| Hello everyone, Please see the message below from Peter MacKay, CIASA President; It is with great sadness that I have to inform you that Ian Armiger has handed in his resignation from the post of Technical Director and will be leaving us on July 31, 2013. Ian has thoroughly enjoyed his time in Cayman and would like to thank everyone for the warm welcome he has received and the tremendous support from all in the community. However, he has been involved in hands on coaching in the High Performance Sport Environment for many years and he is really missing this. He thought long and hard before resigning and is very concerned about "letting Cayman Swimming down" but I informed him he should do what he enjoys. He hasn't applied for any other job nor been sought for one. Ian misses his time as a full-time on-deck coach. We will certainly miss Ian who in his short time here, working with the clubs and coaches, has assisted in raising standards, as was shown with the CARIFTA results. The Strategic Plan he produced was praised by the Ministry of Sports as the best they had seen. He is leaving a good legacy after his short time here. We obviously wish Ian and Sylvia well in the future and are glad they will be here until the end of the swim season to continue to assist CIASA, the clubs, coaches and swimmers. The CIASA Board will, at its next meeting, form a selection committee to hire a replacement for Ian. Ian has agreed to serve on that Committee, if asked. The aim will be to have his replacement in place by the beginning of the next swim season. Ian has set a great foundation from which CIASA will move forward. Here's to further Fast Swimming in the future. Regards, Pam Abbott CIASA Secretary |
