BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - THE ICC Venue Office has stayed very busy during the past week. Their activities included hosting Consultant Mandy Keegan and Project Executive Glen Kirton from Rushmans, the firm tasked with the implementation of the accreditation process for the ICC WT20 WI 2010 cricket tournament.
The group spent Saturday February 27 inspecting the facilities at Warner Park and the Wesley Methodist Church Hall, site of the tournaments accreditation center. They also liaised with Manager of Solutions and Services Mr. Vernon Guishard of local Telecom, IT and Broadband provider, LIME.
According to Ms Keegan, who also performed the same role for the CWC 2007, “the location of the accreditation center is ideal and my expectations are that the operations would be better organized and surpass the previous experience in the Caribbean.
The Rushmans team departed St Kitts on Sunday February 28 after conducting similar inspections in Guyana, Barbados, and St Lucia.
Next it was the turn of the Tournament Director, Mr. Robert Bryan and Finance Officer, Mr. Reginald St Juste who arrived in St Kitts on February 27 and 28 respectively. Their role included discussions with the ICC Venue Office in St Kitts with the aim of finalizing all outstanding matters to do with the staging of the First Round Preliminary matches of the women’s version of the ICC WT20 WI 2010.
In addition to this, they also took the opportunity to meet and hold discussions with the recently appointed Minister of Sports, Mr. Glen Phillip. Mr. Bryan confirmed that he was very pleased with the meeting and looks forward to the continuing excellent working relationship that the tournament organizers have established with the government of St Kitts and Nevis.
While all these meetings were taking place, Corporate Communications officer of the ICC Venue Office, Clement Ogarro, released the official tournament song called “Bring It” to the local media and DJ fraternity. This song was recorded and sung by Mr. Vegas and Faye Ann Lyons.
The song has created a definite buzz and a very positive response from fans. “Bring It”, was featured at the Farmville party at Bobsy’s by DJ Ronnie Rascal on February 27, and at the Beaumont Park on February 28 by DJ Tombstone.
As part of the promotion for the song and the tournament, fans in St Kitts and other Caribbean islands will get the opportunity to witness a scintillating performance by both artistes as part of the “Bring It” Bus Tour, and Flash Mob Concert series scheduled for March and April.
