Aldwynable

Mrs. Douglin was the Principal of the school and she

composed a letter addressed to the Trinidad and

Tobago Football Federation requesting the release of

Russell Latapy to visit the school before the Bahrain

game. I took the letter to the Football Federation and

they redirected me to the Crown Plaza Hotel where

the T&T team stayed.

They also advised me to speak to Mr. Bruce

Aanensen (team’s manager) and/or leave the letter

at the hotel’s front desk.

On arriving at the Crown Plaza Hotel front desk I

was sent to Coach Leo Beenhakker who was

sitting with his assistants and he in turn showed

me where Mr. Aanensen was sitting.

Bruce read the letter, listened to my logic and

informed me that Latapy was due to arrive that

night and he would have contacted me or the

school.

At the next team practice Bruce approached and

indicated that there were concerns about

the time of day of the visit based on traffic and he

would talk to Latapy after the practice.

Next day, I was called by Principal Douglin,

informing me that Russell Latapy was going to

appear at the Russell Latapy Secondary School.

The following day and for the first time since the

Latapy school was opened on November 28, 2003

Latapy visited the school ( on November 10, 2005)

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