Gregory Wickham was elected president of the East Coast Demerara Football Association (ECDFA), when the entity staged its constitutionally mandated electoral congress yesterday at the Beterverwagting (BV) Primary School.
According to an official release from the association, the Wickham-led team was the only slate submitted to contest the polls and as such, was elected unopposed. The slate was nominated by Mahaica Determinators and seconded by Melanie FC. The deadline for submissions of prospective slates was September 12th.
The other members of new executive are 1st Vice-President Alfred King, 2nd Vice-President Gillian Frank, 3rd Vice-President Rickford Profitt, General Secretary Gidell Austin, Treasurer Tessa Nedd, Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Lindon Charles and Committee Members Dellon Adams, Kester Garnett, Dwain Jacobs and Kevin Tixey.
Several members of the previous administration were returned to the association. The former ECDFA executive committee consisted of President King; 1st Vice President Wickham, 2nd Vice-President Frank, 3rd Vice President, Mark Pertab, General Secretary Austin, Treasurer, Nedd and Committee Members, Raymond Daw, Kevin Tixey, and Delon Adams.
According to Austin, the forum was attended by five of the six eligible clubs.
Lyndon France supervised the process on behalf of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).
“The five clubs that turned up were Mahaica, Victoria Scorpions, Dynamic FC, Buxton Stars and BV. Melanie, who was also eligible to vote, did not attend,” he explained.
