BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – WHILE the St. Kitts Nevis Football Association (SKNFA) is in the process of discussing ways to honour the memory and contributions of the late Steadroy ‘Tish’ Techeira, an executive member said the public is welcome to submit suggestions in this regard.
“We are definitely going to do something to honour Steadroy Techeira during the upcoming Final Four. We are still very early in the planning stages on that but more information in relation to the details of the tribute in remembrance of Techeira will come out later. But we definitely will be doing something,” the SKNFA’s General Secretary Stanley Jacobs told SKNVibes Sports.
Several suggestions have been made through the grapevine about ways in which ‘Tish’ – as he was affectionately known - could be honoured.
And Jacobs informed this publication that the SKNFA would accept suggestions from the public. He said these can be sent via messages through the organisation’s Facebook page or by emailing info@sknfa.com
“We are always open to suggestions. Nobody ever has all the answers so if somebody makes a suggestion and we feel it sounds very good, we will consider it… And we welcome the suggestions…”
He informed that one of the ideas being considered is naming one of the rooms at the SKNFA Technical Centre in St. Peter’s after ‘Tish’.
“That is one of the discussions that we have already had and that came out of the Executive Committee to dedicate the Referees Department which would be located there, as the ‘Steadroy Techeira Referees Room’. So that is already on the table for a final decision to be made.”
Techeira, an avid sports enthusiast, died on February 15, 2017 at his home and was buried at the end of that month.
At the time of his death, he functioned as a Physical Education teacher at the Washington Archibald High School and was instrumental in the promotion and success of a number of SKNFA grassroots programmes.
He was a member of the SKNFA’s Referees Committee and was known for his acts of volunteerism and selflessness.
