Pocahontas (1995 film) character flowered into the idea of a grandmotherly spiritual adviser to Pocahontas. Because of Katzenberg's opposition to having Grandmother Willow in the story, Joe Grant assisted fellow veteran story artist Burny Mattinson with coming up tree puns such as "My bark is worse than my bite", "The roots of all problems", and "They're barking up the wrong tree." Mattinson reluctantly added them to his pitch for the next morning, and during the story meeting, he exclaimed, "Everybody loved it! All of a sudden: 'Oh, I want her in!' 'Let's build her part bigger!'" In September 1992, Disney began casting actors
Jason Ratcliffe ECB/PCA joint venture to have players picked for a North v South 50 over challenge via the rankings system, an initiative conceived by Andrew Strauss to build prominence for the 2019 ICC World Cup. Ratcliffe also worked closely to reintegrate Mervyn Westfield back into cricket after the former Essex fast bowler had served a jail sentence and been suspended from all cricket for his involvement in spot fixing. Westfield spoke to first year county players about his experiences at PCA Rookie Camps and also accompanied Ratcliffe on educational visits to South Africa in November 2015 Ratcliffe also supported Chris Lewis,