….Heads To Jamaica For 2 Day Celebration Of His Life
NY…CMM - March 15th, 2012 -- One year ago, the football fraternity of Jamaica, lost coach and mentor, Barrington Cobra Gaynor to one of life’s most unpredictable and devastating diseases-ALS; otherwise known as ‘Lou Gehrigs Disease. It was an untimely death, although no death is timely.
Barry as he was affectionately called by his family had played the game of life well; devoted thoroughly to his family, his passions and valued greatly the act of giving back. On the football field he was Cobra; fearless defender, and team player who represented school, club and the nation with class during his brilliant career.
This week the family heads to Jamaica to stage the 1st memorial of Cobra’s life—A 2-Day Celebration, to be held March 17 & 18; at the football field in the housing scheme at 9 Miles, Bull Bay, St. Andrew, where he grew up and had his first taste of ‘club football.’ Many of his former teammates from high school, football clubs (Bull Bay & Harbor View, in particular) and the national team will step on the field to show their support.
One of Cobra’s dearest friends and former national teammate Richard ‘Pro Duck’ Green will be heading to Jamaica for the memorial. “I will continue to work hard and offer any assistance, the family needs, in order to keep Cobra’s legacy and vision alive” says Richard, “Cobra was a generous, humble and caring individual. I am proud to have been his friend and teammate.”
The memorial is just one of the steps the family plans to take to preserve his legacy. The family will be presenting educational items to the local youths, and a donation will be made to the Weise Road Basic School Building Fund. Along with this, the family promises two days packed with fun; a short football tournament with presentation of the ‘Barrington Gaynor’ Memorial Football Trophy, and a Raffle Drawing, with wonderful prizes to be won.
From as early as his college years abroad, Cobra sought scholarship opportunities for youth footballers back home. His family is working hard to officially launch the Barrington Gaynor Foundation, in order to carry on his advocacy for youth education, establish a building fund for the Weise Road Basic School in (9 miles) Bull Bay, and continue to facilitate US college scholarships for young Jamaican footballers; all of which he had worked so hard to implement.
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