Category: WIPA Releases

By WIPA Staff KINGSTON, Jamaica: The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) is announcing the date of the funeral service for former cricketer, Mr Basil Williams. The funeral service for Mr. Williams will be held on Friday, November 20, 2015 at The Church of Ascension located at 1a Daisy Avenue, Mona. The service will commence at…

By WIPA Staff KINGSTON, Jamaica- The West Indies Players’ Association wishes to extend congratulations to the West Indies Women team on their continued outstanding performances. The West Indies Women are now the joint leader team with the Australian women in the standings of the ICC Women Championship. The new captain Stafanie Taylor led with an…

By WIPA Staff KINGSTON, Jamaica – The West Indies Players’ Association is saddened by the passing of former West Indies opening batsman Stephen Camacho. WIPA would like to extend our sincerest condolences to the family, friends and the greater cricketing community across the Caribbean. Mr Camacho served West Indies cricket both on and off the…

By WIPA Staff KINGSTON, Jamaica – The West Indies Players Association and the University of the West Indies Open Campus yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This MOU is reflective of both parties’ commitment to the development of WIPA, its members and Caribbean civilization. Members of the West Indies Players’ Association will now have…

By WIPA KINGSTON, Jamaica: The executive and members of the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) wish to extend their condolences to the family and friends on the passing of Captain Peter Short. Captain Short was a loyal servant to West Indies cricket, he first served as commentator for West Indies Cricket between the years of…

By WIPA Staff Atlantic and WIPA will be hosting their annual summer cricket camp from 13th July 2015 to the 17th July 2015. These camps will be held in Trinidad from 9am to 12noon, in the North at the Barataria Oval, in Central at the Pierre Road Recreational Ground and in the South at the…

By WIPA Staff KINGSTON, Jamaica: The executive and members of the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) wish to extend their condolences to the family and friends, and the entire cricket and table tennis fraternity of Trinidad and Tobago on the passing of Dr Alloy Lequay yesterday at the age of 90. Dr Lequay served as…

By WIPA Staff The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) is extremely disturbed by the unacceptable re-tweeting by Mr. Dave Cameron, President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), of a negative “fan” tweet which was directed at our member Mr. Christopher Gayle. That Mr. Cameron’s re-tweet came in the middle of the West Indies team’s…

By WIPA Staff Kingston, JAMAICA: It is with deep regret that, we say goodbye, to Richard ‘Danny Germs’ Austin who passed Thursday, February 6, 2015. Austin started his cricket career for his local club, Kensington Cricket Club, then went on to play for Jamaica and the West Indies. Richard Austin played two test matches and…

by WIPA Staff Re: West Indies Players Association/Cricket Australia Level One Coaching Certification Course The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) in collaboration with Cricket Australia will be hosting a Level One Coaching Certification Programme at the Kensington Cricket Club, Kingston Jamaica. The event will be staged from Monday October 27th to Tuesday October 28th beginning…