Newly elected President of the Guyana Netball Federation Lavern Fraser-Thomas says she plans to revitalize the sport and widen its pool of players by targeting youth from schools, churches and other social organisations.
Fraser-Thomas revealed these plans in a brief interview with Stabroek Sport yesterday. No stranger to sports, Fraser-Thomas won the Netball Federation presidency at its AGM held on August 3. As the new leader, she plans to give the sport a boost with some new blood drawn from churches as this is one group that boasts a large group of young women.
“There you have a lot of females and netball in Guyana is a female sport,” she said. Fraser-Thomas is also optimistic about drafting older and former netball players into this recruitment drive in the interest of the sport.
The Federation’s new executive also comprises Juanita Ross (1st Vice President), ngelina McCarthy (2nd Vice resident), Nichola Gomes ecretary), Tessa Trim (Treasurer) and Natoya Vieira (Assistant Secret-
ary/Treasurer).
Committee members are Lawrence Griffith, Shonette Estwick, Warren and Sherwin McKenzie.
