Following several moments of controversy on Tuesday evening at Olympic House at Liliendaal, Godfrey Munroe was elected President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA).
Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) President Godfrey Munroe, running against President of the Guyana Baseball League (GBL), Robin Singh, for the top position, received an overwhelming 31 votes out of 35 eligible voters. Singh received 4 votes.
The new Executive body of the GOA
In the race for Vice- President, four nominations stood for three positions. However, Olympian Aliann Pompey was deemed ineligible by the council, leaving Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) President Steve Ninvalle, Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) President Cristy Campbell and Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) President Phillip Fernandes to take up those positions.
Two rounds of voting resulted in Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon being elected to the position of Secretary General, while Squash Association’s Garfield Wiltshire was unopposed for Treasurer.
While Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) President Emilia Ramdhani was elected Assistant Secretary General, Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) President Mike Singh was elected Assistant Treasurer.
The new executive will serve a 2-year term.
