DANIEL Felix was leading the 6 km road race event and was hit by a vehicle. Cyclists were made to ride through dangerous traffic due to the lack of proper arrangements by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) for athletes’ participation at the 2010 National Schools Championships. See GT reports dated Nov.28, 2010.

2011 had its share of controversies which included the participation of the son of the head of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)and meals provided on a particular day of competition for athletes and which was described as unhealthy for human consumption..

Let us just hope that the organising committee of the 2012 NSC has systems in place for a smooth sailing of the national event and that all sponsorship funding from the business community is accounted for in a transparent process. Athletes must be the prime beneficiaries…If it means that a financial report should be prepared at the end of the event and overlooked by an accredited audit firm, to my mind, that will represent or fall under smooth sailing…Perhaps the office of Ram & McRae should be considered for its services…

One very important aspect of the hosting of the national event from November 19-23, 2012 as reported in the dailies is that it should be mandatory that all tickets be torn in half by officials/committee members at the entrance. I have personally experienced officials taking my daily tickets and told to carry on without any explanation…

I have to admit that I am currently on cloud nine in learning from the dailies dated Tuesday September 18, 2012 that the host venue was awarded to the National Providence Stadium. I have predicted/lobbied this decision from the beginning of 2012 via all four dailies on several occasions and it has now become a reality.