GUYANESE hockey player Tricia Fiedtkou has been nominated among three female athletes to sit on the Pan American Hockey Federation’s (PAHF) Athletes Committee. The Guyanese will compete against Keli Smith-Puzo, of the United States of America as well Macarena Rodrigues of Argentina.
The honorary secretary of the board joined hockey on the administrative panel in 2008.
According to president of the Guyana Hockey Board, Philip Fernandes, she has been outstanding in the discipline. “She has been a long-time hockey player and administrator. She has not only represented Guyana but has captained the Guyana team and now she holds the important position of honorary secretary.”
He continued by saying that Fiedtkou is one of the key people driving the sport of hockey today. “We felt that Tricia would be an excellent person to sit on the panel and it is good to have a Guyanese present to show Guyana’s commitment and keep Guyana on the minds of the PAHF.”
In the male arena Kwandwane Browne of Trinidad & Tobago and Yoandy Blanco of Cuba have been nominated. The deadline for sending nominations for the PAHF election expired on June 10, 2015. Those five candidates have valid candidatures.
According to the Elections Procedure, voters are athletes that competed for their senior national team at the most recent Pan American level event (Pan American Games, Pan American Cup, Pan American Challenge, Central American and Caribbean Games, South American Games).
The Board of Directors will appoint Scott Sandison (Canada) to serve as Chair of the committee until 2017.
The PAHF will send communications to all National Associations to collect e-mail addresses of each voter for the registration. When this process is completed, online voting will be available.
There will also be physical voting in Toronto during the Pan American Games. More information and voters’ lists will be available shortly.