Times Of Swaziland: REGISTRATION DEADLINE SHIFTED

REGISTRATION DEADLINE SHIFTED
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BY ASHMOND NZIMA  on 28/09/2013 07:06:00


MBABANE – Teams have now  up until October 11 to register their targeted
players.
Yesterday was supposed to mark the close of the First Window Registration period
but National Football Association of Swaziland (NFAS) CEO Frederick Mngomezulu
announced the revised date at a press briefing at Sigwaca House yesterday.
The changes, he disclosed, were caused by the ongoing turmoil at the Manzini
Regional Football Association (MRFA) office, where the entire executive
committee was sacked by the teams at a General Assembly last Sunday.
“Following the ongoing crisis at Manzini FA, we had to give teams more time to
register players.
The transfers of players affect all leagues, so we have to extend the
registration deadline across the board,” he said. Meanwhile there is hope for
the embattled MRFA as the country’s football mother body has summoned all the
teams in the region to an extra-ordinary meeting to be held at Princess Pholile
Hall in Malkerns on Tuesday, starting at 6pm.
A normalisation committee will be announced on the day while the NFAS probes the
saga further.
“While we seek to address the impasse at Manzini FA, we’ll keep the fire
burning by putting in place the interim structure. We’d also look into the
necessary documentation to see if the right channels were followed before the
vote of no confidence was passed,” he said.
The unrest at Manzini FA was partly caused by the loss of a sponsorship from
Insika Project worth over E2 million early this month. Mngomezulu said the
sponsorship challenges would not stop the start of the leagues scheduled for
early next month.