The more than four-year elusive run of one of Jamaica’s most feared gangsters, 25-year-old Delano Wilmot, otherwise called ‘Prekeh Boy’, of Retrieve, Cambridge, St. James, ended on Wednesday morning when he was cut down in a hail of bullets during an exchange of gunfire between him and a police/military team.
One M16 rifle and several rounds of ammunition were seized during the incident.
Reports are that the confrontation between Wilmot and the security team occurred about 7:45a.m., when the team, acting on intelligence, was carrying out a raid in the bushes of Amity in search of the noted gangster, when they came under heavy gunfire.
The gunfire was returned and when the shooting subsided, Wilmot was found suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper body. He was later taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Wilmot, who was the reputed leader of the Retrieve or ‘Prekeh’ gang, was also a former high-ranking member of the notorious Ratty Gang, which carried out a reign of terror in Retrieve and surrounding areas. He was listed as wanted following the murder of Mark Williams in June 2016.
His profile was further highlighted on the security forces’ radar when he led an ambush of the security forces, shooting and wounding of two Jamaica Defence Force soldiers in 2017 at Retrieve during a failed attempt by the security forces to nab him.
On November 12, 2018, Richard Anderson – who was a member of the Retrieve Gang (and a former top-tier member of the Ratty Gang), wanted in the Kingston East Division – was killed during an operation in St. James to apprehend Wilmot. A Panther Arms A15 rifle was seized during that incident. Wilmot was believed to have been injured during that operation.
Since then, the gang has been linked to no fewer than 12 murders and 11 shootings.
The latest murder allegedly carried out by members of the gang was the killing of Allister Godfrey in Catadupa, St. James on July 9, 2020. Several operations were carried out by lawmen during the State of Public Emergency between 2018 and 2019 to apprehend Wilmott and members of the gang, but they managed to elude capture
Unassuming at a glance, American-born Darren Andre-Morris King is a deceptively sensational fast-growing shooting guard, and one who is also known for his academic achievements.
King, who was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, on September 5, 2001, to parents Peta-Gay King and father Troy Morris, moved to Jamaica a month later.
The shy King, who has just one sibling, attended Christiana Academy, from where he attained a place at much sught-after Herbert Morrison Technical High (HMTHS).
Now a 19-year-old, King told the Western Mirror in a WhatsApp interview that he holds great aspirations of becoming a professional Basketball player, but was also quick to point out that he is the recent recipient of an overseas academic scholarship to become a Chemical Engineer.
In an interview with the Western Mirror, King, who already has four CAPE subjects, which include Biology and Physics, and is preparing to sit another four, inclusive of Chemistry and Caribbean Studies, revealed he has attained a fully funded scholarship at Florida State University.
He leaves the island on August 4 to take up his scholarship and says he has already made contact with the university’s basketball coach, indicating he will be interested in trying out for the school’s basketball team.
King, who sports the number 34 jersey for his team, says he absolutely loves the sport of basketball, but adds he has also dabbled in the long jump event and has represented Montego Bay Boys’ and Girls’ Club in both the Elite Basketball League and the Division One.
King, who said he was introduced to taking up the sport by his mother as she was afraid when he played football against bigger players, said he first played the sport at age 13.
The well-spoken teenager, when quizzed about the effects of COVID-19 on him, said it slowed him somewhat both in studies and trainings.
“There were no online classes for more advanced (higher grade) students, so we were left alone to complete our studies since March when schools closed. It set me back a bit as some topics that needed detailed explanations. I was forced to do on my own and that slowed the process,” he said.
KING’S CLOSE-UP
Ques: What is your favourite dish?
Ans: Fried chicken
Ques: What is your absolute favourite colour?
Ans: Dark blue
Ques: Do you have a top movie or TV series show?
Ans: Yes, Avatar
Ques: Have you ever read a book you would deem your best so far?
Ans: A book titled ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’
Ques: Who would you say motivates you?
Ans: Jason Russell, my uncle. He always gives me solid advice and keeps me grounded and focused on trying to achieve my goals no matter how hard they may seem. He is someone I can always reach out to in any scenario.
Ques: Do you have a best friend?
Ans: Yes. That would have to be Robert Russell, we’ve been friends now for about 17 years. He resides in Canada, but he is originally from right here in Montego Bay.
Ques: How tall are you?
Ans: I’m currently 6’1”
Ques: Do you watch any other sport other than basketball?
Ans: Yes, I watch the Premier League and my team is the newly crowned champions, Liverpool.
Ques: Who is youir favourite player on the team?
Ans: Virgil Van Dyke , the top defender. I love his ability to read the game and anticipate danger.
Ques: Is there an international football team you support?
Ans: Not really I’ve not been drawn to any one team yet.
Ques: What team do you support in the NBA?
Ans: The Atlanta Hawks and my top player is Trae Young.
Ques: Do you have a memorable match to date?
Ans: That would have to be the 2019 Western Conference ISSA Schoolboys Basketball final between us, ‘Compre’, and York Castle. They were playing in the conference on technicality and they pushed us hard in the series, but we held out to claim the crown, retaining our title under sensational coach, Dave Black.
Ques: Who do you talk with about sports in general?
Ans: That would have to be my coach (Puey)
Ques: Who is the best teammate you’ve had since playing basketball?
Ans: David Gordon. He’s now in the USA on a scholarship. He just always has the ability to dominate.
He is athletic, energetic, comes from a large female dominated family and has an ability to propel him to stardom. He is Anthony Thorpe.
A National youth representative, the 18-year-old Herbert Morrison Technical High (HMTHS) student is rated among the best in the West at his age in the sport of Basketball, but he has his eyes set on bigger and better things.
Thorpe, who was born on December 1, 2002 to parents Denise Clarke-Jarrett and Christopher Thorpe, has 11 siblings, 7 of whom are females.
The talented basketball player, also a solid academic achiever, told the Western Mirror that he aspires to one day travel the world playing the sport he loves (Basketball), giving back to his parents, coaches and basketball in Jamaica as an island-wide sport.
Soft-spoken off the court, but a determined and aggressive one on it, Thorpe, whose first game was at age 12, also says he wants to live the life he wants, doing things he enjoys as he bids to become an NBA player or a Europe Pro Basketballer.
Thorpe recognizes that he has come a long way, revealing to the Western Mirror that when he started out, he could barely dribble the ball to half court, struggled for confidence and was really shy. “Now, I’m doing stuff I never thought I would be able to, willingly putting in the work anytime just to reach where I want.”
Thorpe began his education at Learning Tree and later moved to DRB Grant, before spending six years at Howard Cooke Primary. From there, Thorpe attained a place at the Bogue-based ‘Compre’, where he’s currently a student.
The keen player is currently in preparation mode ahead of the Caribbean Examination Council exams (CXC). Thorpe is down to sit nine subjects including Principle of Business, Principles of Accounts, Information Technology, Economics, English, Geography and Mathematics.
Since being exposed to the fast-paced game, Thorpe, who has grown in his knowledge and application of the game under the guidance of revered coach, Dave Black, playing with his peers as well as with and against bigger opponents, is on the roster of the Montego Bay Boys’ and Girls’ Club, representing them in the Division One, before elevation to the Elite League.
Young Thorpe, who has eyes on representing the country at the international level, had his first stint in the black, green and gold back in 2019, when he represented the National Under-17 team at the Centro Basketball Championship in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
TIME AWAY FROM SCHOOL
Thorpe who was introduced to the sport of basketball in grade 7 by his Music teacher, revealed to the Western Mirror that his time spent away from school due to the COVID-19 was especially difficult as studying at home is not really ideal for him. “Home is somewhere you relax, rest and enjoy yourself. It’s not a place to constantly do schoolwork, so for me it’s hard to adapt. It’s just really hard setting your mind on school in a place where relaxing is the obvious thing.”
He also revealed that his body fitness has been maintained as they have been given workout schedules for three days out of a week.
YOUNG THORPE CLOSE UP:
QUES: What is your favourite food?
ANS: I love Shrimp Pasta
QUES: Your favourite colour?
ANS: I actually have a few – green, purple and blue
QUES: Do you have an all-time best movie?
ANS: ‘Coach Carter’, ‘Amateur’ and ‘White Boys Can’t Jump’
QUES: Is there a TV series you love to watch
ANS: The Good Doctor, Lucifer, The Office and Ricky and Morty
QUES: Is there a favourite subject you have in school
ANS: Yes! Economics. I like it as it gives me a basic idea of why and how the economy is and what it was before it was released into the world.
QUES: Who motivates you?
ANS: The hardworking lady who ensures I’m fed and sheltered every day, my mother. Also my coaches, Dave Black and Levar Rose, both of whom saw the potential in what I could be instead of what I was at the time.
QUES: Do you have a best friend?
ANS: The late Dennis Dawes. We met in the same Grade 1 class and stayed together until Grade 10. He became a part of my family as we grew together. We even played on the same team for 3 years until he started feeling a pain in his knee. He had cancer. He died on March 25 of this year, I miss my brother so much. His death changed the way I look on life.
QUES: How tall are you?
ANS: 6’2”
QUES: What is your favorite quote?
ANS: “Everything negative, pressure, challenge- is an opportunity for me to rise.” – the late Kobe Bryant
QUES: Favourite Basketball team?
ANS: Golden State Warriors and my favorite players are Stephen Curry and Derrick Rose
QUES: Is there a sport other than Basketball that you watch?
ANS: I also watch UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championships. That’s because my friends Nathan Anderson and Benjamin Stanlet participate in the sport and its always fun talking to them about it and reacting to clips with them.
QUES: Who do you mostly talk to about Basketball?
ANS: Umar Dixon from York Castle
QUES: Who is your favourite match official?
ANS: Dion Williams. When he is officiating, games are always good.
QUES: Is there a memorable match you’ve participated in?
ANS: Yes, the All-island National Championships back in 2018 at the age of just 15. We, ‘Compre’, went on to win. I was absolutely delighted.
QUES: Is there a venue you love to play in?
ANS: Our own court at the Herbert Morrison Technical High School because of the support from our peers and how much we are accustomed to the court
QUES: Do you have an app on your phone that you use more than any other?
A ten-year-old girl has been left dumbfounded and a community in shock, after a lone gunman snuffed out her mother’s life at Reserve district in Trelawny Friday night, reportedly in her presence.
The victim is 36-year-old Tamara Geddes, unemployed of Reserve district.
Reports are that about 8:30 p.m., Geddes was at home with her daughter watching television with the house door open, when a lone man, armed with a hand gun, walked inside and demanded money.
Geddes is reported to have given him a sum of money and cell phones and he subsequently demanded sex. However, Geddes is said to have refused.
The man demanded that she kneeled and she acceded to his request, at which time he opened fire, hitting her in the head and then made his escape.
News of Geddes’ death cast a pall of gloom over the family and the community.
Family members wept openly as they recounted Geddes’ life, who they regarded as a jovial and fun-loving person.
“She was a great mother. She and her daughter were always together; I don’t know how she is coping with this,” one mourning relative said.
Relatives have expressed concern as this is the second death in the family over the past six months as Tamara’s brother, Gregory Geddes, a raft captain, was stabbed and killed in Martha Brae in December during a dispute involving a woman.
Member of Parliament for Northern Trelawny, Victor Wright, described Geddes’ death as shocking and urged the police to leave no stones unturned in bringing the perpetrator to justice.
The police, in the meantime, have indicated that they are following strong leads and are expected to make an early breakthrough in the matter.
The Montego Bay police were, on Monday, called to the scene of another homicide in the city, with the brazen daylight killing of popular Montego Bay show promoter, 47-year-old Barrington Smith, also known as ‘Bounty’.
Initial reports indicate that Smith, who lived at Blood Lane in Glendevon and Red Dirt in Flanker, and who also operated as a dollar-trader, with strong links to a money transfer company, was in a building at lower Union Street which he frequents, when he received a call approximately 2:10 p.m.
He is alleged to have walked from the building onto the street with his phone, when a car drove up behind him. Men in the motor vehicle, who were armed with guns, alighted and opened fire hitting him several times in the back and head.
The car then sped from the scene.
Smith was rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The ill-fated motor vehicle in which the accident victims were travelling.
Neville and Iris Haughton took the vows ‘till death do us part’ at marriage more than 40 years ago, but not even death could separate them, as they died together in a cruel twist of fate in a tragic motor vehicle accident along the Paradise main road in Westmoreland on Tuesday which also claimed the life of their 35 year-old grandson Conroy Beckford.
Neville, 80, former chef, landscaper and farmer and Iris, 81, baker and vendor, were passengers in a Honda Stepwagon being driven by Beckford, a popular barber in Montego Bay, also known as ‘African’ and ‘Gorilla’, when the fateful incident occurred, which has left the family without matriarch and patriarch.
Reports indicate that Beckford, who operated from a barber shop along Union Street, had driven his grandparents, his cousin Michael Gordon along with the cousin’s girlfriend and young child, to his grandparents’ farm at Grange Hill in Westmoreland.
On the return trip to Montego Bay Beckford made a stop at his mother’s house at Little London and was on the way back when on reaching a section of the Paradise main road the rear wheel of the vehicle hit the embankment of a newly dug trench and blew out. Beckford reportedly lost control of the vehicle, which overturned and subsequently crashed into a tree.
All six occupants, who suffered varying injuries, were assisted to the Savanna-la Mar General Hospital by the police and passersby, where Neville and Iris along with Conroy were pronounced dead. Michael and his two-year-old daughter were treated and released, while his girlfriend has been admitted in serious condition. Michael, who has not eaten since the tragedy and struggling to maintain his composure shared that:
SHOCK AND DISBELIEF “Right now, I am weak bad, weak to the bone. I just can’t talk about what happened. All six of us lived in the same house and I lose my grandparents and my cousin … my girlfriend my daughter and myself injured —this is too much. The family cannot be the same, we are in a state of shock and disbelief.
Michael recalled that Neville worked as a chef and landscaper at Sam Sharpe Teachers College while Iris was a baker who sold her products at the Granville Age School.
The Haughton’s, who were community stalwarts having resided there for more than 40 years, were devout Seventh Day Adventists and were members of the Granville Seventh Day Adventists Church. “The family members are continuing to break down, it very hard. I am trying to regain the strength to go through with this, I have to do an x-ray and visit the hospital –ahhh it rough.”
“My cousin Conroy was jovial and everybody loved him. He was a good man.”
He concluded: “My grandparents were inseparable, they did everything together, went to church, everywhere, you would not see one without the other”
Distance learning online education. A schoolboy boy studies at home and does school homework. A home distance learning.
The Editor, Dear Sir,
I take this opportunity to voice concerns with the education system since the introduction of Covid-19 on the island. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MoEYI) is considered one of the super ministries and is just as important as the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Ministry of National Security. Though we understand that these are trying times, this is the time we call for strong leadership and guidance. Education is believed to be the bedrock of any country’s development. It is considered as the cornerstone for meaningful and sustainable growth, development and achievement in art, science and technology (Abiogu, 2014). Therefore, education is a tool that must be passed on to the young to ensure the success of future generations. With the level of importance of education to our nation, it is dissatisfying that changes are being made without sufficient sensitization and training, here I speak directly to bulletin 68/2020. It stated that schools are scheduled to resume Distance Learning/Home-Schooling on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.
There are many stakeholders within the education sector, with such decision being taken by the MoEYI, it is expected that the necessary structures and support system be in place to facilitate such. Both parents and guardians are valuable stakeholders in in the education sector. Thus, decisions made without their input in times like these are ones that are doomed for failure.
Let me hasten to clearly state that the proper education of children should be high on the list of priorities for parents and guardians. However, without sensitization and training this will not only be unsuccessful but also very frustrating.
CONCERNS From this scenario, there are several concerns which I will list below, kindly bear in mind that the focus is not on the problem but on finding solutions and a reasonable way forward for all our nation’s children. •The medium through which this distance learning should take place is the internet. Many children do not have access to the internet in a way needed for online platforms. Countless persons use data plans which really cannot sustain online learning all week. Also, the internet speed is one that often fluctuates depending on the area in which you live.
•Accessibility to technology to access the internet. Though this is the age of technology, not all families are fortunate to be able to afford such. Thousands of children live in rural communities that have no internet or poor connection, nor the technology to access these online platforms.
•Will some students be more advanced in a curriculum than others, at the end of the viral outbreak? How will we ensure that students at the same grade level are on the same page?.
•How can parents and guardians facilitate distance learning while at work? This is the reality that many families face. Children have to stay with relatives or neighbours because schools and day cares are closed; imagine especially children of essential workers. Many parents already have been done a favour from relatives and neighbours to supervise their children, can they reasonably expect them to monitor distance learning?
•Recall also the educational levels of most of our population, are they equipped for the task of home-schooling? Even for someone educated, this can be a real challenge. Say the parent knows the content, do they know how to bring it across? Teachers go to teachers’ colleges for specific training to facilitate the teaching and learning process.
•It is important that we remember that teachers are the experts in the teaching and learning process, they have been trained to bring and impart knowledge in varied ways that different types of learners can understand. How can parents do this when home-schooling?
•Some children have specific learning needs; are the parents equipped to meet these needs in the teaching and learning process? Also, those children with special needs, how will the home-schooling facilitate such without training?
The MoEYI motto of “Every Child Can Learn… Every Child Must Learn” is quite inspiring but will it be possible with the move of distance learning/home-schooling proposed without the necessary support systems?
Under the constitution, all our nation’s children have a right to “equitable and humane treatment by any public authority in the exercise of any function”. Therefore, an alternative must be created for those children who are excluded (for reasons stated above among others) from this online medium of distance learning/home-schooling. This really is a letter of concerns with the hope that these concerns felt by our average Jamaican are addressed, so as a nation we may provide our children with high quality education. If we can approach the correct way then truly every child will learn.
References Abiogu, G. (2014). Philosophy of Education: A Tool for National Development? Open Journal of Phi-losophy, 4, 372-377. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojpp.2014.43040
I am Vanesia Bowden Concerned parent and Jamaican, Registered Pharmacist
St. James based artiste Chrisneve Whittaker who goes by the stage name MILLITANT has managed to garner a recording / management contract with the Jamaica based record label Paypaz Chasaz Muzic and New York based record label Love Star Music.
Millitant who is from Adelphi Content in the parish, is known for songs such as “Gifted and Chosen” and “ Life Sentence”. He believes that this decision to affix his signature to this contract is something he knows will help to give his career the boost it needs. So he’s quite confident that amidst Covid 19 he will soon become a household name because his management team has the experience needed to turn a dream into reality.
He is currently promoting his single Life Sentence whilst locked in studio working on new projects and is set to release a new single dubbed “Enough” in a few days also produced by his managers. Millitant’s managers Tamara “Timry” Brown and Mr. Conroy Smith believes that Millitant with his talent and determination will be in the spotlight in a few months as they are creating all that’s necessary to follow through on social media since more people are now home and glued to the internet.
Brown stated that the journey has just began and the best is yet to come as she is confident that he has the talent and what it takes to gain stardom and become another force to be reckoned with and given the status of another talented and great artiste to come out of St. James.
Nicola Morris, Administrator at the Black River Hospital and a board member of Directors’ Warden at the All Souls Anglican Church is delighted to receive masks from Donald Mullings, founder & managing director, M & M Jamaica Limited, for the Black River Hospital.
Construction giant M &M Jamaica Ltd. has donated much-needed masks to frontline healthcare workers at the Black River Hospital as well as care packages to approximately 500 households in Kingston and St. Elizabeth to aid in the COVID-19 relief efforts.
The company, with its head office in Kingston, donated disposable masks and food packages valued upwards of $500,000 for distribution through Speculation Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ and All Souls Anglican Church in St. Elizabeth as well as Tarrant High School and the Church of the Ascension outreach in Kingston.
The communities to benefit are Pond Pen, Spring Park, Speculation, Cambridge, Brompton, Fyffes Pen, Shrewsbury, Luana, Oxford, New Town, and Killmurry in St. Elizabeth, along with Jacks Hill, St. Andrew and Tarrant in Kingston
According to Miss Nicola Morris, administrator at the Black River Hospital and Rectors’ Warden at the All Souls Anglican Church, the donations are timely and will greatly benefit the over 300 staff members at the type ‘C’ hospital as well as hundreds of Jamaicans who have lost their source of income due to COVID-19.
“Many of our community members worked in the hotel industry. Others are indigent and rely heavily on persons who are now out of jobs. The care packages will provide meals for an extended period, so we are truly grateful for the assistance,” she says.
The packages include cooking oil, flour, sugar, salt fish, rice, and canned mackerel.
M & M Jamaica Ltd. has had a longstanding relationship with the parish of St. Elizabeth owing to its founder and Managing Director Donald Mullings being a son of the soil. The company has established numerous tertiary scholarships for members within the community of Brompton as well as hosts the annual M & M Mathematics Competition. The call for help was never a question of why, but how much, states Mullings.
“People are struggling, not because they don’t want to work but because they can’t. I know first-hand how very industrious the residents of St. Elizabeth are and being a product of that hard work, we could not stand by and not lend a helping hand. As a company, we are simply trying to make their lives a bit easier during these troubled times,” he said.
Jamaica confirmed its first coronavirus (COVID-19) case on March 10. Since then, approximately 47,000 Jamaicans have lost their jobs, with the hotel sector being the hardest hit.
Tavin Shaw, Granville midfielder and former Munro College da’Costa Cup player.
Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts photo
Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts
He hails from the crime-ravaged community of Gutters in Retirement St. James, but Tavin Shaw, a truly gifted player and the pride and joy of his mother, will not allow where he’s from to define his destination.
The 20-year-old ‘wash-belly’ for his family and self-motivator, has his eyes set on prestige and greatness, methodically mapping a direct path away from crime and violence.
‘Wingy’, as he is affectionately called, dreams of one day becoming a professional footballer as well as an entrepreneur.
A warrior on the field, but quiet and shy off it, Shaw, a graduate of Munro College, holds seven subjects at the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) level, including Mathematics, Principles of Accounts, Principles of Business, English Language, Economics, Social Studies, Information Technology and Human and Social Biology.
He also has three subjects at the CAPE level – Management of Business, Caribbean Studies and Entrepreneurship.
Shaw, who has faced adversities all his life, told the Western Mirror that he has already been exposed to rejection and disappointments, but is adamant it will not define who he is.
“I come from a place where poverty, hunger and crime are all common things. They are a part of everyday life, but I have long been guided by my mother and some close relatives who always made it clear that that would not be my path,” Shaw revealed.
Shaw also said growing up, he has already been exposed to disappointments, but quickly added that so far, with guidance, he has managed to deal with them and has come away stronger.
“So far, I’ve seen my dreams of progress as player handicapped by surgery. I’ve spent more than a year away from the sport I love, not even able to kick a ball, but I’ve survived with the help of family and friends and the wisdom of others,” Shaw said.
He also said the day he was forced to drop out of sixth form in what was his final year at Munro College, was a day he will never forget. However, the young man says with faith, hope and a promise to his mother, he will always fight and that has kept him in line to date.
“I’m a survivor. I’m determined to reach my goals, so I will always press on and continue to look for greener pastures,” the talented midfield ace added.
Soft-spoken off the field and full of laughter, Shaw started out playing football while attending Granville All Age and has been tipped by Hopeton Gilchrist, former National Youth Coach), to one day play an integral part in the National set-up. The wretched COVID-19 has, however, hampered his desires to further his education overseas.
“I had solid offers in the pipeline, but the virus has put a halt to them, so for now, I’ll just wait and see before making the next move,” he said.
Shaw, whose father is a mason, says family is very important to him and admits his parents play a pivotal role in his sporting life, always giving encouragement and support.
COVID A SETBACK
Quizzed if he has ever seen such a shutdown of football, Shaw says no. “Never, this is a first and I’m telling you it’s an eye opener as one minute things were happening and the next we are forced to stay indoors. How quickly life can change.”
Shaw, who had been left frustrated and unable to kick a ball for more than a year, undergoing a near career-ending knee surgery, now plies his trade with Granville in the Parish Major League, and he says the halt of the League, choked by the dreaded COVID-19 virus, has put a halt somewhat on his return to competitive football.
“I was regaining my strength and fitness, playing full 90 minutes, when this virus, out of nowhere, put a halt on proceedings” the shy Shaw told the Western Mirror. “As a team, we were having a somewhat indifferent showing in the League, but personally, I thought I was having a really good going – some assists and a few goals. I was beginning to feel my fitness level rise and my passion was also returning, so the stoppage has halted my progress yes”.
“I hope we will be able to return to the field as soon as possible,” he closed.
