{"id":26388,"date":"2025-02-09T00:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26388"},"modified":"2025-02-09T00:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:37:12","slug":"new-president-of-guyana-amateur-swimming-association-aims-to-revive-the-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-president-of-guyana-amateur-swimming-association-aims-to-revive-the-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"New President of Guyana Amateur Swimming Association Aims to Revive the Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 17, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yalema Phillips, the newly elected president of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA), is committed to steering the sport towards smoother waters and restoring its prominence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After swimming was suspended as a &#8216;Core Sport&#8217; by the National Sports Commission (NSC) in 2024, Phillips is focused on improving the sport\u2019s status and promoting its growth in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview, Phillips shared that GASA is actively engaging with the relevant stakeholders to resolve the issues that led to the suspension and hopes to see a positive outcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She emphasized the importance of building strong relationships to promote swimming in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phillips, who previously served as the vice president under former president Dwayne Scott, outlined her plans for the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her primary focus will be on athlete development, securing funding, and ensuring good administration within GASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2024, the NSC\u2019s decision to strip swimming of its core sport status came after concerns over certain practices within the association. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, sources close to the matter revealed that World Aquatics has since met with the NSC, Guyana Olympic Association, and GASA to explore ways of overcoming the current impasse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phillips is confident that with a unified approach and a focus on development, swimming in Guyana will navigate a successful path forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 17, 2025 Yalema Phillips, the newly elected president of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA), is committed to steering the sport towards smoother waters and restoring its prominence. After&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26389,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26388\/revisions\/26389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}