Barbados Advocate article.
Bridgetown, Barbados - Ahead of the Barbados leg of the English Test series, the students of the 2014-2015 Sport For Life Programme got an opportunity to meet with the visiting team yesterday during the presentation of a donation by the British High Commission.
Taking a short break from training at Kensington Oval, the players of the English side spent their time sowing inspiration among the youngsters.
With the British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Victoria Dean on-hand to make a donation towards funding the remainder of the 2014-2015 year, the highlight for the charges of the programme was definitely getting a chance to talk to and run drills with the players.
Speaking to The Barbados Advocate, Chairman of Sport For Life, Brenda Pope, explained that both gestures would go a long way towards the further development of the children.
“This donation will go a long way to ensuring we finish this term out and then we still need to look for next year but we are always grateful. We are appreciative, not only of the money, but of the support and the things that you can’t pay for like the chance for them to interact with other cricketers from other parts of the world, and for them to have an opportunity to talk to international press. Some of them were so excited about that,” he stated.
Furthermore, it was noted that, “It’s those kind of things that money in any case, cannot buy – the exposure that we are trying to let these children have. That’s also what we are pleased and grateful to the British High Commission for – for them to get a chance to rub shoulders and to really find out what the nitty-gritty is and find out the kind of dedication and focus that these cricketers embody,” Pope said.
First Published In The Barbados Advocate.