A short visit to the “Gold Strides” track meeting at the police sports ground on June 20, 2010, allowed me to witness some pretty impressive and potential sports ambassadors. I have to single out the winner in the under 17 male 100 m who stormed to victory like an Olympian. I did manage a few seconds conversation verifying if it was the heats or finals and was told by the individual, it was the finals. All I can remember is that this athlete is short and might have been the shortest of all the others in the race.
The loss for this athlete would be: if his timings for the race would have qualified him for any future overseas meeting, he just missed a golden opportunity because of the meeting not been sanctioned by the AAG.

It’s really a pity that the organisers of the meeting and the AAG could not have sit and work out a better game plan. Of course, from my observation, the meeting was fairly well supported even though the world cup soccer matches were on and it’s obvious that the million in cash and prizes were the focal appeal.

Another shocker was to realise that the GOA had an “Olympic Run” earlier in the morning which was also well supported and I don’t believe that most of the track clubs that were at the Gold Strides meeting had representatives during that Olympic staging. It should not have been and maybe some persons don’t realise the importance of the local arm (GOA).
I sincerely hope that wise decisions can be made in the future. If for any reason, it becomes evident that there is a rift within the Track Fraternity, brace yourselves for a decline in support from the business community.
It was good to witness some GT&T’s flags on the premises and I take it that this company may have been a sponsor.
This is solely my opinion and I pen my commentary as an independent sports enthusiast.