8th April 2010

ATHLETICS

Heroes Welcome for Nevisian Carifta Reps

Nevisian representatives on the St.Kitts-Nevis 2010 Carifta team were treated to a heroes' welcome on their return to Nevis yesterday. Former bronze medalist, Tesril Nisbett who just missed out on another bronze in the women's under 20 javelin throw, was warmly greeted at the Charlestown pier by Minister responsible for sports on Nevis, Hon Hensley Daniel, as she stepped off the MV Sea Hustler just around 4 pm yesterday. Gold medalist Adrian Williams had already returned on an earlier flight but returned to Charlestown to share in a brief but impressive ceremony held at the Charlestown dock.

The ceremony was chaired by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of sports, Mr. Alsted Pemberton. He was high in praise of the two athletes and indicated that the gold medal won by Adrian Williams was a first for Nevis at the prestigious event and the first for St.Kitts-Nevis since 2003.

President of the Nevis Amateur Athletic Association (NAAA), Lester Blackett, was overjoyed at the performance of the athletes. He indicated that Tesril Nisbett just missed out on a second bronze medal by a few centimeters but lauded her for her fourth spot placement. He referred to Adrian Williams' achievement as historic and expressed confidence that the young athlete who has at least one more year in the under 17's and three more in the under 20 category, will break all of the relevant records in the javelin throw in the future events.

He also referred to Williams' fairy tale beginning in the javelin throw, when one afternoon while training at the Elquemedo Willet park, he made a throw, more as a lark but was spotted by Owner/Manager/Coach Wakeley Daniel of the Gladiators Track and field club who said "wow' and 'the story has not ended yet', stated Blackett.

Mrs. Carla Liburd, hard working member of the NAAA spoke in her capacity as a representative of the Education Department. She thanked God for the achievements of the athletes and wished them every success in the future.

Minister responsible for Sports on Nevis, Hon. Hensley Daniel congratulated the athletes on behalf of the Premier and his other cabinet colleagues. He utilized a famous quotation by Winston Churchill in reminding the athletes that 'success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration'.

"Your motto should always be: We come from small but we tall", he told the athletes. He also assured them that the entire Nevisian public would always be behind them even if they were not physically present in the stands wherever they are competing. He further challenged both athletes to be role models to their peers so that they could learn to utilize their energies in a positive manner and away from anti social behaviour.

A shy Tesril Nisbett later declined the offer to speak but Adrian Williams who was accompanied by his proud Mom; Ms Glennette Williams took time out to thank his Coaches: Wakeley Daniel, Denzil Parris, and Colin Walters 'for being behind me'. He also expressed gratitude for assistance received from NAAA chief, Lester Balckett, his Mom-Glennette Williams and his 'other Coach', Winston Smith.

At the close of the ceremony, Permanent Secretary Pemberton noted that a special luncheon will be held in honour of the two athletes this coming Friday-9th April. Further details on the event will be released later today.

Having won a gold and silver medal, the Federation finished in seventh place out of 25 participating countries at the games and was one of the top Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States at the event.

Jason Rogers of St.Kitts got silver in the men's under 20 100 meter event and Adrian Williams secured gold in the under 17 male javelin throw.

Adrian Williams and Tesril Nisbett

Athletes pose with presentaion party

Glennette Williams; Adrian Williams; Wakeley Daniel and Tesril Nisbett

Proud Mom Glennette with son Adrian

NAAA's Lester Blackett pose with athletes

Tesril hugged by big sister

CRICKET

"Bring it' Posse Hits St.Kitts

There was much excitement generated at the Basseterre ferry terminal yesterday as the promotional ICC WT20 West Indies 2010 "bring it' bus tour showed up in full flare and colour.

This has served as an exciting promotional tool for the upcoming series of exciting T20 matches which are set to be played from April 30th to May 16th. The Bring It Tour Bus recently visited Antigua and Trinidad, where many people have already started getting excited and prepared for the monumental event.

The people of St.Kitts -Nevis had the opportunity to win 'bring it' T shirts and other paraphernalia as the excitable Clement 'Monarch' O'Garro ably chaired the proceedings. The bus tour commenced at the St.Kitts Marriott Resort and culminated at the Ferry terminal.

The event is organized by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC). The inaugural event was held in 2007 in South Africa and saw India coming out the victor. The 2010 tournaments are being held in various countries around the Caribbean including St. Kitts. The games in St Kitts are scheduled from May 5-10.

Bring it bus posse -St.Kitts

Nevis Cricket update

The action will warm up in the Digicel second division cricket fixtures this coming weekend with the conclusion of the league.

Saturday 10th April
1st semi final-Pennyless All stars v Big Rock at Ramsbury (MWP)
2nd semi final-Highlights v Calypso at Cotton Ground

Sunday 11th April
Finals-Winner semi final one v winner semi final two at the Elquemedo Willet Park.
The first division fixtures will commence the following weekend April 17th to 18th.

The first round of matches is as follows:

April 17th and 18th:
1. Highlights Int v Pennyless Alllstars at the Elquemedo Willet Park
2. OMP Brown Hill v Pioneers at Cotton Ground
3. Jessups v SLH Empire at the GRG

Second round of matches:
April 24th and 25th
1. Pioneers v SLH Empire at the EW Park
2. OMP Brown Hill v Pennyless All stars at the GRG
3. Jessups v Highlights at Cotton Ground

Weekend Matches In the St.Kitts Cricket Association Second Division League:

On Saturday
At Newton Ground - ECCB vs Masters
Umpires: Abraham Richardson & Vinshaw Mangra

At Sandy Point - Fire & Rescue Services vs Police 2
Umpires: Luther Kelly & Rudolph Wattley

On Sunday
At Newton Ground - St.Pauls vs Newton Ground
Umpires: Abraham Richardson & Vinshaw Mangra

At Sandy Point - Haynes Smith vs Veterans
Umpires: Oniel Thomas & Carlton Browne

*Matches Start At 1:00pm And Are of 35 Overs-A - Side

FOOTBALL

Newtown Beats Parkside--(Dave Connor)

The Parkside School (12 & 13 yr old boys) out England which is presently touring St. Kitts and Nevis playing Cricket and Football, played an exciting and high scoring game against the Newtown Football Academy at Warner Park Football Stadium on Wednesday 7th April 2010.

Final score in the game Newtown Football Academy - 4goals - Park Side School - 3goals

Today, Thursday 8th April 2010 they are set to play their third cricket game against a Schools' all star team at St. Mary's Park, Cayon

Both teams will meet again on Friday 9th April 2010 at the Newtown Football field.

Meanwhile the 110 members of the Dunnington Sports Club also out of the UK will travel over to Nevis today Thursday 8th April 2010 to engage in Cricket and Football.

BASKETBALL

Brown Hill Crisis Trounce Schoolboys

The first match of the A-1 Office Technology Basketball league dunked off at the hard court at old manor last evening. The game started a bit late but was well attended.

The Charlestown Secondary School Black Mambas came up against Brown hill Crisis. The school boys started tentatively but in the latter stage of the game seemed to be gaining in confidence. However, it was a case of 'too little too late' as the more experienced Bronx men totally outplayed their junior counterparts.

Final score:
BROWNHILL CRISIS 110

BLACK MAMBAS (C. S. S.) 19

HORSFORDS RE-AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO SPORTS

Basseterre, St.Kitts:-S.L. Horsford & Co. Ltd continues to show it's commitment to social and youth development through sports. During an informal handing over ceremony the Horsford's Group of Companies presented a check to the Ghetto Roots Basketball Club, an organization Horsford's has sponsored over the past 10 years.
The Horsford's Group was represented by Mr. Wallis Wilkin while the Ghetto Roots Club was represented by Head Coach Dr. Garfield Alexander, Club Treasurer Clive "Naba" Collins, Club Assistant Manager/Coach Dwayne Sturge and club "A" Team Captain Montraville Pemberton.

The Ghetto Roots and Horsford's have enjoyed a cordial and mutually beneficial relationship over the past 10 years. During this period Ghetto Roots has won the Premier and Junior Division titles on multiple occasions including last years exciting and convincing clean sweep victory over the Rams Hitters in the SKABA League finals to win the Championship for the 6th time in Club history. Only one other club has won more titles.

"The Horsford's Group of Companies has always shown a commitment to youth development through sports and this most recent contribution to the Ghetto Roots Basketball Club exemplifies this commitment," said Wallis Wilkin of the Horsfords Group of Companies. "We will continue to make such contributions to the development of sports as we feel that sports development will ultimately lead to positive youth and social development," Mr. Wilkin continued.

The Ghetto Roots Premier team is expected to mount and begin a stoic defense of the SKABA National Championship title on Sunday April 11th which marks the beginning of the St.Kitts Amateur Basketball Association League.
The Ghetto Roots Club this year features three teams which will participate in the Premier, "A" and Female Division games.

Wallis Wilkin hands over cheque to Ghetto Roots Head Coach Dr. Garfeild Alexander as Club Treasurer Clive Collins,Team Captain Montraville Pemberton and Club Assistant Manager/Coach Dwayne Sturge looks on.

Sponsors Digicel arranged a bowl out competition for a big money cell phone which was won by youthful medium pacer, Nigel Hanley-a Samsung cellular phone complete with internet access.

Mr. Derrick Huggins, Manager of the Nevis Branch who was actively involved in the day's activity, made the presentation.

Meanwhile, Marketing Manager, Sharez laws had this to say: "At Digicel we are always looking for creative ways to enhance our relationships and sponsorships within the community. We are the official sponsors for the Nevis Cricket League 2010 and in an effort to enhance their programs in Nevis we wanted to give something back to their supporters and participants. As such, we decided to give away a complimentary Samsung B3310 handset which has Internet capabilities and will definitely have the lucky winner connected to the Best Network on island. This is the first of its kind in Nevis but I can assure you, spectators can look out for much more from the Bigger, Better Network in the future."

Coaching clinic -on field action

Top bowlers with Digicel rep Derrick Huggins and President Powell

More on field action

Nevis' Digicel Branch Manager Derrick Huggins presents phone to winner Nigel Hanley

Cricket Action returns to the Elquemedo Willet Park

The exciting local Football season having reached its climaxing phase last Sunday night, cricket now returns to the premier sporting venue on the island, in the Elquemedo Willet Park.

This coming weekend will see the semi finals and finals of the Digicel sponsored second division fixtures. Both semi final encounters will be played on Saturday 10th April.

At the Ramsbury grounds (MWP), defending champions Pennyless Alllstars will engage Big Rock while at the Cotton Ground playing field, Highlights will take on Calypso.

The finals between the two top teams will be played at the Elquemedo Willet Park on Sunday 11th April.

Meanwhile, in light of the fact that the Football season has ended, the fixtures for the 1st division teams have been released. First division matches are officially set to commence on Saturday 17th April and climax on Sunday 18th April.

The first round of matches is as follows:
April 17th and 18th:
1. Highlights Int v Pennyless Alllstars at the Elquemedo Willet Park
2. OMP Brown Hill v Pioneers at Cotton Ground
3. Jessups v SLH Empire at the GRG

Nevisian under 17's trounce English Visitors

A select Nevis under 17 team totally outplayed the visiting Russell school team out of England on Tuesday April 6th at the Ramsbury grounds (MWP). The visitors won the toss and batted first but after a steady start, could not interpret the combined guile and spin of Trevin Nisbett and Wasim Mintos who left their innings in total disarray.
At one point, Mintos was even on a hat trick but followed up with a poor delivery-a full toss which was easily kept out. The English team was routed for just 65 runs in 25.3 overs.

P. Rimma and J. Lester both top scored with 15 runs each.
For the Nevis team, Wasim Mintos had the remarkable figures of 4 wickets for 12 runs from 6.3 overs, while Trevin Nisbett was equally impressive with 3 for 11 from his 7 overs.

Captain Duan Webbe then teamed up with Xeverier Cornelius at the top of the innings to bring victory to the home team-67 without loss at the close. Cornelius was not out on 28 and Webbe was not out on 17.

At the end of the game, the visiting Captain made sporting presentations of Russel school crests to Wasim Mintos and Duan Webbe and also presented brand new cricket hats to National Coach Stuart Williams, Umpire Carl Tuckett and Head groundsman, Errol 'Jabal' Tyson.

'Partners in crime'-Wasim Mintos and Trevin Nisbett undermined English team

Openers Duan Webbe and Xaverier Cornelius

Russell's School's Manager and Coach

Presentation by English team to Wasim Mintos

Coaching participants pose for photo

Lecture session for participants

Another English team set to visit Nevis

Cricket, Lovely Cricket comes to Grove Park this Thursday, April, 8th. As a few visting school teams from the Unted Kingdom get set to return home, yet another British team is heading to the shores of Nevis. This time around will see a team from Yorkshire. This team has visited regularly through the instrumentality of former Kittitian batsman, Harwood Williams and former West Indies opener and Nevis' National Coach, Stuart Williams.

According to Williams a strong invitational team will be selected to play against the Englishmen in the game which is set to commence at about 11 am. He expects a very competitive game as the visting team has its fair share of accomplished players as well.

After the cricket match there will be an exciting football match between Combined Schools (3rd place winners in the local league) and members of the visiting Yorkshire team.

The general public is invited out to witness some very keen encounters and to show their support for the visiting team, as well as for the local players.

It is understood that the visting team will also play a series of matches in St.Kitts but will return to Nevis the following Thursday-15th April to play against another Nevisian team.

Selectors name JCA Festival squad and A Team
Windiescricket.com

The West Indies selectors have named the following players to participate in the Jamaica Cricket Association Festival and the West Indies A Team to play against Zimbabwe in Grenada:

West Indies for JCA Festival
Lionel Baker
Sulieman Benn
Darren Bravo
Shiv Chanderpaul
Narsingh Deonarine
Andre Fletcher
Wavell Hinds
Nikita Miller
Denesh Ramdin
Ravi Rampaul
Darren Sammy
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Jerome Taylor

West Indies A Team vs Zimbabwe
Brandon Bess
Kraigg Brathwaite
Travis Dowlin
Shane Dowrich
Kirk Edwards
Assad Fudadin
Shannon Gabriel
Justin Guillen
Jason Haynes
Jason Holder
Imran Khan
Nelon Pascal
Shane Shillingford

Note: The Team captains will be named in the coming days

'The typical English professional cricketer'
Cricinfo staff

Micky Stewart, the former Surrey captain, has described Sir Alec Bedser, who died on Sunday evening at the age of 91, as the "typical traditional English professional cricketer".

"This is obviously a very sad day for me and everybody who has been associated with Alec both during his Surrey and England days," Stewart said. "I first met him in my debut season with Surrey in 1953 when he was the senior professional and it was an honour and a great experience to play with him.

"He was an incredibly accurate medium pace bowler with great control and I know he was extremely proud of the great Sir Don Bradman saying he was the finest bowler of his type that he played against.

"He was also great friends to myself and my family. Whenever there were moments of concern, Alec was always the first on the phone to see that everything was okay.
Paul Sheldon, the Surrey chief executive, added: "Sir Alec was an iconic figure in world cricket. He upheld all the great traditions of the game and represented an era that has had a lasting impact on the history of Test and county cricket. Along with his twin brother Eric, he was one of the most recognisable characters in cricket across the globe.

"In our sadness at the passing of one of the worlds greatest cricketers, we can also celebrate the end of an innings which brought pleasure to millions - and who was respected by all who were privileged to have known him."

FOOTBALL

Wednesday's SKNFA 2010 Knock -Out Matches

Adrian Williams

St.Kitts-Nevis Wins 10th annual Caribbean Social Security games

Team St.Kitts-Nevis thrilled the fair sized crowd at the Warner Park Football stadium on Sunday 4th April as they topped the point standings in the 10th annual Caribbean Social Security games. The event was very competitive with 2nd place BVI offering a stiff challenge along with 3rd place Barbados and fourth place St.Lucia. One of the most exciting events of the day was the tug of war and team St.Kitts -Nevis probably faced their stiffest challenge in the semi final round when they just managed to beat Trinidad and Tobago 2 to 1 in the best of three event. They went on to overpower Antigua and Barbuda in the finals. Team St.Kitts -Nevis also took big wins in the 100 meters for males and the 4x 100 meters relays.
The final point standings were:

1st Place: Saint Kitts/Nevis(88) Champion

2nd Place:B.V.I(74)

3rd Place: Barbados(71)

4th Place: St.Lucia(66)

5th Place:Saint.Vincent and The Grenadines(48)

6th Place: Antigua and Barbuda(43)

7th Place: Guyana(39)

8th Place: Trinidad and Tobago(38)

9th Place: Grenada(25)
Anguilla(25)

10th Dominica(17)

Team St.kitts-Nevis battle in tug of war

Fayola Browne-Tross of team SKN 3rd in 100 meters at SSB games

CRICKET

Visiting English Teams Win one-lose one

Youthful English teams touring the Federation, have had mixed fortunes on tour so far. After playing several matches in St.Kitts, the teams journeyed to Nevis over the weekend.

On Friday 2nd April-Good Friday, the Manchester Grammar School engaged a Nevis under 18 team at the Ramsbury grounds or the MWP. The Nevis team won the toss and batted first and amassed what looked like an impregnable 246 for 7 in their 40 allotted overs. The team was led by healthy knocks by Wasim Mintos 38; Kezron Archibald 35 not out; Adelvin Phillip 33; Alex Williams 33; Duan Webbe 28 and Rondell Chapman 25.

For the visitors, A. Reede got 3 wickets for 24 runs and M.Tully 2 for 30.

Shockingly, the Nevis team was then put to the sword by the young Englishmen who got to the target -247 for 4 in 39 overs. A. Platts was superlative with his 105 not out and E. Bullock made an equally impressive 82.

Nevisian captain Adelvin Phillip bagged 3 for 40.

Manager of the visiting team, David Moss expressed his delight at the hospitality received in St.Kitts and Nevis and indicated that he was very impressed with some of the local players. He explained that the tour came about as a warm up and practice session for his team and they prepare for their regular season.

On Monday 5th April-Easter Monday, the visiting Parkside School engaged the Nevis under 13 team. The visitors batted first and amassed an impressive 134 for 4 from their allotted 30 overs.

Allister Colk was impressive with 52 not out and Doothwaite scored 27.
For the Nevis under 13's, Kezron Archibald got 1 for 9; Philo Wallace 1 for 14 and Clydre Smithen 1 for 20.

The Nevis under 13 team then batted their way comfortably to 135 for 6 to win the game in 25 overs. Saeed Williams was superb with his 62 not out and Shelton Forbes was also not out on 16. Doodwaite bagged 2 for 22 and Colk 2 for 33.

The final match will be played today at 10.30 at the Ramsbury grounds or the MWP when the Rose hall Secondary School will engage a Nevis under 17 team.

David Moss-english youth team Manager

Highlights lose in tense finish

The Highlights Cricket club hosted the Willful Skilful team out of St.Kitts at the Cotton Ground playing field on Sunday 4th April. A previous match planned for St.Kitts on Saturday 3rd April was rained out.

Willful Skillful batted first and notched up 161 all out in 25 overs. Dillon Liddie top scored with 5; L. Maynard scored 41 and Kelvin Hanley 21. For the Highlights team, Ardie Liburd had 4 wickets for 23 runs and Virgil Browne massaged his way to figures of 3 for 32 and Earl David got 2 for 13.

Highlights was within striking distance of the victory target when their main scorer Wendell 'Micey' Wallace holed out in the deep to be last out. Highlights all out for 157.

Wallace top scored with 74; Winston Sutton got 21 and Carlon Smithen 15.
B. Berridge bagged 4 for 13; L. Clarke 2 for 48 and Steve Liburd 2 for 37.

West Indies Teams for ICC World T20

Windiescricket.com

The West Indies selectors have named the following players for the ICC World T20 Tournament to be played in the Caribbean from April 30 to May 16:

MEN
1. Chris Gayle (Captain)
2. Sulieman Benn
3. Dwayne Bravo
4. Shiv Chanderpaul
5. Narsingh Deonarine
6. Andre Fletcher
7. Wavell Hinds
8. Nikita Miller
9. Kieron Pollard
10. Denesh Ramdin
11. Ravi Rampaul
12. Kemar Roach
13. Darren Sammy
14. Ramnaresh Sarwan
15. Jerome Taylor

WOMEN
1. Merissa Aguilleira (Captain)
2. Kirbyina Alexander
3. Shemaine Campbelle
4. Britney Cooper
5. Shanel Daley
6. Deandra Dottin
7. Cordel Jack
8. Stacy-Ann King
9. Pamela Lavine
10. Anisa Mohammed
11. Juliana Nero
12. Shakera Selman
13. Tremayne Smartt
14. Stafanie Taylor

FIRST ROUND MATCHES
Men's Group D at Guyana National Stadium
Friday, April 30: vs Ireland at 5 pm (4 pm Jamaica Time)
Monday, May 3: vs England at 1:30 pm (12: Jamaica Time)
Women's Group A at Warner Park, St Kitts
Wednesday, May 5: vs South Africa at 10 am (9 am Jamaica Time)
Friday, May 7: vs England at 2 pm (1 pm Jamaica Time)
Sunday, May 9: vs Australia at 2 pm 1 pm Jamaica Time)

WICB Making Moves to Transform Windies Cricket

Board outlines new, exciting format and seeks commercial partnerships to transform the people's game from grassroots to international arena

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is in the marketplace seeking the support of broadcasters, sponsors, tourist boards and other commercial partners to ensure that its programme of grass roots projects and regional and international events are well publicized and portrayed in the media, supported by the public and bolstered by the key contributions of business communities in the region and from further afield.

In a document entitled "Transforming West Indies Cricket", WICB outlines its vision, in marketing terms, of staging top-class international cricket and revitalizing regional cricket with a new portfolio of events, providing entertainment for Windies sports fans and valuable rights packages for commercial partners within the Caribbean region and around the world.

The document describes how the Board, embarking on a new era under Chief Executive Officer Dr Ernest Hilaire, has researched and evaluated its sponsorship properties. It goes on to define its brand values and lays out a range of innovative grass roots projects and a schedule of new regional events to establish a narrative around the Caribbean cricket season which culminates in its traditional series of international cricket each year.

Aside from the annual Regional Four-day and One-Day tournaments, the Board is launching two spectacular new T20 events and an exciting Beach Cricket project that will help to rejuvenate interest in the game particularly among children and the younger audiences - aged 18 to 24.

Terry Blake, former Commercial Director of the England & Wales Cricket Board who has been hired to lead the marketing revival said: "These are exciting times for West Indies Cricket. The senior men's and women's teams are about to feature in the International Cricket Council's World T20, the Under-19s came third in the recent ICC World Cup in New Zealand; and the WICB High Performance Centre is opening in Barbados in May."

He added: "The men's team has a talented new coach and this a perfect time for commercial partners to support what I believe is an outstanding portfolio of regional events that will attract interest around the region - and in the case of our Regional T20 event and Calypso Cup - from other countries such as North America, United Kingdom and the Indian Sub-Continent."

The Regional T20 Tournament is slated for July 22 to 31, while the dates for the other events will be revealed in the coming months.

Blake also noted: "In discussions with our regional boards, governments, tourist boards and commercial partners, we will decide on where these events will be played and then introduce a management team to deliver memorable experiences for fans and sponsors. We have already had a healthy degree of interest from the business community and we look forward to creating valuable, cost effective sponsorship packages that reflect the game from the grass roots right up to the international arena."

FOOTBALL

Brand Architectural Slybo Stoney Grove Strikers-Football Champs for 2009/2010
The Brand architectural Slybo Stoney Grove Strikers continued their dominance of the 2009/2010 local Football league when they trounced defending champions SL Horsfords Highlights 3 goals to nil on Sunday night-4th April, in front of a sizeable crowd. This followed hot on the heels of a 4 goals to nil drubbing they delivered to the same team, the previous evening in the best of three finals

The goal scorers were:
Marvin Buchanan - 27th
Jason Leader - 49th
Delvon Clarke - 69th

In the brief but impressive ceremony that followed immediately after the game, the presentation party included: Hon Hensley Daniel -Minister of Sports; Raymond 'Raybo' Smith-outgoing President of the Nevis Football Association; Reigning Culturama Queen, Ms Masinda Nisbett and Chairperson and outgoing Vice President and PRO of the Association, Brain Dowe.

The following presentations were made:
· Scorers, referees, executive members of the Association and other helpers, received appreciation awards.

Trophies were issued as follows:
· League Champions-BA Slybo Stoney Grove Strikers
· League MVP-Delroy Arthurton-Stoney Grove
· Best defensive player in the league-Leon Powell-Stoney Grove
· Most disciplined team-Combined Schools
· Best Goal keeper-Jurnel Turner-Combined Schools
· Most goals-golden Boot-Akeem 'Akbo' Taylor-13 goals CCC Bath United)
· 4th place in play offs-CCC Bath United
· 3rd place-Combined Schools
· 2nd place-SL Horsfords Highlights Int
· Champions-BSS Strikers-(Stoney Grove)
· MVP for the playoffs-Delvon Clarke

In the first match of the evening, the second such match up to determine third and fourth slots, Combined Schools dished out another drubbing to a depleted CCC Bath United team-7 goals to 1.
The goal scorers for the School's team were:

Donne Dyer - 9th
Aljay Newton - 17th
Daquanie Newton - 25th, 60th
Davidson Jarvis - 58th, 65th, 75th
The consolation goal for the Bath men came from the boot of Akeem Akbo Taylor in the 75th minute.
In the first round of the final four played on the evening of Saturday 3rd April Combined Schools defeated CCC Bath United 4 goals to 2

Goal scorers:
Schools
Leandra Powell (4th and 26th)
Aljay Newton (52nd)
Everette France

Bath
Shaeed Tyson (61st)
Dextroy Chiverton

Stoney Grove beat Highlights 4-0
Goal scorers:
Jason Leader (30th)
Errol Newton (45th)
Deon Thompson (78th)
Delvon Clarke (89th)

Stoney Grove champs of Football pose with Hon Hensley Daniel

Stoney Grove team pose with trophies

Die hard Stoney grove fans

Presentation party at Football closing ceremony--left to right: Hon Hensley Daniel; Culturama Queen-masinda Nisbett; President Raybo Smith and vice president Brian Dowe

Battle of skills--Stoney grove v Highlights

St. Kitts/Nevis Exact Revenge on Guadeloupe

Three unanswered first half goals gave St. Kitts/Nevis more than revenge in their return friendly versus Guadeloupe at Warner Park on Saturday April 3.

Even before the commentators could finish speaking about the new all green strip that St. Kitts/Nevis was wearing and the officials - James Matthew et al looking smart in the new FIFA outfits Atiba Harris who came all the way from Dallas for this game was in the back of the net. The clock showed 1 minute and patrons who were late to the Park now have to wait on the replay to see the goal.

St. Kitts fielded one of their strongest team on paper in a long while with three of the overseas based players playing in the starting line up. Along with Atiba Harris was Jevon Francis who is at home awaiting a transfer from his base in Burma and Gerard Williams who is based in Trinidad and Tobago.

The experience of these players gelling with the local based players led by veteran George Isaac was a bit too much for the Guadeloupe team.

A second goal was recorded in the 15th minute when Atiba Harris was again instrumental. He was played through down the left flank and worked off his marker to place a cross deep to the right flank. The ball was poorly cleared and allowed Alexis Saddler to win the ball, get around his marker and play a low cross to the near post. There Ian "Rompy" Lake used superior foot speed to out pace his marker and in two touches was able to beat the advancing keeper.

Guadeloupe was able to respond with a dangerous break down the right side but the ensuing shot was ripped over the bar and into the crowd.

The third goal was recorded in the 42nd minute. Again the name Atiba Harris comes to the fore. He was the one who got the second assist as he was able to find Jevon Francis in a dangerous position. Francis in turn went to the by line and gave an angled pass to the unmarked onrushing George Isaac from midfield. Isaac faked a shot, took the ball closer to the six yard box and from an acute angle curled the ball into the rook of the night close to the far post.

In the second half St. Kitts played a more cautious game preserving their clean sheet. The play however was dampened by a bit of rough unnecessary play by the Guadeloupians and equally unnecessary was the reaction to the play by Atiba Harris in particular so the reaction.

St. Kitts/Nevis had an ideal chance to go further ahead when a George Isaac long ball beat the offside trap and gave Atis Hughes a 1 v1 situation with the French goalkeeper. Hughes did everything well except the final execution coupled with a brilliant save from the French custodian

Scoreboard

St.Kitts- Nevis 3 vs Guadeloupe 0
(Half Time 3 - 0)

Atiba Harris 1st minute
Ian "Rumpy" Lake 15th minute
George "Yellowman" Isaac 42nd minute

Yellow Cards
Jerome Fabien (Guadeloupe) 43rd minute
Atiba Harris (St.Kitts - Nevis) 62nd minute
Babel Matthias (Guadeloupe) 64th minute
Thrizen Leader (St.Kitts -Nevis) 64th minute

*Officials
Referee James Matthew,
Referee assistants Graeme Browne, Lloyd Rouse
4th Official - Steadroy Techeira
*Referees Assessor - James Greene

*Match Commissioner - Derrick Fyfield

Kite Flying at the New Flats-a huge success

President of the St.John's Community Improvement Club (SJCIC), Alsted Pemberton has rated the 23rd annual kite flying competition hosted by his renowned organization, as a huge success.

Despite rainy conditions early in the morning and the overly delayed arrival of the kites, by 3pm there was a bumper crowd at the newly flattened 'Flats'. The event was being hosted at the newly renovated site for the first time and Pemberton is convinced that this would have helped to attract the huge crowd, along with the various facets of the day's activity. These included, kite flying, local traditional delicacies such as conkie and cassava bread, cricket and a wide variety of old and new musical hits.

At the end of the day, the winners of the kite flying competition were announced as follows:

Best Papered kite
1st - Gino Liburd
2nd - Arthur Farrell

Most Creative kite
1st- Clayton Byron
2nd - Arthur Farrell

Biggest Kite
1st - Troy Liburd
2nd - Kemoy Mckoy

Best Flying kite
1st - Gino Liburd
2nd - Kishan Dore

Best Book leaf kite
1st - Tafari Byron
2nd - Kishan Dore

The event as per usual was sponsored by the Four Seasons resort Estates.

SJCIC kites

Unique kites

Biggest kite airborne

Ronald Powell-Cricket chief

English teams set to visit Nevis

According to chief Coordinator and National Coach, Stuart Williams, a few youthful English teams are set to play a series of matches on Nevis over the Easter weekend.
The three teams comprising of youngsters under 13, under 17 and under 18 respectively, will engage Nevisian teams of the same age range.

The matches will all be played at the Ramsbury grounds-the unofficial Meritzer Williams Park, starting at 10 am on Good Friday-April 2nd; Easter Monday-April 5th and Tuesday April 6th.

Williams further indicated that the Nevisian young cricketers, who practiced up until late yesterday afternoon, should all give a good account of themselves but he expects the matches to be very competitive as the young Englishmen are also well coached.
The general Public is cordially invited to view these matches.

Umpires AGM Election Results?

The St.Kitts Cricket Umpires Association held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 31st March at the Warner Park Players Dinning Room. The following officers were elected to serve on the Executive Committee for the next year.

Luther Kelly - President

Cornelius Sam - Vice President

Steadroy Techeira - Secretary

Wycliffe Mitcham - Treasurer

Andrea Walters - Assistant Secretary/Treasurer

General Sports

SJCIC annual Kite Flying Event on for Good Friday

Just in case anybody was wondering, President of the St.John's Community Improvement Club (SJCIC), Mr. Alstead Pemberton has indicated in no uncertain terms that the annual SJCIC kite flying contest is definitely on for Good Friday-2nd April 2010.

The man who has been designated by his peers as the unofficial 'President for life', was happy to note that this year would be historic in the sense that it would be the first time that the general Public would be able to enjoy the newly flattened 'Flats' for an activity of this nature.

He indicated that registration for the event would commence at about 9am and the judging of the kites is set to commence at about 11 am. The actual kite flying contest will commence at about 12.00 noon. There will also be a range of activities which will include Cricket and a set of fun games.

The registration fee is a mere $5.00 but the winners will receive the usual healthy prizes:

$300.00 for the winners and $150.00 for the second placers in all categories except for the book leaf category where the winner will receive $50.00 and the second placer will receive $25.00. These prizes are compliments of the usual sponsors of the event, the Four Seasons Estates.

Vendors will pay a registration fee of $75.00-down from $100.00 in previous years. There will also be the usual music, traditional local foods and a general family day atmosphere which Pemberton is insisting is not a day to be missed by anyone.

Alstead Pemberton--SJCIC President

Basketball

A1 Technology Basketball Schedule released

The organizers of the A1 Technology basketball league which was officially opened on Saturday 27th March have released the official fixture of league matches for the tournament. The schedule of matches is as follows:

Date Teams

Wed. 7th April 2010
C.S.S. vs Brown hill Crisis

Sat. 10th April 2010
Ghetto Starz vs. Polstars
C.G. Massive vs. C. G. Rebels

Sun. 11th April 2010
Brown hill Crisis vs Ghetto Starz
C. S. S. vs Polstars

Wed. 14th April 2010
C.G. Massives vs Brown hill Crisis

Sat. 17th April 2010
C.G. Massive vs Ghetto Starz
Polstars vs C.G. Rebels

Sun 18th April 2010
C.G. Rebels vs Ghetto Starz
C.G. Massive vs. Polstars

Wed 21st April 2010
C.G. Rebels vs C.S.S

Sat 24th April 2010
Polstars vs. Brown hill Crisis
C.S.S. vs. C.G Massive

Sun April 25th 2010
C.G. Rebels vs. Brown hill crisis
Ghetto Starz vs. C.S.S.

ALL GAMES BEGIN AT 7:oo PM SHARP