Chairman of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Competitions Committee, Shaun Massiah has signalled his intention of approaching the government over the resumption of cricket in Georgetown.
Massiah is following the lead of President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), Hilbert Foster, who was the first to act on the new COVID-19 measures.
Foster was the first to seek approval from the Region Six COVID-19 task force to initiate a possible restart to the season in Berbice.
The government’s new COVID – 19 measures allow for sport events to be organised once approval is sought and granted by the Ministry of Health.
“When the new COVID – 19 measures came out, I spoke with the executives to possibly restart the season but we haven’t met as yet to discuss it…but I guess we will meet this week to determine the approach; I know we have to write government for approval,” the Chairman told Stabroek Sport.
Asked whether he was confident of GCA’s capacity to pull off a possible resumption in the near future in such an estranged environment, Massiah said that a collaborative effort would be needed to have a favourable outcome.
“As I said before, we plan to communicate with the clubs to have them set up sinks and the other precautionary measures
“And we could only lay down rules and hope the clubs follow them and maybe get some other guidance from the task force on how to move forward,” Massiah added.
The updated measures, which were published in the Official Gazette on Friday last, took effect on November 1 and will remain in place until November 30, unless earlier terminated, extended or amended by notice of the Minister of Health after an assessment of the prevailing public health options.
All sports activities in Guyana came to a halt in early March after the country recorded its first case and death of COVID-19. The gyms and all sports facilities remained closed since and the COVID-19 cases have now skyrocketed to over 4,000 in seven months with nearly 130 deaths.
