Excerpt from The Jamaica Observer column published on Monday, July 4, 2022
By Jean Lowrie-Chin
Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Ltd (SVREL) has announced the naming of a new racing event at Caymanas Park in honour of Clovis Metcalfe, chair of both the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission and the Jamaica Racing Commission. This is in acknowledgement of Metcalfe’s role in the development of racing as a partner in Ham Stables, owners and breeders of racehorses since the 70s.
Jamaica Observer reporter Ruddy Allen quoted Metcalfe in a recent report: “I followed in the footsteps of Howard Hamilton who, just a month ago, was accorded such honour … it is my hope that the trend will continue, and going forward we will see farriers, grooms, jockeys, trainers, owners, outstanding stakeholders, and other individuals that they may be accorded that same honour.”
Metcalfe, retired managing director of CIBC-FCIBJ, and his wife Hermine, former lecturer in pharmacy at University of Technology, Jamaica, are both recipients of national honours for their service in various spheres of Jamaican life. Heartiest congratulations to them both.
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