Gor­don Der­rick was elect­ed as the new pres­i­dent of the Caribbean Foot­ball Union (CFU) at its 35th Or­di­nary Con­gress held in Bu­dapest, Hun­gary, yes­ter­day. Der­rick, who is the cur­rent Gen­er­al sec­re­tary of the An­tigua and Bar­bu­da Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tion re­ceived the sup­port of more than half of the Union's mem­ber­ship dur­ing the elec­tion, which was held at the Bos­co­lo New York Palace Ho­tel. "Rest as­sured there will be no mar­gin­al­i­sa­tion, dis­crim­i­na­tion or seg­re­ga­tion un­der my tenure," said Der­rick, who promised to steer the CFU in­to a new di­rec­tion in his ad­dress to the mem­bers.

"We are all vi­tal com­po­nents of this Union, each and every mem­ber has a part to play and it is on­ly through uni­ty can we move the Union for­ward. "My friends, we have just wit­nessed a tru­ly de­mo­c­ra­t­ic elec­tion in this Union. This is the be­gin­ning of a new era; the elec­tions are now over, let us from this mo­ment be­ing the re­uni­fi­ca­tion process." Yes­ter­day's his­toric elec­tion has ush­ered in new blood in­to the Union at all lev­els of the ex­ec­u­tive com­mit­tee where­in each mem­ber is serv­ing in this ca­pac­i­ty for the first time. The elec­tion brings to an end the tenure of the CFU Nor­mal­i­sa­tion Com­mit­tee head­ed by pres­i­dent of the Cay­man Is­lands Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tion Jef­frey Webb.

Mem­bers

Pres­i­dent: Gor­don Der­rick (An­tigua)

First Vice Pres­i­dent: Ch­eney Joseph (Grena­da)

2nd Vice Pres­i­dent: Lar­ry Mussenden (Bermu­da)

3rd Vice Pres­i­dent: Lyn­don Coop­er (St Lu­cia)

4th Vice Pres­i­dent: Canover Wat­son (Cay­man Is­lands)

Ex­ec­u­tive Com­mit­tee Mem­ber: So­nia Bi­en-Aime (Turks and Caicos)

Ex­ec­u­tive Com­mit­tee Mem­ber: Hillaren Fredrick (US Vir­gin Is­lands)

Ex­ec­u­tive Com­mit­tee Mem­ber: Mau­rice Vic­toire (Mar­tinique)

Ex­ec­u­tive Com­mit­tee Mem­ber: An­tho­ny John­son (St Kitts -Nevis)