BISSOONDYAL Singh was relected president of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) following the holding of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday, at the LBI Cricket Facility, East Coast Demerara.

The meeting was attended by all its member associations, including the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB), East Bank Cricket Association (EBCA), Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), Upper Demerara Cricket Association (UDFA), and the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA), through their respective allocation of delegates.

President Singh, as Chairman of the Board, called the meeting to order, and thereafter conducted the business at hand.
During the ensuing discussions, a number of issues were highlighted, with the most important areas of concern being the fact that senior Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) members regularly failed to attend executive meetings of the Demerara Cricket Board.

It was recorded that GCA President Neil Barry attended five out of nine meetings, Vice-President Roger Harper four out of nine, and Treasurer Azad Ibrahim two out of nine meetings.
Also, Barry, as Marketing Committee Chairman, failed to acquire a single sponsor throughout the year, while Harper never convened a single Cricket Development Committee meeting, although he was the Chairman during the period.

Members expressed total dissatisfaction over the very unacceptable state of affairs, feeling that the GCA was deliberately underperforming, which seems to have been reflected in their members being left out of the nomination/election process that followed.

Immediately after this meeting, Ombudsman Mr. Malcolm Peters began the election process, with the delegates nominating Mr. Arnold Sukraj as the Returning Officer.
The first nomination for office was that of the President of the DCB, where the GCA nominated Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir, who came up against Mr. Bissoondyal Singh, the latter winning 24 votes to 7 votes.

The delegates of the GCA immediately walked out after the embarrassing loss, and were, thereafter, not recommended for nomination to any other position for the remainder of the election process.

The following members were elected to office of the Demerara Cricket Board:
Mr. Bissoondyal Singh (President), Mr. Puneet Jaigopaul (1st Vice-President), Mr. Bradley Fredericks (2nd Vice-President), Mr. Davteerth Anandjit (Secretary), Mr. Ronald Williams (Assistant Secretary), Mr. Vicky Bharosay (Treasurer), Mr. Azeem Troy Khan (Assistant Treasurer), Ms. Kavita Yadram (Chairperson of the Competitions Committee), Mr. Clarence Brotherson (Public Relations Officer), Mr. Anil Beharr (Marketing Manager), Mr. Fazal Ishak and Avinash Ganesh (Trustees), and Chateram Ramdial & Associates (Auditor).