ARG Chairman: ABFA shouldn’t take all the blame
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By Carlena Knight
Chairman of the Antigua Recreation Grounds (ARG) Committee Hilroy Humphreys said that after assessing the conditions of the grounds, all the blame cannot be placed on the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association (ABFA).
Humphreys added that now is not the time to cast blame but instead to find solutions to improve the current condition.
“When I look at the various pictures for the last five years and I realize what has happened after Carnival, I can’t blame them at all. A lot of damage has been done. They allowed persons to park on the field. I noticed now that ABFA have to have people taking out shrubs because during a steelpan competition someone brought in sand and rocks and put them on the field so, now, I understand their concerns but now is not the time for us to have concerns anymore, we should settle down and get things organized,” Humphreys said.
Commencement Date For Double Decker Demolition Still In The Air
By Carlena Knight
There is still no definite date for the start of demolition for the historic West indies Oil Company (WIOC) Double Decker stand.
The Minister of Sports, Daryll Matthew had previously announced that the Double Decker Stand is to be dismantled beginning in April but with 20 days in there is still no specific date that has been identified.
The vendors will be placed north of the Government Printery in the green space next to the CWI ticket booth.
After the demolition, the newly-created space in the Antigua Recreation Grounds will remain open for a short time before re-construction commences.
The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association (ABFA) presented to its three FIFA referees — Iroots Appleton, Kevin Peters, and Wsanah Barnade — Polar watches…
ABFA presidency hopeful welcomes FIFA’s reminder of secret ballot elections
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Antigua and Barbuda Football Association (ABFA) presidency hopeful,
Barbara Coates, has welcomed a communique from the sport’s world governing body FIFA, reminding that the local elections must be held via secret ballot as stipulated by the constitution.
Speaking with Observer media on Wednesday, Coates said that her team, which also comprises former national players and coaches
Derrick Edwards and
Ivor Luke, will continue to lobby support from clubs until the proper authorities grant permission for the electoral congress to be held.
“The elections have to be held face to face via secret ballot and it also states that as soon as it is possible that the elections ought to be held, so if by the time May 22 comes around and the Ministry of Health approves it and the COVID protocols are in place that we are allowed to meet, then we will have our elections that time,” she said.
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