Caribbean Times 100th Issue - Friday 17th February 2017

14 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g
Friday 17th February 2017
Date for ABFA elections announced
By Marver Woodley
The Antigua and Barbuda
Football Association
after weeks of teasing has
announced its date for elections.
As this year, has been
dubbed the year of election
the ABFA will host its elections
for the executive committee
on the 13th of May.
The revelation was made
on Wednesday night during
the body’s Congress on
Wednesday night by the Association’s
President, Everton
Gonsalves. According to
Gonsalves in keeping with
the constitution the voting
process will come again four
years after.
So far two prominent figures
have public announced
their willingness to challenge
the current president
By Marver Woodley
As the games come to a close, plans are
already on the way to implement guidelines
to limit the number of overseas players allowed
for the next 2017/2018 games.
The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association
made the announcement during a
Congress held on Wednesday to create a new
arm to monitor the use of overseas based
players.
for the position. President of
Tryum FC, Keithroy Black
and President of the Potters
Tigers FC, Joel Rayne have
made their campaigns for
the position be known.
Meanwhile the current
President will be back on the
ballots to be reelected for his
third year in a row.
New limits to be made on nonnational
players being utilized
It was announced that a Technical Committee
comprised of 3-5 persons will be established
sometime next month to monitor
the quota system for non-national players.
During the early start of this season numerous
clubs in particular the Liberta Football
Club along with football enthusiasts
argued that too many non-national players
were being utilized during the local games,
thus taking away from locally based players.