WICB HOLDS SUCCESSFUL CRICKET DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Kenneth Gordon, today promised participating stakeholder groups at a Regional Cricket Development Workshop in Antigua that the Board will take their proposals seriously and, through the Cricket Committee headed by Clive Lloyd, place a high priority on implementing them.
About fifty representatives of stakeholder groups, including the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Territorial and Regional Boards attended the highly interactive workshop which sought to add further depth to the strategic plan for cricket development in the region.
Mr. Gordon, in a closing address, pointed to the track record of achievement demonstrated by the WICB under his leadership. He stressed that the organization’s public commitments regarding several issues including the Lucky Report, the player impasse, taking the best team to Australia and reducing the Board’s deficit were all achieved.
“We ask you to recognize we said what we were going to do and have done them,” Mr. Gordon emphasized. Earlier, the WICB and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) signed three agreements that, according to WIPA’s President, Dinanath Ramnarine, are “the formal acknowledgement by the West Indies Cricket Board that the WIPA is a full partner in the process of taking West Indies cricket forward.”
The agreements are the Collective Bargaining Agreement, a Memorandum of Understanding and a Code of Conduct for Players and Officials.
Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. Keith Mitchell, who heads the cricket sub-committee of CARICOM Heads of Government, in a luncheon address, warned participants to remember, “West Indies Cricket does not belong to us in this room. It belongs to the people of this region. Any decisions that we make should be ones which will not only advance the sport but make our people proud.”
Mr. Gordon pointed out that the WICB was extremely aware of its responsibilities to the West Indian people and that “we have a Board that genuinely wants to take cricket to a higher level but we need help and institutional support”. Mr. Gordon, in closing, thanked the Stanford organization for its support for the Workshop and on the success of the 20/20 Tournament.
He commented, “20/20 is now part of cricket life in the Caribbean and we must continue with it. We will continue to leave the door open. If Mr. Stanford and his group find a way to work with us, we will be delighted. The Board is appreciative of what Mr. Stanford has done. We will have to get on with it since 20/20 is now part of the international cricket agenda.”
About fifty representatives of stakeholder groups, including the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Territorial and Regional Boards attended the highly interactive workshop which sought to add further depth to the strategic plan for cricket development in the region.
Mr. Gordon, in a closing address, pointed to the track record of achievement demonstrated by the WICB under his leadership. He stressed that the organization’s public commitments regarding several issues including the Lucky Report, the player impasse, taking the best team to Australia and reducing the Board’s deficit were all achieved.
“We ask you to recognize we said what we were going to do and have done them,” Mr. Gordon emphasized. Earlier, the WICB and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) signed three agreements that, according to WIPA’s President, Dinanath Ramnarine, are “the formal acknowledgement by the West Indies Cricket Board that the WIPA is a full partner in the process of taking West Indies cricket forward.”
The agreements are the Collective Bargaining Agreement, a Memorandum of Understanding and a Code of Conduct for Players and Officials.
Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. Keith Mitchell, who heads the cricket sub-committee of CARICOM Heads of Government, in a luncheon address, warned participants to remember, “West Indies Cricket does not belong to us in this room. It belongs to the people of this region. Any decisions that we make should be ones which will not only advance the sport but make our people proud.”
Mr. Gordon pointed out that the WICB was extremely aware of its responsibilities to the West Indian people and that “we have a Board that genuinely wants to take cricket to a higher level but we need help and institutional support”. Mr. Gordon, in closing, thanked the Stanford organization for its support for the Workshop and on the success of the 20/20 Tournament.
He commented, “20/20 is now part of cricket life in the Caribbean and we must continue with it. We will continue to leave the door open. If Mr. Stanford and his group find a way to work with us, we will be delighted. The Board is appreciative of what Mr. Stanford has done. We will have to get on with it since 20/20 is now part of the international cricket agenda.”
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