Bridgetown.
The West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association has formed the West Indies Retired Players Foundation (WIRPF).
The joint initiative between the governing body and the players association will be primarily responsible for ensuring the skills and services of retired West Indies cricketers are utilized in a structured manner for the benefit of the regional game.
Mr. Brian George (President and CEO of Supreme Ventures Ltd of Jamaica) has been appointed Chairman. The WICB appointed members are Delano Franklyn (attorney-at-law in Jamaica) and Dr. Nigel Camacho. The West Indies Players Association appointed members are former West Indies and Jamaica player and WIPA President Wavell Hinds and Nixon McLean, former Windward Islands and West Indies player and WIPA treasurer.
President of the WICB, Mr. Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron says the joint initiative with WIPA, to establish the West Indies Retired Players Foundation, is one which is long overdue and expressed his delight that its has been achieved under his presidency.
“The skills and services of our retired players have not been utilized in a manner befitting their stature and the situation needed to be improved. I want to thank the President of WIPA, Mr. Wavell Hinds and the CEO Mr. Michael Hall for their work in ensuring that we have been able to achieve the formation of this most historic and necessary foundation which must remain a vibrant pillar in West Indies Cricket,” Cameron said.
“Our former players have international reputations for success and achievement and we must now, in a formal and structured way, undertake the necessary work to utilize their expertise to help to improve and redevelop West Indies Cricket,” Cameron outlined.
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