No dreadlock holiday for this mate of Garner
A 63-year-old Barbados grandfather who used to smash fearsome West Indies bowler Joel Garner around a cricket pitch is shooting for Commonwealth Games gold in the men’s pistol -- after surviving a near-death experience last year.
Bernard Chase suffered a heart attack while cycling and only made it onto the plane to Australia after getting the all-clear from his cardiologist.
“My buddy told me I just collapsed on my bike,” he said. “I woke up two days later in hospital. I used to cycle in a group and before we ride we say a prayer,” added Chase, fighting back tears. “I remember praying, but the next thing I knew I was in hospital.
They put me on a treadmill and found out I had a blockage in one of the small vessels of the heart .”
Chase once dreamt of playing cricket for the West Indies alongside giant fast bowler Garner, his former classmate. “Joel Garner went to school with me and we played cricket together. ‘Big Bird’ wasn’t a bad cricketer -- he bowled at me and I got some lashes in him too!”
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