The Grenada Football Association (GFA) is looking forward to a year focused on women’s football, youth competition and coaching education following approval of its 2022 budget.
The General Council of the Association unanimously approved the 2022 budget on December 18, 2021 after being presented by Chairman of the GFA Finance Committee Leon Radix and Finance Officer Andre Charles.
Highlights of the budget include: focus on six national teams including the U17 Women’s and Senior National Men’s teams, youth development programmes, more women’s football competitions, coaching education and the development of a Technical Centre.
Already the U17 Women’s team has been preparing for the Concacaf U17 Championship group stage from April 23 – May 8, 2022 in the Dominican Republic, while the Senior Men’s National Team has a robust calendar of events including the Concacaf Men’s Senior National League May 30 to June 14, 2022.
As it relates to youth football, in 2021, the GFA successfully completed the first U13 Boys Competition and the organization wants to develop more opportunities for meaningful play for lower age groups such as U10.
Following on the heels of the Women’s 7V7 tournament and 11V11 Festival in 2021, the GFA is planning more and longer competitions for women, to provide more time on the field to develop their skills.
A major goal of the GFA in 2022 is to make progress on the set up of a technical centre. Lands are being secured for the FIFA funded project which will provide a permanent facility for the wholistic development of players and coaches.
During the presentation of the budget, Chairman of the Finance Committee Leon Radix announced to the Council that the GFA was on track for commendation by the FIFA Audit Committee for its prudent financial management. He applauded the Finance Committee and Finance Officer Andray Charles for implementing the structures that have received the Audit Committee’s good rating.
