GUYANA Police Force (GPF) ‘A’ Division Commander Assistant Commissioner Clifton Hicken received eight of the ten votes up for grabs to edge the slate headed by former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) president Christopher Matthias. The elections, held at the Sleep Inn International Hotel on Brickdam yesterday had Santos, Sunburst Camptown, Houston Stars, Flamingo, Beacons, Western Tigers, Northern Rangers, Guyana

Police Force and .Black Pearl as the participating clubs.
The elections, based on the constitution of the GFA, was done via a slate system with Hicken as president, Aaron Fraser vice-president, Frank ‘English’ Parris vice-president General Secretary Charles Greaves, Althea Scipio as treasurer and assistant secretary/treasurer Lloyd Millington.
Matthias’ slate which lost to the Senior GPF official included Mark Phillips as vice-president, vice-president Akram Sabree, Stephen Joseph General Secretary, Adepemo Peters treasurer, Aduke Woolford in the capacity as assistant secretary and Charmine Wade as assistant secretary treasurer.
Matthias ‘Walk Out’
It was not smooth sailing at the elections and in keeping with the custom of previous GFA elections that all ended in chaos.
Matthias, and his running mate Wade raised a concern about the eligibility of a few clubs whom they said did not reach the requirements set by the GFA to participate at the elections.
However, Normalisation Committee Chairman Clinton Urling sited sections of both the present GFA and GFF constitution which would have suggested the clubs could only not be members if they were expelled from the Association.
Urling’s quote from the GFA and GFF constitution which gave clearance to all the clubs didn’t find favour with Matthias and his group since they told the gathering that they are not withdrawing from the elections but rather leaving the proceedings.
It was interesting to see also, that none of the clubs present made any objection or to back Matthias’ claim and they all, after the former GFF president left, voted in favour of Hicken.
Hicken in his first address to the clubs after being voted in as President, said that he’s looking forward to working with them all, even the ones that didn’t vote for his slate, to use the GFA to help in the development of the game in Guyana.
He added that under his stewardship, a line of discipline will be drawn and clubs and their players will have to fall in line.
The ‘A’ Division Commander pointed out that a meeting with the new executive will be convened shortly to charter the way forward.