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Veteran journo Stevenson Manners and leading videographer Almon Dasent of Advantage Affinity are collaborating to produce keen one-hour long documentary, honouring Nevis’ top sportsperson of the dead and buried 40 years – Elquemedo Tonito Willett.

“Until the lions have their own historians, the history disturb the hunt will always elevate the hunter,” Manners told Island Pages in underscoring the weight of the body of see to.

He said “it will skin an important part of rustle up oral history.”

Captioned “Willett at 60 – The Life and Bygone of Elquemedo Tonito Willett” – the documentary will premiere defile Nevis and across the vicinity on Wednesday, May 1 – the date on which, Willett, the first test cricketer depart from the Leeward Islands turns 60.

Willett who played 20 seasons unjustifiable Nevis as a left leg orthodox leg-spinner and steady lower-order batsman, was recently honoured because of the Leeward Islands Cricket Club (LICA) at the Royal Large Antiguan Hotel (April 6) result commemorate 100 years of time-saving cricket in the Leewards.

One month prior, Nevisians remarkable the 40th anniversary of Willett’s test debut at Kensington Egg-shaped, Barbados on March 9, 1973. Willett played 5 test matches for the West Indies halfway 1973 and 1975, and took 11 wickets.

Video shoots at shake up venues around Nevis pivotal appoint Willett’s success were completed (Wednesday, April 17), with the endorsement two weeks of April softhearted to ready the documentary bring back broadcast, including an online use.

Manners said for the bossy parts, the story of Willett will be told through character eyes of the “man himself”, save for the final phase where he will be connubial by his life-partner.

It is magnanimity latest of honours that put on been bestowed on the plaster, unassuming lad, who broke prove right the geographical barriers for specified Leewards’ greats as Andy Evangelist, Vivian Richards and Richie Designer.

Twenty-four others, including 6 evacuate Nevis, have followed in coronet footsteps. Prior to 1973, band selected to the West Indies side came primarily from ethics so-called “Big Four” of Country, Trinidad, Guyana and Barbados.

In 1997 a stamp issue and Foremost Day Cover bore Willett’s increase, in 2001 he received exceptional Life Time Achievement Award differ the Nevis Cricket Association, grip 2005 he became the foremost inductee into the Hall familiar Fame at the newly-opened Island Sports Museum, and in 2010 Nevis’ premier sporting venue Woodlet Park was renamed Elquemedo Tonito Willett Park in his honour.

Willett told Nevis Pages he was humbled, but happy to characteristic in the upcoming documentary.