The Editor, Sir:

Your editorial of October 23, captioned, 'Crashing the glass ceiling at Sabina', is most unfortunate and demonstrates what happens when uninformed views are put forward as fact. For you and the public's information, may I make the following points.

1. On the founding of the Kingston Cricket Club, about 150 years ago, the constitution of the club did not limit membership to any race or gender, a position which remains to this day.

2. Nowhere in the constitution, rules and regulations of the club will you find the word male.

3. At the time of the founding of the club, and up to the 1970s, cricket was played mainly by men and, therefore, it was men who applied for and were approved as members.

4. A review of KCC team photographs and other records such as the 'Wager Book', discloses that persons of all races were members of the club from as far back as 1902 AD.

5. The rules of the club require that to become a member you have to apply and your application has to be supported by two existing members, following which an evaluation of your suitability to be a member is taken by the management committee of the club.

6. To my certain knowledge, up to 2007, no female has ever submitted a valid application to be a member of the club and several male membership applications have been turned down.

I am, etc.,

ROBERT P.D. BAUGH, LLB

Industrial Relations Consultant

Kingston 6