Jack sees new era in regional f/ball

Regional football boss, Jack Warner was full of praise for the quality of the two-day Match Commissioners Seminar recently held at the Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence in Macoya. Warner expressed pleasure in the quality of presentations and the participation of senior CONCACAF officials. He said  a new era has dawned in CONCACAF and urged participants to develop a more professional approach in their operations. The FIFA vice-president went on to thank FIFA President Sepp Blatter for his support of such programmes in the region and commended all individuals who contributed behind the scenes to the success of the seminar.

The 36 participants from 22 countries within the confederation were beneficiaries of the FIFA sanctioned seminar which included lectures by FIFA Director and main lecturer Walter Gagg, FIFA Instructor Osmond Downer, FIFA Development Officer Hugo Salcedo and CONCACAF Executive Committee member Anthony James. Gagg’s opening day presentation “The Role and Functions of the Match Commissioner” served to introduce participants to the seminar’s direction, while Downer’s “Assessing the Referee” and Salcedo’s “Role of the General Co-ordinator” helped outline the function officials must play in the game.

Both James and Costa Rica’s Yolanda Camacho-Kortman expressed gratitude to both FIFA and CONCACAF for their financial and technical support, and urged participants to raise their standards for the benefit of the game. Delivering the vote of thanks on behalf of the participants was Yolanda Camacho-Kortman, who expressed her gratitude to CONCACAF for staging the seminar. She said it was great that the regional body was making every effort to raise the standard of the sport. At the end Warner presented Gagg with a special award for his contribution to the seminar.