CARL HOOPER APPOINTED COACH OF GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS FOR CPL 2015

Monday 19^th January 2015 – Kingston, Jamaica

The Guyana Amazon Warriors is pleased to announce the appointment of former West Indies and Guyana cricketer, Carl Hooper, as the Head Coach of the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the 2015 edition of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL). 

Following his retirement from professional cricket, Hooper has held various coaching positions which included Assistant Coach for the Antigua Hawksbills in 2014, and coach at the West Indies Cricket Board’s High Performance Centre (HPC) in Barbados.

A former West Indies captain, Hooper was an elegant right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler who came to prominence in the late 1980’s in a team that included other West Indies cricket legends like Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose, Desmond Haynes, Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes and Malcolm Marshall. During his illustrious international career spanning 21 years, he had a career high test score of 233 against India in 2001 and scored a total of 5,762 runs. 

Hooper represented Guyana at the first class level and also played English county cricket for Kent and Lancashire. Hooper became the first cricketer in the world to have scored 5,000 runs and taken 100 wickets, held 100 catches and received 100 caps in both ODI’s and Tests, a feat only matched since by the South African, Jacques Kallis. 

On his appointment, Hooper said; “I am extremely delighted to be appointed as Head Coach of the Guyana Amazon Warriors and to be part of the CPL 2015. I look forward to working with the immensely talented group of cricketers in this team and I also want to assist with the overall development of the young Guyana cricketers who will also be part of the squad. I would like to thank Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop, franchise owner of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, for providing me with this opportunity.”

Guyana Amazon Warriors Team Operations Manager, Omar Khan, has expressed his full support for Carl Hooper’s appointment by saying; “Carl brings a wealth of experience and skills to our team and I am confident that he will be a great motivator and will use all of his expertise to bring the best out of all the players and contribute to the team winning the tournament this year.”

ENDS

About the Caribbean Premier League:

The Limacol Caribbean Premier League is a franchise-based T20 format cricket tournament that combines two of the most compelling aspects of Caribbean life – dramatic cricket and a vibrant Carnival atmosphere.  The CPL, billed as “the Biggest Party in Sport” features six teams competing throughout the region – Jamaica Tallawahs, Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel, Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, St. Lucia Zouks, Antigua Hawksbills. The Barbados Tridents are the defending champions from 2014.

WRAY & NEPHEW WHITE RUM GIVING AWAY $1 MILLION CASH TODAY ( - All persons who participated in Wray’s Q is the Key promotion up to January 8, 2015, are eligible for a chance to be one of two $500,000 winners today. )

Kingston, Jamaica : Friday, January 9, 2014

Today, two lucky Jamaicans will be winning $500,000 each in Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum’s Q Is The Key promotion. The live draw for the two winners will be done on Hitz 92 FM at 5PM.  All persons who participated in Wray’s Q is the Key promotion up to January 8, 2015, are eligible for a chance to be one of two $500,000 winners today. 

Wray’s Q is the Key promotion was launched in October 2014, and had fans who bought a  200ml-sized Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum Q, peel the back label, locate the seven-digit code and text this code to 444-WRAY. Instant winners won either $200 in phone credit or $10,000 in cash, all players entered into the draw for the two super cash prizes and the two WIHCON homes.

In the 12 weeks of the promotion, over 14,000 Jamaicans have won cash and prizes valued at $12.8 million.  Over 1,000 persons have won a totaling over $10Million is cash and over 13,000 entrants have won mobile phone credit worth $2.7 million. 

Today’s two prizes worth $500,000 each, represents the largest single giveaway of the multimillion dollar competition, which was added as a prize component to bring New Year cheer to Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum consumers.

J Wray & Nephew’s Group Brand manager for Rums, Cecil Smith explained:  “The beginning of each New Year brings opportunity for all of us to change our lives, so we decided to assist with this by giving our consumers two chances to win $500,000 today.  We know that cash in hand is a need for many, as we have heard many stories of persons who had benefitted during the holidays from Q Is The Key winnings.”

One such person is Ava Pryce. Her Q Is the Key winnings gave her a much needed boost for Christmas: “I saw the Q Is the Key advertisement on television, and knew immediately that I had to buy a Q and enter. I’m currently unemployed, so with the $10,000 I won, I was able to buy paint and fix up my house for Christmas. I was also able to buy groceries as well,” commented Mrs. Pryce who is also looking forward to the draw today

Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum’s Q Is The Key promotion ends on January 18, with customers still being able to win instant prizes of $200 phone credit.  The date of the final draw for the jackpot prizes of two WIHCON homes taking place on January 23. For more information on the competition, persons can visit the brand on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WrayandNephewWhiteRum, and on Instagram at ‘@WrayRum’.