GOA contributes $1.2m but GRFU still in the red

Vice President of the GOA, Noel Adonis presenting the sponsorship cheque to Secretary of the union, Petal Grant yesterday in the presence of the players and president, Peter Green (extream left). 

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) yesterday made a timely donation to the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) ahead of this weekend’s Rugby America’s North (RAN) Sevens tournament in Trinidad and Tobago.

During a simple ceremony at the National Park where the men and women’s national teams were going through their paces, vice president of the GOA, Noel Adonis presented a cheque worth $1.2M to secretary of the GRFU, Petal Grant, to offset expenses to be incurred by the teams at the event.