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Tuesday, 18 August 2020

Everton Weekes: An iconic Bajan and cricketing genius!


By Stanley Collymore 

You came from the humblest 
of beginnings but, in spite 
of this, you never once 
allowed the demons 
of adversity to ever impact 
on, shape, or in any other 
feasible way determine 
what was so arbitrarily 
seen by others in their  
thoroughly subjective 
calculations of what 
so very productively 
you were markedly, 
most conclusively 
decisively and as 
well justifiably in 
your endeavour 
to so earnestly 
engage in; set 
out positively 
on individual 
vital actions  

that clearly proscribed by 
what they chose to see, 
then very unthinkingly 
believed, and clearly 
gratuitously ascribed, as  
your natural limitations.  
If as you keenly hoped 
to see your personal 
ambitions, if at all 
they equally then
assumed, also
taking you to 
your choice 
individual 
realm of 
you as 

being, quite realistically, a fully fledged, universally 
acknowledged and a 
justifiable, cricket legend  
come Into fruition. And 
how very marvelously
naturally resourceful 
in your appropriate,  
and so discernibĺy
apt and effective 
response vitally  
to all this - you 
unequivocally 
so decisively,
cleverly and 
forever too,
proved those clearly 
jealous naysayers 
and disdainful 
doubters to 
be utterly 
wrong!

(C) Stanley V. Collymore 
29 July 2020. 


Author's Remarks: 
A truly world class and a phenomenally outstanding cricketer who not only made an indelible impact on the game of cricket at all levels, made himself famous in the process, but also brought great joy and international recognition to his native and beloved Barbados but also the entire process of West Indian international cricket.

Born on the 26 February 1925 Sir Everton Weekes died on the 1 July  2020 aged 95 years. An official funeral was held for him on Thursday 30 July 2020, which was attended by Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley and other dignitaries.

The funeral took place at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Sir Everton's native homeland of Barbados.

The internment was also held there, with Sir Everton Weekes laid to rest alongside his other two illustrious and iconic Barbadian and West Indies cricketing stars: Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Frank Worrell, with whom he jointly made the legendary and world renowned name as one of the immortal 3 Ws.

So my heartfelt thanks Sir Everton for all that you have singly and equally so as a member of the world class 3 Ws: Clyde Walcott, Frank Worrell and yourself done for our country Barbados, the West Indies likewise, and the international cricketing world. 

Thanks for everything; rest eternally with the Angels, as you're everlastingly remembered.


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