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WICB Town Hall meeting in Dominica deemed a success
Guyana next stop on July 22
WICB President and Vice President hosted their second Town Hall Meeting at the Fort Young Hotel in
Dave Cameron
Dominica on Monday evening. The meeting allowed the public to air their views on several issues affecting West Indies Cricket.
The first such meeting was held in Barbados last week and attracted a poor turn-out but Monday’s meeting in the Nature Isle was deemed a success. According to reports reaching Kaieteur Sports, Vice-President Emmanuel Nathan told the gathering that WICB is looking to set up academies around the entire Caribbean.
“We are looking to provide opportunities at all levels” Dominican Nathan said. The interactive session Town Hall meeting was hosted by Nathan and WICB President Jamaican Dave Cameron, who were both re-elected for a second two-year term in March.
One man in attendance said he loved how this West Indies team looked, adding that the players seemed motivated and ready to take on the Australians who began their two-test series in Dominica today.
Responding to his question, what more can we do to help the players? Cameron told the fair size turn out at posh Hotel in front of the Caribbean Sea on Victoria Street, Roseau, that the WICB will look to implement more ‘mental skills’ Coaches in West Indies cricket at all levels.
“We aim to help our players in every way” said Cameron, who was commended for organising a weekend retreat in Barbados two weekends ago to forge a way forward in getting a closer working relationships will all stakeholders in cricket, especially the players.
The Dominica Town Hall meeting provided a forum for the largest stakeholders in West Indies Cricket (the fans) to get the opportunity to ventilate their concerns. Cameron encouraged the Dominican Fans, who will miss seeing Shiv Chanderpaul bat at the Windsor Park where he scored the first ever Test Century at that Venue in 2011, to come out and get involved since he said that everyone needs to become part of West Indies cricket at all levels.
The University of the West Indies (UWI) is providing several scholarships to the WICB to aid in the overall development of West Indian cricketers and Cameron thanked UWI for their tremendous assistance to cricket in the region.
Pitches in the Caribbean have gotten lower and slower over the years and is a major concern. Cameron disclosed that UWI in St Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago was working with WICB in partnership to examine things like soil types and aspects of Pitch preparation to come up with the “best pitches” moving ahead.
“We need you to encourage not discourage, to build up not pull down, cricket belongs to all West Indians. We are the West Indies” the President concluded. The Next Town Hall Meeting is set for Guyana on July 22, at possibly the Pegasus Hotel while two days later another Town Hall Meeting will be held in Trinidad and Tobago. (Sean Devers)
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