JavaScript is disabled in your web browser or browser is too old to support JavaScript. Today almost all web pages contain JavaScript, a scripting programming language that runs on visitor's web browser. It makes web pages functional for specific purposes and if disabled for some reason, the content or the functionality of the web page can be limited or unavailable.

Monday, July 21, 2025

Cameron inducted into US Hall of Fame

by

Vinode Mamchan
2475 days ago
20181012
CWI president Dave Cameron during his speech at the induction ceremony.

CWI president Dave Cameron during his speech at the induction ceremony.

Pres­i­dent of Crick­et West In­dies (CWI) Dave Cameron was a pop­u­lar choice among the can­di­dates in­duct­ed in­to the US Hall of Fame on the week­end in New York, USA.

The Ja­maican was cho­sen by the Hall of Fame pan­el head­ed by Michael Cham­bers and recog­nised for his work in the ad­min­is­tra­tion of West In­dies crick­et. Cham­bers in­tro­duc­ing Cameron said he was a pop­u­lar choice be­cause he has stood firm amidst many de­trac­tors in his ef­forts to lead West In­dies crick­et for­ward. “Dave has had a lot to deal with when it comes to West In­dies crick­et. A lot of peo­ple has had prob­lems with his strong-mind­ed lead­er­ship of crick­et in the West In­dies. We have had Prime Min­is­ters come against him but he has stood tall and stuck to what he be­lieved in and we are see­ing the ben­e­fits he has brought to the board.

West In­dies crick­et is mov­ing for­ward and as with any­thing in life, there will al­ways be times when you had blips in chas­ing suc­cess. Like the Windies team cur­rent Test loss in In­dia but we have to look at the over­all pic­ture.

West In­dies crick­et is now very pro­fes­sion­al. Many young men in the Caribbean can pack their bags and say they are go­ing to the of­fice be­cause Dave has led the way in terms of mak­ing crick­et a mean­ing­ful mon­ey earn­er for the crick­eter.”

Cham­bers who hails from Hart­ford Con­necti­cut added that had Cameron come ear­li­er in­to the po­si­tion, it would have been very easy for him. He said, “Dave comes in­to lead­er­ship when the West In­di­an crick­eter has a choice. Now the crick­eter can tell the board to move aside, as they are gain­ing em­ploy­ment in these T20 league across the globe. The Windies team is nev­er at full strength be­cause play­ers are al­ways spread all over the place play­ing T20 match­es in peo­ple’s do­mes­tic leagues. The pres­i­dent long ago would have got­ten the crick­eter that want­ed to play for the West In­dies, as that was the ul­ti­mate goal. Now you have the crick­eter who is mak­ing a choice as to whether he wants to play for the West In­dies. Dave has to deal with this added an­gle in terms of play­er re­la­tions and it is not easy. He has weath­ered the storm well and in ad­di­tion to this, he has tak­en West In­dies crick­et from in the red to the black, which speaks vol­umes of his prowess as a busi­ness­man.”

Al­so on hand at the event host­ed at the Hilton JFK was Vice-Chan­cel­lor of the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies Sir Hillary Beck­les. In his ad­dress, he said that he ex­pect­ed noth­ing less than ex­cel­lence from Cameron. “When we lost the first Test against In­dia, I said to my­self that was prob­a­bly be­cause Ja­son Hold­er, a UWI stu­dent was not at the helm be­cause he was out due to in­jury. Then I re­alised that an­oth­er UWI stu­dent Kraigg Brath­waite was lead­ing the team, so I had to think oth­er­wise. When I look at my good friend Dave Cameron and the way he keeps on win­ning elec­tions at CWI, it un­der­scores the point that he is a First Class Ho­n­ours grad­u­ate from the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies. As you Vice Chan­cel­lor Dave I ex­pect­ed noth­ing less.”


Related articles

Sponsored

Weather

PORT OF SPAIN WEATHER

Sponsored