WHo is sports Minister? 

Hope his job is not just a reward for supporting the coalition

I recall my days as a student and then teacher, one hour before classes start at 9.00 am, teachers would have the students involved in track and field, cricket, rounders, volley ball etc., This makes the students fit physically and mentally and not to forget good marks.Those days children we competing ,who can run the fastest, who can jump the highest and who will get the best marks, the schools, parents and children all had a sense of PRIDE.

I wonder what's happening nowadays?

 

Maybe someone can enlighten us

WHo is sports Minister?

Maybe I can send him an email

I remember we had one teacher dedicated to sport training and each year we will have school sports in sections that involved every kind of sports. I am not seeing or hearing much of this again.

In my school days and especially at high school, Wednesday afternoons were designated specifically for sports activities.

I don't hear about this at all...and this is an excellent way to keep young people involved....and I ma sure Nagas could take a cut in salary to contribute to a budget for this

That's why I like these discussion. It focused on things that are missing and what government can do to replace them. People's concerns and inputs makes a healthy society. The government should have citizens participation in all government ministries.

Maybe Tola know who is sports Minister

I don't know who is the new sports minister, but sports in Berbice schools don't seem to be active. School ground still have long grass with snakes.  

Some students  still play cricket with broken school furniture and stubby bottles filled with sand for a ball.

We buy dozens of soft ball bats in all sizes from  guy at Palmaria  and give the kids, with soft balls, we get at discount by the dozens.  

We gave sets of pro cricket equipment to schools and within weeks the stuff goes missing, with  no one knows where it went.

But we did give some cricket equipment to pro clubs that they still use and produce national/international cricketers. Not only by our efforts.

The pro clubs seem to be more accountable.  

 

Rose Hall Town Cricket Club seems to be doing well in Berbice  to attract kids. The Heibert  brothers are doing well for youth.

 

We experienced numerous challenges, but hopefully it might improve with the new government.

 

Please don't only talk, come and help. The youth of Guyana needs a lot of guidance by mature persons.        

Sport Minister is the Junior Minister of Education.  NOT Rupert.

 

WAN Lady from New Amsterdam.

Bai, sorry...I cannot help, I can only make simple solutions, I got a family to take care of over here. I am sure they have plenty people to help in Guyana, the people in power needs to know how to run things.

My focus is more on track and field in the schools...also the the state of school grounds. 

Maybe you can send me the contact for sports Minister so I can send him/her some ideas.

Sports is an extra curricula activity in Guyana.  In the Enmore district there is a school sports every every year end from Ann's Grove to Paaradise.

I don't know about the rest of the country.  That district is very competitive in cricket and soccer is played among afro_guyanese only.

 

Don't we have that information on the government website? This should be public knowledge.

Year end is nothing, there should be ongoing training throughout the year

Year end is when they get together for the big meet. They must have to train before this, so there must be some training happening..

Once a year used to be a happy occasion. Now there is nothing. We should be glad if they can start back from that level and expand from there.

This is a  simple problem.   The teachers themselves used to organized their own sports.  Let them do it again.  

I wonder how many actual racing tracks they have in Guyana

 

 

I don't know of any in Berbice/Essequibo, they have mostly cricket field.

Track seems to be a Demerara thing.

Dis reaaly help ansa de kwestian

She also live dea-dea in New Amsterdam. 

Can always sit back and wait for a good one from KB. Sometimes I have to take a second look and make sure it's not Warria who made the comment.

Even if you have end of year competitions, is there a system to develop athletes with potential?

In Berbice, end-of-year competitions  seems to be a dead-end event, with no avenue for the athletes to go forward.

Cricket has better potential to take the kids to a national or international level.

 

Up Mazaruni river, four hours by jet boat from Bartica, we did a [NEW] school reno  project  and took the kids sports equipment.

We were very impressed with their athletic  potential, but there was no program to take them forward.

In fact, they did not have the cash to travel to register for high school and many die of HIV/Aids as 'cooks' in mining camps, or in mining pit accidents, after primary school graduation.   

Sad situation

These are such basic things and they cannot be handled right...no wonder the big stuff gets screwed up

This is one of the reasons many youth are committing suicide in Guyana.

An atmosphere of hopefulness needs to be established to give the kids a positive outlook in life, or more will die.