Local ‘Celebrities’ To Play Cricket Match
Local ‘celebrities’ including Minister Glenn Blakeney, Attorney General Michael Scott, Minister Kim Wilson, Minister Zane DeSilva, Minister Michael Weeks, Michael Jackman, Bruce Barritt, Power Girl, Nadanja Bailey, Gavin Djata Smith, Teresa Perozzi, Jay Donowa, Lionel Cann, and Stephen Outerbridge will take to the pitch to participate in the 2011 Hiscox Celebrity Cricket Festival next month.
The 2011 Hiscox 11&U Celebrity Cricket Festival is to celebrate community based youth cricket, and will take place on Saturday 4 June at the National Sports Centre, North Field. The 11&U East vs. 11&U West will start at 9:30am, and the Celebrities vs. 11&U National Team will start at 1pm.
There will be free children’s entertainment during the day including face painting, bouncy castle and slide. Lunch and a free t-shirt will be provided for the first 400 to attend. There will be a raffle and all proceeds will go to the Sunshine League.
Minister of Youth Affairs & Families Glenn Blakeney said, “I am delighted once again to compete with my fellow celebrities for the coveted trophy. This year is going to be even tougher for us as we face the BCB U11 National Academy Team who have been in training since March of this year but I am confident that we will be able to rise to the challenge. This is a great family day of cricket and festivities and I encourage everyone to come out to enjoy the festival.”
Charles Dupplin, Chief Executive Officer, Hiscox Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited said, “The Celebrities are 2 – 0 down and keen not to make it three in a row. In another sense however we do hope that history repeats itself in making this a very special, memorable and fun family day out. We are very proud to be continuing our sponsorship.”
Reginald Pearman, President of the Bermuda Cricket Board, stated, “This is the third annual Hiscox U11 Celebrity Festival. The BCB is excited to partner once again to provide a fun family day of cricket for the community and to raise money for the Sunshine League. This year we were extremely pleased that Hiscox was awarded with the Bermuda Government
Appreciation Award for supporting Youth Cricket for over five years and counting!”
“The Hiscox 11&U League continues to be the BCB’s most popular league with over 300 young cricketers playing organised games throughout the season. I would like to encourage the community to come out and support our future cricketers compete against a line up of Government Ministers, local radio hosts, athletes and comedians for a great family day out of fun!”
Politicians shouldnt be celebrities.
By definition, a celebrity is also known as a public figure…so minus the stardom, I guess you can call them ‘celebrities’.
Its a sad island we live in when you got politicians being called celebrities. Though I must say they do run a very intresting soap operas.
- Guiding Light : Premier Cox & BPSU
- Young & Restless : BDA to OBA
- General Hospital: Desilva & Jackson
- All My Children: Jennifer Smith & Education
- As the World Turns: Government and the Global Recession excuses
- One Life to Live: Perinchief & Gangs
Oh, athletes aren’t celebrities either…they are just athletes.
This is so genius!!!
Get a life people! This event is a community event for the youth. Don’t get hung up on the word “celebrity” — look at the positive. Instead of complaining come out and support the event, buy a raffle ticket. The proceeds will be going to the Sunshine League — a worthy cause.
For starters, this is a charity event, and I think it’s nice that there are politicians involved. However, ‘shouldn’t be celebrities’? OK- if you’re talking about it in the terms of being in the same league as Hollywood names, then I understand, but really the definition of a celebrity is just a famous person, size of locale isn’t specified. Locally, our politicians are ‘famous’ in that they are recognizable public figures, so in that sense, they actually do qualify as ‘celebrities’. Definitely not ‘A’ or ‘B’ listers by worldwide standards, but like it or not, they conform to the strict definition of the word.
Now, if only all of them would act more like public figures and statesmen as opposed to the modern context of equating ‘celebrity’ with being a diva…
Kudos therefore to Bernews for putting the word in quotes- I think that accurately says it all!
Come on people! These people are “celebrities” by the mere fact that they are in the public all the time as politicians. I do not think any politician should take themselves too seriously and it is good that they step up and do some of this stuff to show the people that they are accessible and that they are also human beings.
So! Are we to assume that the only politicians invited to play are Government ministers? If so, can we be put politics aside for this worthy event? Damn!!!
Maybe the organisers didnt know how to reach the UBP aka OBA aka BDA MPs…