CONCACAF workshop ends

THE CONCACAF four-day senior administrators workshop ends today at the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence.

This workshop was geared toward information sharing between the English FA and Confederation officials. In his feature address at   the opening ceremony on Tue-sday CONCACAF director of development Richard Brath-waite expressed delight at the response of  officials attending — presidents, vice-presidents and general secretaries, including the secretary of the Mexican Football Associa-tion. Brathwaite was duly pleased with the high-powered panel and thankful for the FA’s support with experts including FA Director of Football Administration Gra-ham Noakes,  and Man-chester United director Maurice Watkins, who provided useful insight into key administrative issues.

Noakes in his address expressed an interest in not only teaching but also learning from the participants and went on to state, “I am very impressed with the enthusiasm of the officials and it shows you are all eager to learn and to improve the level of football administration in your countries.” The workshop is part of the ongoing CONCACAF Dev-elopment Programme which is focussed on growth in the region’s football and is the third such workshop at the Centre of Excellence this year.