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Controversy is stirring in the Dominica Amateur Athlete Association (DAAA) as the island cancelled its participation in the 2013 Central America and Caribbean Age Group Championship which was scheduled for Curacao this weekend.<\/p>\n

DAAA president, Cedric Harris, told DNO on Friday that a decision has been made to pull out the Dominica contingent of seven athletes who were expected to take part in the games.<\/p>\n

The entire matter began on Wednesday when the athletes and a coach went to Melville Hall Airport to travel to Trinidad with onward connection to Curacao for the games. However they were told by travel agents at the airport that no arrangements were in the system indicating that they were confirmed to leave Dominica.<\/p>\n

This has angered former coach, Nabi Wallace, who pointed the finger at Harris and claimed this was one of many ‘mistakes by the DAAA President.’ He said these mistakes\u00a0 started in June 2012 “when Team Dominica was turned back in Trinidad because they did not have proper travel documentations to travel on to El Salvador for the CAC Junior Championships.”<\/p>\n

“It was followed by a big scandal with the 2013 Carifta Games National team who had to sleep on benches in Panama on their way to Bahamas,\u201d Wallace stated in a release.<\/p>\n

But in his own defense Harris said confirmation for travel was indeed made with LIAT for the athletes to travel to Curacao. “Communication with LIAT was done, the information was given to LIAT, LIAT confirmed, sent an itinerary and confirmation number but what happened was when the confirmation number was entered into the system it showed confirmed from Trinidad to Curacao,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

He said that after speaking to LIAT, he was informed that an error was made which the airline tried to mitigate by allowing the athletes on a flight to St. Martin, following which they would move on to Curacao. However, this could not materialize since there were no flights available from St. Martin to Curacao, according to Harris.<\/p>\n

The President stated further that the secretary of the DAAA is the one who is actually supposed to be dealing with flight arrangements but, according to him, the secretary has not been pulling his weight thus he has been performing the bulk of the work.<\/p>\n

Wallace is now calling for the immediate resignation of Harris stating that too many \u201cmistakes\u201d are being made and this in turn has caused athletes to suffer.<\/p>\n

However, Harris dismissed the call claiming that Wallace has a “personal vendetta” against him since decisions were made in 2012 concerning his non selection as a coach.<\/p>\n

\u201c”If something is not done in his way, he will find a way to come out and criticize …\u00a0 he gets on and tries to make a big thing out of everything,\u201d Harris stated.<\/p>\n

Harris indicated that he understands how disappointed that the athletes may feel at this time however he has apologized to them and and their parents and is currently trying to get them to participate in another game since they have been preparing for quite some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Controversy is stirring in the Dominica Amateur Athlete Association (DAAA) as the island cancelled its participation in the 2013 Central America and Caribbean Age Group Championship which was scheduled for Curacao this weekend. 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