ESSEQUIBIAN Dawchan Nagassar was re-elected the head of the Guyana Cricket Umpires Council (GCUC) when the body that controls cricket umpires across Guyana held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections last Sunday at the ECB Hostel in Anna Regina on Essequibo Coast.

The largest delegations of candidates in recent times made the trip from Berbice and Demerara to join their Essequibian counterparts and 49 votes were cast.
The agenda included minutes of the 2023 Meeting, adoption Minutes, Matters arising out of the Minutes, Correspondence, Area Association reports (Demerara, Berbice and Essequibo) the President’s, Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports, any other business and Resolutions/Motions.

There were some discrepancies regarding the initial round of votes when the Mayor of Bartica Anthony Murray who performed the duties of returning Officer, found that 42 voters cast 52 votes.
Another bone of contention that was there were 20 fully qualified Umpires in Essequibo. This claim was disputed by Demerara Umpires.
There was however consensus on the change of name to the Guyana Cricket Umpires, Referee and Scores Association to incorporate scores and match referees. This proposition was unanimously debunked.
Payment for umpires was also discussed with most of the umpires earning less for junior Inter-county than were paid for officiating in club matches.

At the elections, Nagassar was challenged by Shannon Crawford for the Presidency 27-22 while Ryan Banwarie lost by a similar margin to Nandkumar Shivsankar for Vice- President.
Moses Rampal (Secretary), Javed Persaud (Treasurer) and (Stephon Josiah) were re-elected unopposed while Sean Devers was re-elected as PRO but declined due to work commitments and the position was taken by Chandraban Rajnarine.

GCUC ELECTION RESULTS
Dawchan Nagassar -President –
Essequibo Nandkumar Shivsankar – Vice President – Demerara
Moses Rampal – Secretary- Berbice
Javid Persaud – Treasurer- Demerara Chandraban Rajnarine – PRO- Demerara
Stephon Josiah – Assistant Secretary/ Treasurer – Demerara Ava Baker – Committee Member- Demerara
Chatnarine Persaud – Committee Member- Demerara Fazal Goberdhan- Committee Member – Essequibo Imran Moakan- Committee Member- Berbice