It was interesting to hear the Queen in her Christmas address refer to the importance of sport in helping youth achieve their life goals, and I will try to refresh memories on how and why the Wes Hall Youth Cricket League was formed in 1967 and the long lasting influence it had on this nation’s young cricketers, north, south, east and west.
Those of us who worked at WITCO in the 1965-75 decade probably never had a more enjoyable job, when company pride was at its peak. Local sponsorship had only just started and WITCO took the lead in everything—the Despers with Rudolph Charles and George Yates up the hill in Laventille; Benson and Hedges Premium Stakes; Broadway 40 over competition; launching “Life” cigarettes with Miss England leading the promotion—and several other initiatives which made us the envy of all.
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