Issued by Shaun Fuentes, TTFA Media Officer, August 15th, 2013
Now if this is not sh*t I doh know what is!!!!!
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association has been forced to withdraw the National Under 15 (boys) team from the inaugural CONCACAF Under 15 Championship currently taking place in the Cayman Islands.
The team was initially scheduled to depart on Monday but was delayed due to the unavailability of flights following the late release of funding from the Ministry of Sports.
Buh wha de …. All kinda Caribbean Airline free flights were giving away for mother’s day to go concert in Canada but for the TnT under 15′s is SALT!
Anyway! The TTFA continued its efforts to secure air passage but was unsuccessful with all flights either through connections in the Caribbean or Panama City being fully booked until next week.
TTFA General Secretary Sheldon Phillips this evening notified CONCACAF of T&T’s withdrawal.
Below is a copy of the letter sent to Concacaf General Secretary Enrique Sanz.
[box type="shadow" width="620" ]“Dear Enrique,
It is with tremendous disappointment to inform you that our U15 Boy’s National Team will not be able to compete in the CONCACAF U15 Tournament currently underway in the Cayman Islands.
For the past two weeks, seats on flights coming out of Trinidad and Tobago for groups have been extremely challenging to secure. While our request for tickets was submitted several weeks ago to our main financial supporter, Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, the Ministry only recently authorized our booking on August 12.
We are most disappointed for the young men who will miss a wonderful opportunity through no fault of their own. Hopefully, our national community will answer our call for support and recognize the tremendous role public and private sectors can play in supporting football as a positive and coordinated force in the lives of our young people.
The TTFA is working diligently to establish financial independence through the continued development of our Commercial Department. Once secured, the support of our commercial partners and leveraging additional revenue streams will reduce our dependence on government support for development programs, thus eliminating episodes like this from happening again.
I trust you will take into consideration the circumstances as well as our continuing efforts to reform the organization. Thank you once again for your unfettered support.“
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A National Shame if you ask us! BIG STEUPS!
