THE Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has described its meeting with the newly appointed Minister of Education with responsibility for Sport, Dr Rupert Roopnarine, as successful. Speaking to Chronicle Sport yesterday, president of the GOA, K. Juman-Yassin said that the meeting yielded a lot of positives for the body.He said that topical in the discussion was the way forward for sport and greater cooperation moving forward. Juman-Yassin said that he feels, based on the meeting that the new administration has the development of sport and various bodies at hand.
He added too that the relationship shared between the Ministry and the GOA is poised for a better one than in the recent administration.
Another topic of discussion was the appointment of a Regional Anti Doping Organisation (RADO) official to represent Guyana on the board.
The GOA boss had indicated that the previous administration could not agree with the GOA to appoint a person to the board but now, the future seems bright.
Another point of discussion was the appointment of a sport director and Juman-Yassin recommended that if the administration seeks to do such, then it should stay away from putting someone with political ideologies.
The GOA members also used the meeting to raise the issue of the national sport policy, something that the previous administration has been pussy-footing on as well as to update the minister on some of the upcoming plans including the Pan American Games.
The meeting was attended by GOA members Noel Adonis, Garfield Wiltshire, Dr Karen Pilgrim, Deion Nurse and Hector Edwards.