Simone Forbes upbeat after AGM defeat
Former national senior netball team captain Simone Forbes said she is proud of her achievements despite her failure to secure any of the two positions that she contested at Netball Jamaica’s annual general meeting last Saturday.
Forbes, who retired from the sport in 2011, lost out in her bid for the post of second vicepresident and director. She was beaten by Cora Ricketts 31-20 for the post of second vice-president.
The former Sunshine Girls goal attack also failed in her bid to secure one of the two directors’ posts as she lost out to Wayne Shaw and Leonie Phinn.
Shaw, who is the president of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association, tallied 56 votes ahead of Phinn’s 37 and Forbes’ 34.
PROUD OF MYSELF
Forbes told STAR Sports that she tried her best and she is happy with her efforts despite the defeats.
“I am proud of myself and the fact that I went up and challenged them and that’s how you get things done,” said Forbes. “You can’t just have people go unopposed for positions,” she said.
“The members are tasked with the responsibility of electing members of the board. We
Ahad a lot of spoiled ballots but outside of that Mrs Ricketts and other two directors won,” Forbes said.
“Congratulations to them because I think they will do a good job and they will continue doing a good job for netball in Jamaica,” she said.
Forbes added that she will now continue her work in netball behind the scenes, where she helped to mentor a number of the country’s promising young players.
“I will still play a part because I mentor quite a few players and if the association needs help with anything, once I can help, then I will assist,” Forbes said. man with a history of football-related violence was handed a 16-week prison sentence yesterday for assaulting and racially abusing Manchester City’s Jamaica-born winger Raheem Sterling outside the English Premier League club’s training ground. Karl Anderson pleaded guilty at a court in Manchester to racially aggravated common assault. He smiled as he was sentenced. The incident took place on Saturday as Sterling arrived at City’s Etihad Campus in his car ahead of a league match against Tottenham. The 29-year-old Anderson drove his van alongside Sterling’s vehicle, and both men got out. Anderson shouted racial abuse at Sterling, including telling the player: “I hope your mother and child wake up dead in the morning.” He then used a racist slur. Anderson kicked the legs of Sterling on four occasions, leaving the City player with a sore left hamstring but without serious injury. Sterling started the match against Tottenham hours later and scored two goals in a 4-1 win. “I didn’t think this type of behaviour still happened in this country in this day and age,” Sterling said in a victim statement that was read to the court. Anderson had 25 previous convictions for 37 offences, including throwing a flare at a police officer during a football match. He was already subject to a football-related violence banning order that prevented him from attending certain matches. “He apologises through me to Mr Sterling for his actions,” said John Black, who was defending Anderson in court. Black said Anderson had lost his temper after his girlfriend asked him to ask Sterling for an autograph.