As he enters his third term as president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), Conde Riley has conceded that the Covid-19 pandemic remains an area of great concern but he remains optimistic of a significant increase in the number of fully vaccinated persons to have Competitions in 2022.Riley, who boasts of having served on the BCA Board of Management for roughly two-and-a-half decades, was elected unopposed at the just concluded 19th Special Meeting.Due to the pandemic, this season was the first time in 76 years that no BCA Competitions were played.1945 had been the last year that not a ball was bowled in any BCA Competitions because of an unavailability of balls.
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Fitness is vital to a professional athlete, including cricketers, says V.A Khevyn Williams, the coordinator of sports science at the Everton Weekes Centre of Excellence.“If an athlete is not fit, they are unlikely to execute their technical regime without fatigue. We who are involved with sports science believe fitness prevents injuries. The fitter athletes are, they are more likely to perform their technical regimes over and over without fatigue, therefore it is imperative that our athletes are up to a certain standard,” Williams told Barbados TODAY.One of Williams’ tasks at the Centre of Excellence is to conduct the fitness program for the Under-13, Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 cricketers, the female cricketers and the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Development Contract players.