St Catherine FA ordered to reinstate Royal Lakes

Michael Panchan, president, Royale Lakes Football Club, is celebrating a court order instructing the St Catherine Football Association (SCAFA) to immediately lift a two-year ban and $300,000 fine imposed on the club on January 17, 2025. Panchan, one of many aggrieved clubs in SCAFA, had twice taken the association to court, first for breaches of its own constitution, forcing a postponement of its July 2024 election, an act which the FA deemed contrary to FIFA statues, leading to the imposition of a two-year ban and $300,000 fine.