THE Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has appointed former Union president Christopher (Kit) Nascimento, as Patron of the Union. Nascimento served as president for, altogether, 7 years. 

Kit retired on May 14, 2012 as president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union. He was capped for Guyana internationally in rugby in the 50s/60s.
Kit was first elected president of the GRFU in 2001. Prior to that, he served as senior vice-president for a number of years. He served as GRFU president from 2001 – 2006. He came out of retirement on request and was returned as president of the GRFU in 2010, finally retiring in 2012.
Kit was elected president of the West Indies Rugby Union (WIRU) in 2005 and served in that capacity to 2009.
The Rugby West Indies Team was established and administered under WIRU. The Sevens team played a vital part in the development of West Indies sevens rugby through its participation in the IRB Sevens World Series.
Kit was elected the first native West Indian President of the North American & West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) in 2006/2007. He demitted office as president of the GRFU in 2006 in order to serve as NAWIRA president but continued as a Consultant to the Union.
In his capacity as president of NAWIRA, Kit was the first native West Indian Rugby Administrator to serve on the iRB Council in 2006/2007 when NAWIRA became a full voting member of the Council.
Kit attended successive iRB General Assemblies, representing not only Guyana, but often speaking as the voice of West Indian rugby from 2001 to 2011. He was elected president of the North America & Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Board, when NACRA was formed in 2009.