…Manzoor Nadir joins executive
The Everest Cricket Club held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday night in the club’s pavilion and despite the poor turn out of members a new executive body was elected to oversee the historic club’s affairs for the next year.
Rajesh Singh who sought re-election was returned unopposed for the top spot of President and will have fellow long-standing member Johnny Azeez as his Senior Vice-President. Azeez was also unchallenged for the post.
The newly elected Everest CC Executive: seated from left; Surika Singh, Rajesh Singh, Johnny Azeez, Satyendra Khemraj and Saheed Mohamed. Back row from left; John Ramsingh, Rahaman Khan, Manzoor Nadir, Dwayne Adams, Ravin Balkarran and Ron Morris
The post of Junior Vice-President was filled by current second division player, Saheed Mohamed who was also the sole nominee for the crucial spot.
Former government minister, Manzoor Nadir was nominated alongside Satyendra Khemraj for the post of secretary but the membership went for Khemraj who secured 12 votes to Nadir’s 4. However, Nadir was elected to the post of treasurer after a close battle with former treasurer Roland Fanfair which ended 9-7.
The lone female on the executive body is Surika Singh who will serve in the
Everest CC newest Life Member, Rajendranath Dudhnath
capacity of Assistant Secretary. The new Assistant Treasurer is Dominic Sundar while Ron Morris is the new Club Captain. All three members were unchallenged for their positions.
The general body also elected four committee members; John Ramsingh, Rahaman Khan, Ravin Balkarran and Dwayne Adams to round out the quota of executives that will serve until February 2019. Raymond Williams was the Returning Officer.
In his address, Singh thanked the membership for their support and also thanked his new body for accepting their positions. He then charged everyone present to support each other for the betterment of the club and reminded the executive that despite the positions are voluntary, he expects full support.
Singh used the opportunity to propose that Prakash Balgobin and Anthony Rampersaud be returned as the internal auditors and Nizam Ally and Company Limited as the external auditors and he was supported by the general membership unanimously.
The city businessman who is a life member of the club pledged to return the club to the glory days and urged the members to see and support his vision which will require all hands on deck. He said that despite 2017 was the most challenging, the club still recorded some positives.
Additionally, Rajendranath Dudhnath who became a member of the club in 1990 applied for ‘Life-Membership’ status and it was granted.
