SVG Basketball Federation puts new executive on court

A new executive of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Basketball Federation was installed last Saturday evening at the Xpert Computer Centre, as the organization was forced to host an annual general meeting.{{more}}

Leading the team is Wayne Williams, who served as vice-president on the last executive. The life of the last executive was cut short, following a spate of resignations and non-functioning.

Williams, though, needed some overtime to clip former treasurer Rohan Providence for the top post, 23-22.

The two were at a dead heat 21-21 at the end of the first round of voting, with Karel Bramble also in the fray. Bramble got two votes from the 45 affiliates who were present.

A former games secretary, Bramble, however, shrugged off the double team of Conrad Simon and Winfield Tannis-Abbott for the post of vice-president. Bramble secured 26 votes, Simon, 16 votes and Tannis-Abbott, 1.

It was an easier journey for Augustus John on his way to the job of second vice-president.

John’s 35 votes outpointed Jenene Spring’s 5, while Darron John and Tannis- Abbott, each got the nod of two affiliates.

Like John, another new face in the national basketball service is Sanjay Jiandani, who comfortably defeated Tannis-Abbott 38-6 in the race for the third vice-president.

Gailene Gordon retained her duty as secretary, out- scoring former president Clephas Glynn, Darron John and the ever-present Winfield Tannis-Abbott.

Gordon hauled in 20 votes, Glynn, 15, with John receiving 7 and Tannis-Abbott, 2.

Meanwhile, Winston Snagg booted out Rohan Providence 25–19, as the latter tried his hand to return as treasurer.

The other post contested on the night resulted in Sonja Lewis getting the better of Tannis-Abbott 35-9 in the vote for assistant secretary-treasurer.

The annual general meeting was fast forwarded, after an extraordinary meeting, held February 9 at the same venue, to replace then president Junior Sutton, when it was revealed that most of the elected members of the executive had either resigned or were no longer interested in serving.

A motion of no-confidence was moved and carried, thus putting an interim committee in place, to execute an annual general meeting.

Presided over by president of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Glyne Clarke of Barbados, Saturday’s meeting heard an executive report from 2014 to 2016, but a financial report was not forthcoming, as then treasurer Rohan Providence apologized for not being able to provide one.

After the election of the new executive, Williams confessed, “ We have a lot of problems … There is a lot of work to be done, but we are willing to do the work. You encourage us and start putting things together in the interest of basketball.”