From left: Junior Codlin, president of the West Indies Cricket Development Academy, shakes hands with Denbigh High School’s Annette Daley while Terese Daniels, sports coordinator, and Dwayne Denton, a senior teacher, look on during a groundbreaking ceremony for training facilities at the Denbigh High School in Clarendon recently.
THE WEST Indies Cricket Development Academy Limited (WICDA) and its main partner, the Cricket Hall of Fame, broke ground on a training infrastructure project at Denbigh High School last week.
The project aims to build two concrete pitches with fencing around them for the safety and benefit of future cricketers.
Present at the ground-breaking ceremony were Denbigh High School principal, Annette Daley, head of the Cricket Hall of Fame, Michael Chambers, and Junior Codlin, president of of the WICDA.
“I’m thrilled to see the training infrastructure starting to become a reality,” said Daley.
Chambers mimicked the principal’s sentiments, adding: “This partnership with WICDA is a significant step forward for cricket development in Jamaica.”
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Codlin called the project start, “a dream come true for our academy”.
“We’re excited to provide a world-class facility for young cricketers,” he said.
The WICDA, started under the name The West Indies Cricket 2020 and Beyond, was launched in January of 2020, with a view to providing opportunities to aspiring young Caribbean cricketers.
The organisation tries to hold age-group tours of the Caribbean in an attempt to improve the experience of young cricketers.
