Published On:Saturday, March 20, 2010

AFTER a few years absence, the Coaches Association of the Bahamas held elections, Saturday March 13th at 10am at the Colony Club after 6 years of being non-functional.

After two months of preparation and communication, 51 Coaches were registered as members.

* The results were as follows:

President - Dianne Woodside

1st Vice President - Frank

'Pancho' Rahming

2nd Vice President - George

Cleare

Treasurer - Perry Thompson

Secretary - Cleotha Collie

Asst. Secretary - Evelyn Shaw

* Board Members - Tyrone Burrows, Dexter Bodie, Peter Pratt, Lyndon Johnson.

* Family Island Representative - Mr. Patrice Charles (Abaco)

This important body is an integral part of the development of Track and Field in The Bahamas.

* The objectives of the Association are as follows:

1. To foster a better relationship between track and field coaches in the Bahamas.

2. To enhance the development of track and field in the Bahamas.

3. To secure and compile coaching related information for circulation throughout the Family Islands.

4. To organise track & field coaches seminar and courses for the Family of Islands.

The executive body as well as the membership, will ensure that the objectives of the organisation, set out in the Constitution of the Association, is implemented and carried out.

"We intend to get involvement and participation from primary, junior and senior schools from New Providence, Grand Bahama and the Family of Islands," the association wrote in a press release.

"We hope that we can have the support of the Ministry of Sports and the BAAA to carry out these objectives for the next two years."