Windward Island Cricket team gets sponsorship

Nanthan (left) and Piper shake hands after the presentation of the cheque

The Windward Islands Cricket Team (WICT) has secured sponsorship valued at $20,000 for the Caribbean T-20 Tournament to take place in Trinidad and St Lucia early 2013.

Executive Director of the Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) Colin Piper and President of the Windward Islands Cricket Board, Emanuel Nanthan, signed the sponsorship agreement on Tuesday at the Financial Center.

Speaking to the media, Nanthan said he was grateful for the gesture and promised that the WICT would make use of the sponsorship.

“We are very pleased and grateful that DDA found us willing and capable partners to work with and they will be sponsoring our team going through the 2013 competition. We hope that this will be the year that the Windward Island becomes the champions of the Caribbean T-20 Tournament,” he said.

Piper remarked that the investment was a worthwhile one since Dominica will be exposed on a global scale.

“We also recognize that this event will be shown worldwide through ESPN2 Network and as such Dominica will get prominent branding because the word ‘DOMINICA’ will be on the front chest of the Windward island team,” he said.

According to him, the initiative was done to further develop sports tourism in Dominica

“One reason is since the building of the sports stadium here we’ve realized the impact of sports as it pertains to the movement of people and for sports tourism that is of keen interest to us. So we look at this partnership in a way to further both to develop our involvement in the area of sports tourism,” Piper pointed out.

Nanthan explained that the funding will help mobilize the Windward Islands team, get the needed equipment and give more time for training.

The matches will be played in Trinidad from the 6th -12th and St. Lucia from the 15th -20th.

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20 Comments

  1. Peeping Tom
    December 13, 2012

    A rather shrewd move by the DDA. Let’s see how this works itself out. I am optimistic.

  2. Mr.Bee
    December 13, 2012

    When exactly is the 6th -12th and the 15th -20th of early 2013?

  3. T 20
    December 12, 2012

    What a confusion………..Windward Islands team—-Dominicak, St Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenada….. with Dominica sponsoring and highlighted….. Doesnt make much sense to me

  4. Nudibranch
    December 12, 2012

    how many Dominicans on the team? And since when can DDA afford to throw money about?

  5. CIA on the Watch
    December 12, 2012

    Looks like all these Labor party stoogies are looking well while the rest are ketching their hell, mr Nanthan seems like he is bursting under the cricketing clouds of Labor

  6. Jungle
    December 12, 2012

    More money wasted. There are teams and schools that need that kind of sponsorship. Yes I people.

  7. 500 years behind
    December 12, 2012

    It would have been much better for Dominica if Emanuel Nanthan (Mano) and Mr. Skeritt had secured a $20,000 sponsorship to revive the strong Harris Paint Northern District cricket league that they met when they became our leaders, and killed it just like they killed agriculture. Mano in particular should be ashamed of the level that he has brought this league since he himself was involved int he league as a player and captain of Possie. Shame! Shame! Shame! You will never find government of Lucia, Grenada, and Vincent investing their money on Windward team though majority of player are from their island. Instead, they use their money to develop cricket in their island so they could come and embarass us in Dominica just as they continue to laugh at us for not having an International Airport while their leaders come to DA and tell us that we don’t need one. Why are we so Dummy? Maybe when we change the names of our mountains that causing us to be so dummy, might just bring us better fortunes and will make us become Money-ni-ca.

  8. Joshua
    December 12, 2012

    It is fundamentally wrong and unfair that the name Dominica will be on the shirt of the integrated Windward Islands team. All countries in the union are equal and it is wrong that one country in that union, Dominica, will be on the shirt. Mr. Nanthan should have used more tact in understanding these issues before agreeing to dominica being on the shirt. all the windwards players are playing for a united integration of countries and one country should not get special exposure even if its a sponsor. it is unfar to the players and the fans of the united windward islands

    • Bawi Boy
      December 12, 2012

      If the other islands want their names, then tell them to put their money where their names are.

      • Joshua
        December 12, 2012

        you are missing the point. the countries play as a union of the windward islands. country names have no place on the shirts. each country is equal in the union and no one country should have their name on the shirt. it violates the fundamental principle of players from each country coming together and being equal on the field of play.

    • Kamchatka
      December 12, 2012

      @Joshua – Well you must sponsor the Windward Islands team so that the Discover Dominica Authority would not have to get involved.

    • Piper
      December 13, 2012

      Joshua, so in other words, you want the Government of Dominica to sponsor the team and get nothing in return. So what is the point of sponsirship if you are not exposing and promoting your brand?

      • Joshua
        December 13, 2012

        no i said me nanthan shouls have used more tact and try to devise something with the government where they can get exposure without the crass manner of the windward islands team wearing dominica on their jersey.

  9. zor toe sot
    December 12, 2012

    I am a very strong cricket lover and I support the Windward Islans. However, I don’t understand why the government of Dominica is using tax payers money to sponsor WI cricket. The DDA is finaced by tax payers and we have better things to take care of than WI team. In fact it would have been better if they used that $20,000 to sponsor a local cricket league with the view of bringing cricket back to Dominica, where both of our senior team and under 19 team has gone down.
    I think this government is tired of using tax payers money in programs that do not benifit us. Not long they used $8 million on liat who has failed to serve us well in over 50 yrs and now on Windward team.

    I have not seen the team selected but I would not be surprise if the majority of players are not from St. Vincent, Grenada, and St. Lucia. Maybe only Shane, James and probably Hodge might be the few DOminicans.

    DDA is just using money to make nanton look good as the president of Windward Islands Cricket Board but in my opinion, Mano and Skerro should use their money to sponsor their political agenda since they both have gathered enough wealth in the past 7 yrs.

    • Peeping Tom
      December 13, 2012

      Cannot see beyond a political colour, huh?

  10. Bawi Boy
    December 12, 2012

    Women’s cricket comes to Dominica January 12,13 & 15. Where is the promotion?

  11. Channel 1
    December 12, 2012

    A very, very good advertising strategy for Dominica. Well done!!

    • zor toe sot
      December 12, 2012

      channel 1, what is there to advertised that other caribbean islands do not know about? Be real and specific! It is just money wasted on something that will bring no gain to Dominica.

      • Channel 1
        December 12, 2012

        @zor toe sot – The Caribbean T20 will be shown around the world on ESPN. ESPN has the TV broadcast rights for that tournament. Hence Dominica’s name will get some massive airplay around the world whenever the Windwards are playing.

        Plus if the Windward Islands were to win the upcoming Caribbean T20 tournament and qualify for the Champions League in India or South Africa, that would be even more mileage for the Dominica brand on the international scene.

        Duuuhhhhhhhh………………………….

    • 500 years behind
      December 13, 2012

      Channel 1, you mean to tell me that with international Cricket now being played in Dominica against teams like SA,India, Aussies, Bangl and others, DA was still not advertized. Furthermore, Shane broke a record in Da against Aussies and that still did not help us advertize Dominica? Something must be wrong sir. This is just more than well needed money wasted by the government to make Mano look good. Look out for Mano in the next election

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