Cricket West Indies Masters Association(CWIMA) has now been formally established as the body representing masters cricketers from the West Indies. At the first general meeting of its members held on Tuesday, March 29th 2022 in the Banquet Hall of the Hampton Inn& Suites in Sugarland Texas, history was created when the first group of 9 directors was elected to serve as the executive body of CWIMA.
Previously, this body was operating as a steering committee since November 2019 and the following persons were elected: Imtiaz Rick Ali, Zamin Amin. Oral Bedessie, Julian Charles, Kenny Girdharry, Anthony Morris, Dave Narine, Raj Singh and Roy Singh.
These directors will now meet shortly to elect the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and establish committees for the smooth functioning of this organization.
The general meeting was graced by the presence of former West Indies pacer from the ‘Fire in Babylon’ era of the 70s & 80s, Colin Croft, who delivered the feature address at the dinner/launch of the body’s inaugural Windies Masters Cricketer magazine along with its website www.windiesmasters.org.
Mr. Croft expressed his happiness about being part of this event and has spent just over a week with the Over 50s and Over 60s squads participating in the Champions Trophy Tournaments in Texas. Crofty also committed his wholehearted support for the masters and CWIMA and expressed that he came to Texas to make his personal assessment of our organization and its operations and was very impressed with the level, standard and professionalism of our group. CWIMA was privileged to have appointed Crofty as an honorary member which he graciously accepted.
The next international assignment for the O50s is in July for the Marlborough Cup for the QUADRANGULAR tournament between India, England, Wales and West Indies. The O60s then wing out to Queensland, Australia in late August for the O60s World Cup.
CWIMA Now Formally Constituted!
