HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — Former national team captain Clay Smith, who received no votes in this week’s Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) presidential race, says he feels betrayed by his own club but will “take it on the chin and move on”.
Smith went to the Board’s annual meeting on Tuesday night confident he had the full backing of St George’s Cricket Club, which had nominated him for the top post.
But in a surprising twist, the East End club placed their allegiance elsewhere to leave Smith, a former St George’s batsman, empty-handed.
Former BCB second-vice-president Lloyd Fray was voted in as the new president in place of Reggie Pearman, who stepped down. Fray received ten votes with ex-president Ed Bailey second with three.
“I don’t even know how to describe how I actually feel about that situation. To see them not even vote for me has left me totally speechless, Smith told the Royal Gazette newspaper.
“To be quite honest, it’s worst than rubbing salt in the wound when you talk about a club that you basically have given the majority of your life to in a sporting aspect.
“I did go to them asking for their backing to nominate me and you can only take for granted that they would back you with a vote.”
St George’s declined to comment.
