Coaches’ body amends constitution

National Football Coaches Association (NFCA) has amended its constitution.

The exercise took place during the association’s extraordinary annual general meeting (AGM) at Kambiri Beach in Salima District over the weekend.

During the assembly, the delegates approved the creation of Eastern Region Football Coaches committee comprising Balaka, Mangochi, Machinga, Chiradzulu, Zomba and Phalombe districts.

The development means Southern Region Football Coaches Committee would be for coaches in Blantyre, Mwanza, Neno, Chikwawa, Mulanje, Nsanje and Thyolo districts.

NFCA Chairperson Aubrey Nankhuni said the meeting was fruitful.

’’Our constitution had so many gaps but delegates to the meeting have done the needful to fill them up. This shows that we are moving in the right direction. The delegates also allowed the creation of welfare and legal subcommittees,” Nankhuni said.

He said NFCA also unveiled Gift Nankhuni as its legal representative.

Eastern Region Coaches Committee representative Moses Chimbetete said the creation of the legal committee would ensure that coaches are well represented.

’’This is the start of good things. The coaches association has a big role to play in developing football at all levels,’’ Chimbetete said.

The meeting also removed the voting rights of executive committee members at elective AGMs and also restricted the number of delegates to the NFCA AGM to six.

Football Association of Malawi (Fam) Executive Committee Member Felister Dossi represented the country’s football governing body.

Newly appointed Malawi National Football Team Coach Marian Mario Marinica and Fam Technical Director Benjamin Kumwenda also attended the meeting.