Photo: Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association president Sonja Johnson headed the TTOC Arbitration Panel in its deliberations with the National Basketball Federation. On behalf of the TTOC, Johnson declared that the NBFTT had infringed the principles of natural justice and ordered the administration to rescind the suspension. However, rather than refer the duo to a disciplinary committee in line with its own constitution, the NBFTT’s Board members suspended the officials themselves after an emergency meeting on WhatsApp. On, the TTOC tribunal, headed by Sonja Johnson, ruled that the Claire Mitchell-led NBFTT had failed to follow due process in its suspension of NBFTT board member Keith Clement and NBFTT vice-president (finance) Ikenna Joseph.Ĭlement and Joseph were accused by the NBFTT of bringing the local basketball body into disrepute by leaking confidential financial information to the media. It is a disagreement that has nothing whatsoever to do with the young athletes.
Photo: The Trinidad and Tobago National Basketball Team participates at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Colombia. Whether they get to participate, though, will hinge on a significant thawing of relations between the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) and the National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago (NBFTT) now that the former body yesterday slapped the latter party with a six-month suspension for allegedly failing to abide by a ruling of the TTOC Arbitration Committee. The Trinidad and Tobago men’s 3×3 basketball team has already booked its place at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, which starts on 28 July.
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