been shuttered since March remain closed.
The dispatching of the letters comes amidst growing calls from many in the sports fraternity for the relevant authorities to reopen sports facilities in a safe manner to allow athletes some form of recreation and training.
Quite a lot of Guyana’s top coaches have underlined the need for scaled return of sports as numbers of COVID-19 infections have begun to decline here.
Just recently, President of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA), Brian Goodridge, called on the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr., to seek the best possible ways to have the National Aquatic Centre reopened.
In an open letter to the subject minister, Goodridge appealed for the swimming pools to be opened in a phased fashion.
President of the GGOTA, Noshavyah King, told this publication that the letters were sent last Monday and she is anxiously awaiting for a response for a long awaited conversation to be had to the subject ministers.
