The offer that changed the face of cricket forever

When Joey Carew approached a group of friends who had been travelling the Caribbean following cricket for sometime, with the offer of the use of the old “ School Boy” stand at the Queens Park Oval, little did he know it would change the face of cricket forever!!

The Old School Boy stand, which stood on the left of the media centre facing the pitch, was losing its appeal. No longer were the school boys from QRC, CIC or other nearby schools filling the seats.

The offer was if the group could fill those seats, they could put a mark up on the tickets sales. The first day saw over fifty seats sold and by the second ODI the stand was packed with friends, tassa, DJ, coolers, flags, nuts men, Carib seats and lots of fun. The official Trini Posse Stand was born!

The move created great excitement in some quarters and extreme dismay in others, “this simply was not cricket.”