WESTERN BUREAU:PRESIDENT OF the St James Football Association (StJFA), businessman Orville Powell, will face two challengers for his position tonight when the association holds it biannual general meeting at the Montego Bay Cricket Club, starting at 7:00 p.m.
Powell, chairman of former Premier League team Seba United, came to office two years ago when the affiliates gave him the nod over former president Lennox Wallace.
His two challengers are fellow businessman Tom Chambers and community leader Errol Campbell.
Rocky tenure
The tenure of Powell, who has since been elected as chairman of the Jamaica Football Federation's Western Confederation, has not been entirely smooth with internal problems, such as the much-publicised furore over the participation of Seba Youths in the Hart & Son Senior League, and St James ending up without a team in the Digicel Premier League. But, he is still favoured to retain the presidency.
The popular community activist Campbell, who has been circulating his manifesto and his slate of candidates, is expressing much optimism about his chances of being elevated to the top seat.
"I have what I consider a good vision for St James and a good team which I know can get the job done," said Campbell. "I am extremely confident about my chances."
Slate of candidates
Campbell's slate includes former president Garfield Anderson, veteran administrator Jerry Reid, Carl Plummer and Lionel 'Fury' McKenzie and new faces Allan Bernard, former national striker Paul 'Tegat' Davis and popular referee Michael 'Bunny' Marshall.
While Chambers, the president of the embattled St James Cricket Association and a community organiser in eastern St James, has been keeping a fairly low profile and is not being taken as a serious challenger, Powell's slate, which will be without JFF vice-president Bruce Gaynor, who is not seeking re-election, looks solid.
Powell's team, which is considered the favourite among the 140 delegates, is expected to feature former president George Evan, who was a member of the Crenston Boxhill slate which ushered Captain Horace Burrell's first JFF administration out of office.
