Conde Riley achieved last night what many batsmen have failed to do – keep out a yorker from Joel “Big Bird” Garner.
The one-term president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), who had previously lost two elections to the giant former West Indies fast bowler, was returned to the position after registering a comfortable victory by a margin of 86 votes during the 17th special meeting of members at Kensington Oval.
Before a standing room only turnout on the second floor of the 3Ws Stand, Riley, a retired investment banker, polled 198 votes, while Garner, who served as BCA president from 2007 to 2017, received 112 votes. There were two spoilt votes.
Given the interest in the election, the start of the meeting was delayed by almost an hour to allow members to register, and after the polls closed at 7 p.m., chairman of the BCA’s elections committee, Carlyle Carter, announced Riley the winner just before 7:30 p.m.
The 66-year-old Riley, who was first elected to the BCA board in 1996, and served as Garner’s first vice-president for the majority of his predecessor’s tenure, attributed his re-election to the work of his board of directors over the past two years.
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