At the 28th Annual General Meeting of the Barbados Squash Rackets Association (BSRA) held on May 20th a new Executive Council was elected for a one year term. Veteran sports administrator, Mr. Craig Archer, was re-elected unopposed to the position of President for his tenth one year term since he was first elected to that position in 1991.
Archer has served in a variety of administrative positions in squash for a record seventeen out of the past twenty one years and has also been twice elected a Director of the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA). A professional engineer and project manager by training, Archer is the current Treasurer of the Barbados Association of Professional Engineers (BAPE) and also serves on the Executive of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA). In November 2006 he was also appointed onto the Technical Committee of the World Squash Federation (WSF).
Mr. Archer will have an experienced team to call upon since the majority of the outgoing BSRA Executive Council were returned unopposed to their former positions. Mr. Orson Simpson, another seasoned sports administrator, who is also a keen squash player and cricketer, and is the current Treasurer of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) was returned unopposed to the position of Senior Vice-President, while 5-time national men”s champion, Mr. Shawn Simpson, was returned unopposed as Treasurer and media executive Mr. Alex McDonald, was re-elected unopposed to the position of Secretary.
Mr. Norman Rice is the new Junior Vice President and Mrs. Yvonne Parris the new Assistant (Recording) Secretary. The new Council Members for 2008 are: Mr. Tony Mackenzie, Mr. Joe Steinbok, Mr. Richard Walcott, and Mr. Marlon White.
The President?s report to the 28th AGM can be downloaded by following the link below.
President”s Report to 2008 AGM – file no. 1
