Three votes made the difference on Thursday evening, when the Guyana Motor-Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of office bearers at their headquarters on Albert Street and Thomas Lands.
The outcome of the nail-biting voting processing meant that businessman Rameez
The New Exec! (L-R) Committee member Paul Jiwanram, Assistant Secretary/Treasurer John Bennett, GMRSC office Executive Desriee Lee, Secretary Azim Jafffar, Treasurer Noel Shewjattan, Committee members Kamal Seebaran and Diana D’Ornellas, President Rameez Mohammed, Vice President Hansraj Singh, Committee member Azaad Hassan, Technical Advisor Brian TenPow, Club Captain Sunil Persaud and office Executive Cheryl Gonzales; absent from photo is Wayne Vieira
Mohamed was elected as the new President of the club after receiving 30 votes of the 75 ballots casted. The 29 year-old defeated incumbent President Raj Boodhoo, who had 27 votes and Shairaz Roshandin with 18 votes.
Moahmed, who is a circuit racer and served as vice-president of the motor club for the past two years, will have Hansraj Singh as his deputy while Azim Jaffar is the new Secretary.
Noel Shewjattan will serve as Treasurer; John Bennett as the Assistant Secretary/Treasurer; and Sunil Persaud is the new Club Captain.
The Committee Members include Kamal Seebarran, Wayne Vieira, Paul Jiwanram, Azaad Hassan and Diana Dornellas.
Following the election, Mohamed thanked all who have supported him, promising to stick to his plans geared at the improvement of the club.
The new President had campaigned on the platform on ensuring that Guyana capitalizes on the numerous opportunities for Motor racing and hopefully see more participation.
Development of drag race track, rally racing, forging greater ties with sponsors are just some of the ideas he proposed.
The long standing member, contended that the implementation of many of these objectives requires strong and accommodative leadership and most importantly co-operation.
First on the calendar of activities for the new executive will be a slated Drag race on March 5 at South Dakota followed by a local circuit race on April 2.
That race will be preparation needed for the Guyanese contingent who will participating in the 2017 Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) as the first leg will be on May 21 at the Jamwest Raceway, Jamaica.
The next order of business will be another local circuit meet on July 2 and is followed by the second leg of CMRC at the Wallerfield International Raceway in Trinidad and Tobago on July 30.
It will now set the tone for a scheduled regional Drag race on August 6 then a few days later on the 20th, a Festival of Speed will be held. The speed festival includes the Dakota 100 (Endurance race), Dirt Biking, Go Karting, and Motorbike racing.
Barbados will then host the third leg of CMRC on September 3 then another Drag Race meet is set October 1 after which the final leg of CMRC will be held on November 12 in Guyana to cap a full year of thrills and skills.
