| Address: | 2081 Sunbow Avenue Apopka,Florida United States - 32703 |
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| Established: | 2020 |
| Current Series: | Over 60s World Cup |
| About: | The Cricket West Indies Masters Association the “CWIMA” is a non-profit organization registered in the State of Florida, USA and is directly affiliated with the Over 50s World Cup Cricket Committee, a private body operating outside of the ICC. To date, they have held two Over 50s World-Cups, one in Sydney, Australia (2018) with 10 teams and most recently in Cape Town, South Africa (2020) with 12 teams. Based upon the success of these two World-Cups, there is now an Over 60s World Cup planned for 2022. As a result of the increased popularity of veterans’ cricket, the CWIMA was formed with the intent of creating cricket structures throughout the West Indies by ensuring that there are administrators on each island to make veterans cricket broader based across the region. Currently, there is not a cricketing body in the West Indies that promotes and oversees over 45 years cricket although, many of the islands host their own local tournaments. However, there is no structure to select a veteran’s team to genuinely represent the West Indies and this was quite evident when a team was selected to represent the West Indies in the 2020 Over 50s World-Cup. The selection was strictly based upon invitation to show up for trials in Florida and Trinidad which was primarily financed by the players. Since the formation of the CWIMA, Big Man Cricket Guyana (BMCG) was created to administer veterans’ cricket in Guyana, and they are directly affiliated with the CWIMA. BMCG held their first tournament earlier this year but was suspended mid-way due to COVID-19. The CWIMA would like to work with local administrators and establish Big Man Cricket tournaments in each of the islands which would allow a better selection of veterans to truly represent the West Indies at various tournaments. The CWIMA is seeking approval to be officially affiliated with the Cricket West Indies (CWI) to successfully keep our players involved after their retirement from local and international duties. As mentioned, there has never been a veterans’ association or body administration for veterans’ cricket in the West Indies, and the formation of the CWIMA has aimed to fulfill this role. The major objectives of the CWIMA and Veterans cricket are as follows:
The CWIMA will not be infringing upon any competition that Is currently in place. The aim of this organization is to have a structured tournament in the West Indies for veteran cricketers, with the support of the CWI the CWIMA would have the influence needed to administer veteran’s cricket across the region. Without the support and affiliation of the CWI it will be very challenging to proceed as their leadership and impact would help further our initiative of expanding veterans’ cricket across the region. The CWIMA is aimed at keeping our retired cricketers adopting a healthier lifestyle and to have these same players serve as role models for the youths in the various islands and their communities across the region. These players can also look forward to the opportunity to represent their country and the West Indies at a World Cup tournament, an honor which not many have had the opportunity to participate in. We hope that you would share the same vision of our organization which is intended to capitalize on the current structure in place and build a strong foundation whereby our veterans can continue to excel whilst motivating current and future generations of cricketers. We sincerely seek the approval of the CWI and thank you in advance for the consideration of making us an affiliation. |
