THEY ARE SEEKING justice, but former Barbados cricketer Franklyn Stephenson believes Thursday’s boycott of the Everton Weekes Under-13 final is “an injustice” and a “travesty”.
The head coach of the Franklyn Stephenson Cricket Academy also described the decision taken by the Barbados Association of Principals for Public Secondary Schools (BAPPSS) not to allow Combermere and Foundation to contest the title match as “shameful”.
Stephenson was among a number of spectators at Empire Club who left disappointed after the scheduled final wasn’t played because of a dispute between BAPPSS and the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) over some aspects of the regulations for the 2017 season involving clubs and schools.
“It is very disappointing. I think it is a travesty. It is an injustice to cricket. These kids don’t have any part in the dispute that is . . . going on. (EZS)
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