The committee responsible for putting together Guyana's World Cup 2007 Bid Book was last night waging an uphill battle to get the book completed ahead of a proposed photo opportunity this morning.
The organisers have planned a photo opportunity at 8 am at Sports' Minister for Sports Gail Teixeira's office, but up to press time last evening the Bid Book was still not completed.
Bid Preparation Officer Phillip Allsopp told Stabroek Sports last night "We're fighting very hard to get it together."
Asked when the Bid Book will be submitted given tomorrow's 7.30 pm deadline, Allsopp said once he finishes the bid, then it is up to the minister.
The submission of the Bid Book represents Guyana's chance of hosting World Cup matches. So far, 12 countries from the region have indicated their intention of formally submitting bids for selection as host venues for CWC 2007.
These countries are Antigua & Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago and the United States.
Each country is required to present responses to the 24 Deliveries in the Bid Book that make up the venue development and event-operations blueprint for a successful event in the West Indies in 2007.
Guyana is one of two countries that have decided to build an entirely new stadium to host whatever matches they will be allocated.
A requirement of the Bid Submission is that each country's document must be signed by both the Head of Government and president of the national cricket association, in Guyana's case, President Bharrat Jagdeo and Chetram Singh.
Following the Bid Submission there will be two months of intensive review and analysis by the CWC 2007 Venue Assessment Team (VAT).
This will include a verification tour to each country submitting a bid in order for the VAT to complete their assessment and recommendation to the CWC 2007 Board of Directors and the ICC.
The award of matches by the CWC 2007 Board of Directors requires approval by the ICC and will be announced on July 12.
That announcement will indicate which countries are selected to host the 51 matches of the Cricket World Cup, including the finals and semifinals.