Cycling clubs formally object to today’s GCF EGM

Long-standing tensions in the cycling fraternity continue to flare and will likely come to a head today when the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) hosts their extraordinary meeting today, Saturday, November 29, which several clubs have since objected to.
A notice assigned with the signatures of President and Assistant General Secretary of the GCF, Horace Burrowes and Carlotta Thompson, respectively, informed members of the fraternity that today’s extraordinary meeting will be hosted at the National Racquet Centre “to fill vacant seats”.

However, the notice also indicated that, “Only clubs in good standing with the Federation may participate. To qualify, your affiliation fees must be paid up to April 2025, with a receipt copy provided. Additionally, all outstanding race sanction fees for unsanctioned events must be settled. Clubs meeting these criteria may send two (2) representatives; submit names to the Federation by Wednesday, November 26, 2025.”
The notice was met with raised eyebrows from four active clubs who have moved to legally object to today’s hosting of the extraordinary meeting “on the grounds of serious and material breaches of the Guyana Cycling Federation Constitution (‘the Constitution’), and further to place on record that there is no lawful basis under the Constitution for excluding any properly nominated former or removed executive member from contesting elections.”
Those clubs include the Kaieteur Attack Racing Cycling Club, Carlton Wheelers Cycling Club, Flying Ace Cycling Club and KFC Evolution Cycling Club.
The clubs, in their legal filings, contended that the notice is, foremost, “constitutionally defective” as it does not meet the required seven-day prior notice (except in cases of an emergency) mandate. Noting that the notice was published on November 23, with the meeting being set for November 29, the clubs have highlighted a one-day discrepancy in the time frame for such a notice, arguing that “any business transacted at that meeting is liable to be declared null and void.”
Further, the clubs also challenged the pronouncement by the Cycling Executives that “members previously involved with the IMC are ineligible to participate.” Highlighting Article XI of their constitution, they argued that any such exclusion without following the mandatory disciplinary procedure is unlawful, unconstitutional, and void.
The clubs have also objected to the meeting on other grounds, including the explicit exclusion of former, suspended, or removed executive members from contesting or being nominated in said elections and unilateral actions in “convening meetings, determining eligibility, or imposing participation restrictions outside of Council authority and constitutional compliance”.
As such, the four clubs have formally called for the withdrawal of the EGM notice and re-issuance of such within a proper timeframe, non-exclusion of members from participating in or contesting the elections and confirmation that former or removed executive members retain their full constitutional rights to participate in or contest said elections.
In addition, the clubs warned, through their lawyer, that they will continue their challenge if today’s scheduled EGM continues under unconstitutional conditions.