Condolences poured in yesterday following the death of sports stalwart Edward Singh.
Expressions of sympathy came to the Athletic Associa-tion of Guyana (AAG) from sister Associa-tions/ Federa-tions, including one from Mr. Pierre Weiss, General Secretary of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) who has indicated that, “Mr. Singh will be missed very much and will always remain in our hearts and thoughts.”
May his soul rest in peace!
And, the AAG has also sent condolences to family members and friends of the late Singh.
”The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) wishes to express its profound sorrow to the family, relatives, friends and the entire athletics fraternity of the sudden passing early Sunday morning August 03, 2008 of Mr. Edward Singh a member of the council and competitions director of the association.
Mr. Singh came into the realm of athletics administration through the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) which body has responsibility through the Ministry of Education for the organization of the National Schools Athletics Championships in Guyana.
He started out as a technical official and his mathematical skills as a teacher came into play where he soon joined the diminishing group of persons with the ability to construct and mark a track on the various cricket grounds, the association used for competitions.
With a penchant for hard work, he was soon identified as a suitable candidate to participate in a “Competition Directors” course at the RDC, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Later he qualified as a IAAF TOECS Lecturer on a course at the RDC Santa Fe Argentina and in fact conducted the first TOECS course in Guyana April 21-26 last. Mr. Singh was a teacher by profession and at the time of passing was the Head Teacher (Principal) of the Cove and John Secondary School, located on the East Coast of Demerara.
He was also a graduate of the University of Guyana where he obtained a Bachelor of Education degree.
The family has advised that the body would be at the Sandy’s Funeral Home from 09:00-10:30 hours today for viewing thence to the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) where a joint celebration of his life and work would be done by the AAG and the GTU from 11:00-12:30 hours.
The body will then leave the GTU for his residence at Paradise, ECD, where a service will be held from 14:00 hours,” said the release which was signed by AAG president Claude Blackmore.
