Nominations have been received for the executive posts of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) in preparation for the body to host its rescheduled Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections of office bearers today at 17:30h at the Georgetown Cricket Club.
Incumbent President Grace McCalman will be ineligible to run for another term, given the organisation’s two-term constitutional
Grace McCalman
limitations. McCalman has embraced this position in a bid to continue to harness new professionals to create opportunities for new ideas as she urges local tennis veterans who can provide guidance to come forth and support the executive of the day.
In this regard, she has extended greatest appreciation to Samuel Barakat, Ramesh Seebarran, Harry Panday, Dr Steve Surujbally, Rudy Grant, John Tracey and overseas-based Brian Fung, Dr Arthur Hazelwood and Bill Adams for their unwavering support during her tenure and hopes for this interest to continue.
“With the change in administration, we have made progress in certain critical areas as we aim to provide the best environment to attract sponsors and for players to reach their fullest potential.” she said.
McCalman added, “We have always had great local talent and within my tenure I have enjoyed a period of great improvement among the younger juniors through extra practice time granted at the GBTI tennis courts and now they have come out of the woodworks and are challenging our top players”. She gave high praises to the active members of her current executive, whom she describes as having been patient in their quest for better facilities to provide more on court practice and off court exercises in mental fortitude.
These will form the foundation for players to make a greater impact regionally, she indicated. More significantly, she congratulated the active tennis clubs who have limited shared playtime at the public facilities, but continue to attract new players and develop their trainnig programmes.
Meanwhile, nominations were drawn from the five active tennis clubs- Le Ressouvenir, Sheltez, Rebel, Roraima and Non-Pariel for the executive positions of President(1), 1st Vice-President (1), 2nd Vice-President (1), Treasurer (1), Secretary (1), and Committee Member (4). Other positions that require volunteers are Assistant Secretary Treasurer (1), Public Relations Officer (1), and Assistant Public Relations Officer (1).
