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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>Speid challenges Stephenson for top job</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline>AS KSAFA VOTES</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>KAYON RAYNOR, Observer staff reporter
Saturday, September 16, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>Both presidential candidates Stewart Stephenson and Rudolph Speid are exuding confidence ahead of today's vote at the biennial election of executives for the powerful Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) at the HEART Trust-NTA headquarters in New Kingston.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Ninety-two delegates from 42 clubs and four affiliates comprising preparatory, masters, whole life ministries and business house competitions will elect the executives for the next two-year term.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The incumbent Stephenson - his slate dubbed "Team Success - tackling cleanly; playing with commitment; scoring goals" - is seeking his fourth mandate having served terms between 1996 and 2000 then 2004 to present.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"I am not a betting man so I don't gamble, but based on the work which we have done I think we are confident that the majority of the delegates will approve our performance to date and give us a mandate to finish our four-year programme," Stephenson told Sporting World yesterday.<P class=StoryText align=justify>He further noted, "The delegates can look forward to a continuation of the rebuilding of KSAFA; the maintenance of the level and quality of our sponsorship; and the strengthening most critically of our club base."
According to Stephenson - a lawyer by profession: "We have a criteria document which outlines what clubs must conform with and that aspect of it will be very strictly monitored, so that we get closer to the clubs, particularly the weaker ones and work with them to strengthen their infrastructure to make them viable and self-sufficient."<P class=StoryText align=justify>On the other hand, Speid and his team called, "Club United - the way forward," told Sporting World that it is time for a shift in focus, having served in Stephenson's administration last term.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"What we are trying to do now is to move into a different direction than the direction that he was taking, where his approach was competition based... the approach we are taking is to go to a more club-based approach, where we try to strengthen the clubs from their root so we can have a stronger KSAFA," Speid said.
The current treasurer of the Jamaica Football Federation added, "His approach is that if we have 42 teams in a competition, the teams that come first, second, third and fourth will get some prize money, while the other 38 teams will get nothing at all. My approach is that all teams must participate in all the sponsorship money that KSAFA garner each year.
"What has happened also is that there is some lack of succession planning going on and that is where we also think that while not changing the team as a whole, that runs KSAFA, there should be some rotation of positions based on different people performance over the year, that is also another issue."<P class=StoryText align=justify>With that said, Speid rates his chances of unseating Stephenson: "I'm pretty confident that we will make a very strong showing and I expect to win."<P class=StoryText align=justify>The congress is due to get under way at 8:30 am with registration of voters to be followed by the tabling of reports between 9:00 and 11:00, before the election of officers.
<SPAN class=Subheadline>AS KSAFA VOTES</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>KAYON RAYNOR, Observer staff reporter
Saturday, September 16, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>Both presidential candidates Stewart Stephenson and Rudolph Speid are exuding confidence ahead of today's vote at the biennial election of executives for the powerful Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) at the HEART Trust-NTA headquarters in New Kingston.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Ninety-two delegates from 42 clubs and four affiliates comprising preparatory, masters, whole life ministries and business house competitions will elect the executives for the next two-year term.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The incumbent Stephenson - his slate dubbed "Team Success - tackling cleanly; playing with commitment; scoring goals" - is seeking his fourth mandate having served terms between 1996 and 2000 then 2004 to present.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"I am not a betting man so I don't gamble, but based on the work which we have done I think we are confident that the majority of the delegates will approve our performance to date and give us a mandate to finish our four-year programme," Stephenson told Sporting World yesterday.<P class=StoryText align=justify>He further noted, "The delegates can look forward to a continuation of the rebuilding of KSAFA; the maintenance of the level and quality of our sponsorship; and the strengthening most critically of our club base."
According to Stephenson - a lawyer by profession: "We have a criteria document which outlines what clubs must conform with and that aspect of it will be very strictly monitored, so that we get closer to the clubs, particularly the weaker ones and work with them to strengthen their infrastructure to make them viable and self-sufficient."<P class=StoryText align=justify>On the other hand, Speid and his team called, "Club United - the way forward," told Sporting World that it is time for a shift in focus, having served in Stephenson's administration last term.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"What we are trying to do now is to move into a different direction than the direction that he was taking, where his approach was competition based... the approach we are taking is to go to a more club-based approach, where we try to strengthen the clubs from their root so we can have a stronger KSAFA," Speid said.
The current treasurer of the Jamaica Football Federation added, "His approach is that if we have 42 teams in a competition, the teams that come first, second, third and fourth will get some prize money, while the other 38 teams will get nothing at all. My approach is that all teams must participate in all the sponsorship money that KSAFA garner each year.
"What has happened also is that there is some lack of succession planning going on and that is where we also think that while not changing the team as a whole, that runs KSAFA, there should be some rotation of positions based on different people performance over the year, that is also another issue."<P class=StoryText align=justify>With that said, Speid rates his chances of unseating Stephenson: "I'm pretty confident that we will make a very strong showing and I expect to win."<P class=StoryText align=justify>The congress is due to get under way at 8:30 am with registration of voters to be followed by the tabling of reports between 9:00 and 11:00, before the election of officers.
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