Twenty one successfully complete Sports Administrators Course

President of the Guyana Olympic Association,  K.A. Juman Yassin (seated third from left) along with some of the facilitators and the participants of the IOC Sport Administrators’ course pose for a photo following the four-day event on Sunday.
President of the Guyana Olympic Association,  K.A. Juman Yassin (seated third from left) along with some of the facilitators and the participants of the IOC Sport Administrators’ course pose for a photo following the four-day event on Sunday.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) collaborated with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to complete a successful four-day Sports Administrators’ course on Sunday at their headquarters at Liliendaal.

The course, which interested 21 participants, featured a course outline which included the following topics: Challenges Facing Sports, Budget & Money Management, Drugs & Doping in Sports, Strength & Conditioning in Sports, Sport & the Law, Mental Health in Sports, Women in Sports, Sports Nutrition and Drugs along with Doping and other topics.

Several high profile speakers took the microphone during the four-day event.

They included Chief Justice (Ag) Roxanne George, Attorney-at-Law Emily Dodson, Hector Edwards, Garfield Wiltshire and Charles Corbin.

Following the course assessment, Deje Dias of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA), Willon Cameron of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) and Emerson McKoy emerged as the three top performers.