The Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Affiliation (ABCA) has expressed deep condolences following the tragic demise of Vonde Bowers, a promising younger cricketer and previous nationwide early life participant. The 16-year-old was once reportedly stabbed to demise ultimate Tuesday night time.
Bowers was once discovered with more than one stab wounds in Grey’s Farm by means of passersby and was once rushed to the Sir Lester Chook Clinical Centre, the place he was once pronounced useless. He was once a fourth-form pupil at Ottos Complete College and had lately represented Antigua and Barbuda’s Underneath-19 staff throughout a excursion of the UK (UK).
Past his nationwide illustration, Bowers was once actively curious about native cricket. He performed for the Mahico Cricket Group within the Parish League, and likewise featured for each the Emerging Solar Spartans and Tertiary Establishments and Faculties in separate ABCA competitions.
ABCA president Leon ‘Kuma’ Rodney described Bowers’ passing as an important loss to the cricketing group and expressed heartfelt sympathy to his circle of relatives, pals, and teammates.
:On behalf of myself and the Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Affiliation, I say condolences to the circle of relatives of the younger guy, Mr Bowers. It’s unhappy, and one lifestyles misplaced is one lifestyles too many,” mentioned Rodney at the Just right Morning Jojo Game Display as quoted by means of The Jamaica Gleaner.
“The younger guy has performed Underneath-19s and he simply got here again with the squad that went to England. So, however that the circle of relatives is struggling the loss, however understanding that the younger guy was once already creating a contribution to the country implies that this can be a nationwide loss additionally, as a result of we can by no means understand how a long way he would have got with the cricket; so it’s a tragic loss for everybody,” he added.
Rodney said that the affiliation supplies counselling strengthen for all younger avid gamers decided on for nationwide tasks.
“Each and every time we convey a early life staff in combination we have now periods like the ones. I believe it’s extra holistic and it has to begin throughout the circle of relatives, the golf equipment. So, it’s a holistic state of affairs and the entire construction of teenage cricket needs to be holistic. When we have now nationwide groups, we all the time usher in other people, particularly on the early life stage, to speak to the avid gamers,” Rodney added as quoted by means of Antigua Observer.
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