Guyana's Christopher (Kit) Nascimento was re-elected president of the West Indies Rugby Union (WIRU) when that body held its Annual General Meeting recently in Miami.


According to a release, Nascimento and Guyana Rugby Football Union's president Noel Adonis represented Guyana at the two-day meeting.


Nascimento who also served as president of the North American West Indies Rugby Union (NAWIRA) last term, was replaced by Pearse Higgins of the Canadian Rugby Union.


The Guyanese was, however, appointed treasurer of NAWIRA, while newly-elected vice-president of the WIRU Dennis Dwyer of the Bermuda Rugby Football Union was elected secretary of NAWIRA.

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According to the release, the general meetings were held to coincide with a two-day workshop hosted by the International Rugby Board ( IRB ) which finalized a four-year Strategic Development Plan (2008-2011) of the North American and West Indies Region, which includes 12 West Indies national rugby unions, Canada, USA and Mexico.


The workshop was led by the IRB's Development Manager, Bruce Cook, and facilitated by IRB's Regional General Manager, Tom Jones and IRB Staff Coach Mike Luke. It was attended by representatives of 11 unions and the executives of NAWIRA and WIRU.


Meanwhile, the other newly-elected WIRU executives are Trinidad's Lisa Williams (secretary), Cayman Islands' Greg Link (treasurer), Jamaica's Jacob Thompson, Barbados's Bob Showan and Trinidad's Colin Peters.


Rugby USA's Neal Brendel is vice-president on the NAWIRA board.


Source: Stabroek News