24/04/2022
Today, Athletics Maltaa has circulated an email to our Raptorz Athletics registered members (& which has been doing the rounds with the local running community also since gossip spreads faster than wild fire here in Malta) that the club has been permanently banned (without a possibility for an appeal) & that they should look onto for a new running club.
To counter the above & should we decide to pursue with AM's obligations, the club will restart a re-application process with Athletics Malta and go through the necessary channels in order to be reinstated right in time for the 2022/2023 season.
Since honesty and transparency always prevail, the reason why the club has been banned is because we (I in primis) failed to oblige to send administration documentation prerequistes to Athletics Malta.
Really & truly, it is not Athletics Malta, nor anyones business what a club holds in terms of financials & other sensitive material. As a citizen living in a democratic country, I have every right to disgaree with MA's statute (I am not even sure whether this the new executive committee had published the amended statute)
N.B. Fortunately enough, my road races are unaffected since they have been applied/registered under The Fastest Events & not under the club name, so looking forward in seeing everyone enjoying the amazing vibe, results & camaraderie we always have at our road racing events.
On a final note, my conscious is at peace knowing that I have done nothing wrong to harm the running community or commit any flagrant, dirty foul within our beloved sport. I always defended sport and put sport first and foremost in my agenda, no more - no less.
The club name Raptorz might be banned, but it will never cease to exist.
Yours in sport,
Darren Vandit
Raptorz Athletics
Founder - Club President
