Scheper

Jeannelle Scheper started jumping after nearly everyone else was done, and she matched her fourth-best clearance ever.

Saint Lucia’s first qualifier for the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, Scheper was competing for her University of South Carolina Gamecocks at the Bill Carson Invitational in Greenville, and she was riding a hot streak.

Not yet 21, the USC senior set a new career-best mark of 1.95m last weekend at Florida Relays. On that occasion, the mathematics major came within an inch of the Saint Lucia national record for women’s high jump. That mark just happens to be the record for the English-speaking Caribbean as well.

Scheper also had the top two best heights in Division 1 of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) coming into this weekend, ahead of 2014 NCAA champion Leontia Kallenou of Georgia. Those heights, 1.95m and 1.91m, were her best and third-best marks of all time.

And now the St Joseph’s Convent alumna owns three of the top four heights for the season, after clearing 1.90 at East Carolina University in Greenville (confusing located in North Carolina).

Scheper won the high jump for the fourth consecutive weekend, besting teammate Nakita Gray by six inches.

The Commonwealth Games fourth-place finisher from Saint Lucia had a first-time clearance at 1.75, the last height Gray cleared. She moved the bar to 1.80m and cleared that on her second try. And then she cleared 1.90m on her third trial. She did not attempt a further bar.

Scheper was one of 14 winners for South Carolina as the Gamecocks earned the team title on Saturday. It was the women’s first team victory of the season. The NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Championships are 10-13 June in Oregon. No Saint Lucian has ever won an NCAA Division 1 title.

Mon Repos

Senior Club Football competition continued on Saturday with Grass Street Sports Club beating Lumbard Youth and Sports Club 6-2. They were led by a beaver-trick from Cory Serieux (25th, 35th, 40th, 80th) and goals from Gelan Raymond (37th) and Slyvious Stephen (70th). The consolation goals for Lumbard came from Yanniel Monrose (56th) and Jelani Ishmeal( 83rd).

On Sunday, an exciting contest between two evenly matched teams, Bordelais Correctional and Challengers Sports Club. The game finished 1-0 in favour of Bordelais Correctional thanks to Greg Valcin in the 80th minute.

Games continue Monday with Morne Bois Den United coming up against La Pointe 4H at 4pm at the Wenn Playing Field

Dennery

Plante’s Place Senior Football continued at the Dennery Playing Field on Saturday, On The Rock Strikers beating Seria 4-2, having led at one point 4-0. Goal Scorers for Strikers were Marlon Gilbert, Jonathan Camille (two goals) and Mervin Prince. Goal scorers for Seria were Nicholas Leon and substitute Tristan Gideon.

On Sunday PITON TRAVEL YOUNG STARS defeated WHITE HOUSE by 2:0. Anthony Joseph converted for Piton Travel Young Stars from the penalty shot while Detroy John doubled the lead ten minutes later with a spectacular goal from outside the 18 yard area.

The completion continues on Monday with WISDOM 18 PLUS taking on HILLTOP BALLERS from 4:30 pm at the Dennery Playing field.

Desruisseaux

The quarterfinal round of the registration league was completed on Sunday. Ti Rocher FC and Lionheart booked the last two semifinal places by recording victories over Rising Stars and La Cour Ville respectively.

In the first game of Sunday’s double header, Lionheart eased past neighbours La Cour Ville, 3 goals to nil. Goal Scorers for Lionheart were Dilian Joseph in the 11th minute, Dermal Simon in the 63rd minute and Lance Sammy in the 74th minute.

In the second game of the day, the winner had to be decided from the penalty spot after goalless regulation time. Last year’s knockout champions, Ti Rocher FC, edged past the league champions Rising Stars 2-1 on penalties after several saves from both goalkeepers.

The semifinals are now set for next week, when Small Axe will play Blanchard United and Ti Rocher FC will play Lionheart.

Gros Islet

The Promotional Competition continued on Sunday at the Corinth Playing Field with two games.

Super J Northern United beat Monchy 7-0. At halftime, Super J Northern United were up 4-0 with goals from Aramis Lorde in the 2nd minute, Elijah Louis in the 14th, Nicholas Lawrence in the 17th and Everton Lambert in the 23rd. In the second half, it was Aramis again, joined by John Perry with two goals in the 57th and 60th.

The second game featured GMC vs Dominators. GMC took the lead 1-0 with a goal from Adam Gaston in the 39th minute, and won by that score.

Castries

Flow Lancers FC and VSADC registered convincing wins over the weekend in the CFC SLFA Registration Tournament. On Sunday afternoon reigning CFC Super League champions Flow Lancers registered a comfortable 4-1 victory over Valley Soccer. Player coach Trevor “Crazy” Daniel scored from the penalty spot in the 21st, Timothy “African” Abel made it 2 nil eight minutes later and Lynch “Zegear” Isidore ensured that his team went 3 nil up at the interval.

Azan Daniel, a VSA academy attendee and student of Saint Mary’s College assured that he had a memorable debut in senior football by scoring his team’s lone goal in the 65th minute, but Anthony “Young” Paul scored his team’s fourth in stoppage time.

This win places Flow Lancers FC at the top of the table with maximum points from two matches.

In the other game of Sunday VSADC eased past Sunrisers FC 5-0. Chard Alfred, Cliff “Magnum” Valcin, Decoursey “Santa” Simon, Shaquille Joseph, and Zachary Leriche.

On Saturday NYAH registered a walk over in their match against FC Pioneers.

Action resumes on Wednesday 15th April when NYAH take on Police. All matches take place at the SAB Playing facility.

Marchand

The Philip J Pierre competition continued over the weekend. In Group B, Boulevard beat Marchand 18 and under 1-0. Boulevard took the early

advantage with a goal in the 10th minute by Delman Abelard.

In Group A, Pavee United and Flames United played to a 1-1 draw. Third placed Flames and their neighbours, fourth placed Pavee were paced by Devaughn George (Pavee) with the fastest goal of the competition, within the first 60 seconds, and Marcklloyd Leonce (Flames) after 42 minutes.

On Sunday, top of Group B Big Players with four wins in four games came up against Sandals (6th placed) with no wins in 3 games played. The Sandals team appeared to mean business with some good midfield play early on. More than matching the Big Players team within the first half, keeping a team that had scored 23 goals in 4 games at bay. The second half saw Sandals take a shock lead with Ravi Wilfred scoring in the 62nd minute and holding on for the win.

Toughest SC (1st in Group A) beat 3rd placed Young Veterans, the defending Champions from the 2014 National Day Competition. Travis Valcin put Toughest into the lead in the 24th minute. Toughest went 2-0 up after Oneil Alexander scored in the 47th. Two more goals for Travis Valcin in the 55th and 79th minutes saw Toughest go to a 4-0 lead. The game ended in a 4-0 vitory for Toughest consolidating 1st place in Group A. Travis Valcin amassing 19 goals in 5 games an average of 3.8 goals per game for the tournament.

Anse La Raye

1987 Allstars defeated foundations FC in a wonderfully crafted come from behind victory. Foundations leading 2-0 at the half, after 1987 conceded two early goals, the opening goal came from the boot of Maximus Bishop (6th) and Hadrian Leon (16th). 1987 kept their cool until Amos Auguste (67th) pulled one back, then Gildan St Luce (76th) levelled the scores. Substitute goal keeper Devaughn Charles, coming off the bench in a striker’s role, netted the winner in the 89th.

On Saturday Allez and Youngstars played to a hard fought 1-1 draw.

U-18 (development team) defeated Lion hearts 5-3. Aaron Lucea (63rd and 71st), Zedane Augustin (18th and 90th), and Sylvester Mercier (38th) netted for the youth team.

In the final game for the weekend Apollo got the better of veterans 2-1. Goals from Apollo’s Jonathon Gabriel (31st) and Lewis St Croix (56th) had the game knotted. The winner came from the penalty spot with goalkeeper Ryan Esnard given the go ahead and safely tucking it away in the (67th).

Next fixture, Wednesday, Youngstars comes up against 1987Allstars and on Friday U-23 National comes up against the Anse La Raye U-23 from 6pm under the lights.

Curacao rugby

Saint Lucia is left searching for answers and Curaçao have retained pole position in the North American and Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) South Zone Cup League.

Saint Lucia, already having lost 22-14 to the British Virgin Islands and 16-8 to St Vincent and the Grenadines at home earlier this year, went down 36-19 in Bonam, Willemstad.

Curaçao had only played one match in this zone, being held to a 24-24 draw by St Vincent and the Grenadines. BVI had also played just one match, beating Saint Lucia at home, so they must now face both Curaçao abd SVG.

For now, 2014 group winners Curaçao have the advantage, with a point differential of 17, as compared to SVG and BVI, both with a differential of eight.

Saint Lucia, on the other hand, winless from their three fixtures, are minus 31. Saturday’s game was actually the highest scoring of the three for the Zandolis, but also the game in which they gave up the most points.

In the 2014 NACRA South Cup, Saint Lucia lost to Curaçao 56-7 in Willemstad, but beat the BVI 29-18 in Tortola, and SVG 26-22 at home.

Sharnique Leonce

Sharnique Leonce had three event wins, five career-best marks and set a new school record en route to her best-ever points total in heptathlon.

The 21-year-old (22 in October) Iowa Western Community College sophomore contested the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic and placed third with 4416 points.

The Ciceron Secondary alumna opened the competition with a career-best 14.37 (927 points) in the 100m hurdles, placing second but breaking Khadesha James’ one-year-old record of 14.64 for IWCC.

She would go on to win the high jump (818) with a height of 1.67m, another career-best and another new school record for that event. That matched her indoor best for the event.

In shot put, she could manage only 8.45m (428), still in search of double figures in that event, as she placed 10th.

Leonce closed out the 200m on the opening portion of the heptathlon with a win in a personal-best 25.19 seconds (869).

On the second portion, Sharnique opened with a 5.45m long jump, a new outdoor PB for her, although she has gone 5.79 indoors (686).

As much as Leonce has improved and excelled in the sprints and jumps, she has not shown the same development in throws. She set a javelin throw PB at Wichita, but it was a mere 27.11 (422), good only for eighth best.

In the 800m, a time under three minutes would have seen Sharnique going second, but her 10th-place 3:11.48 (266) left her in third.

Sharniqe’s 4416 is the third best mark in Division 1 of the National Junior College Athletics Association.

Kamala Mangal warms up as teammates look on.

A “confident, determined and fighting” Saint Lucia team pulled out all the stops to beat Dominica 25-18 on Sunday evening, the second day of the Caribbean Netball Association’s Jean Pierre Under 16 Netball Championship.

Playing at the Vigie Sports Complex in Castries, the home team led at the end of every quarter against the spirited and athletic Dominicans. Saint Lucia were up 12-9 at halftime and pulled away from there.

Canaries centre Janelle Mathurin and the defensive cohort (led by 12-year-old Megan Nestor, also of Canaries, and captain Bianca Alfred of Babonneau) were outstanding for Saint Lucia. Kamala Mangal from Marc converted 22 of her 27 attempts on goal, whilst Tanny William of Desruisseaux made three fo her five shots.

Goal Attack Kayla Wilson for Dominica made 10 from 17, Celena Langais 4-5, and substitute shoot Shanice Henry 4-10.

According to one observer, “the Dominicans put on a strong fight, but were cleverly outmatched by the Saint Lucians, with skilful, faster down the line passes and ball play and encouraged by a home grown crowd.”

This win, combined with the other results on Sunday, put Saint Lucia in pole position. St Vincent and the Grenadines played their first game and won 22-14 over Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados beat Dominica on the opening night and had Sunday off. Bermuda beat Grenada 27-18.

Monday evening, Saint Lucia plays St Vincent and the Grenadines in a top-of-the-table clash at the Vigie Sports Complex.

MONDAY

VIN-GRN 7am
TTO-DMA 7:15am
BAR-BER 8am

BAR-TGRN 6:15pm
TTO-BER 6:30pm
VIN-LCA 7pm

TUESDAY
DMA-GRN 6:15pm
VIN-BER 6:30pm
BAR-LCA 7pm

PRESS RELEASE - The 2015 National Men’s Basketball League got underway this past Sunday April 12th, at the Beausejour Indoor Facility with the opening ceremony and the season opener in both divisions.

During the Opening Ceremony, Vice President of the St. Lucia Basketball Federation (SLBF) Mr. Jonathan Cox outlined some of the initiatives that the Federation had completed for its 2015 calendar of events, as well as other plans for the year.

Youth development in the sport of basketball continues to be a primary objective and the need for stronger affiliates for the further grow of the sport.

Title sponsors KFC represented by Mrs. Deone Gardener gave some motivational advice to all players, in addition to key addresses by sponsors Lucelec and Bank of St. Lucia represented by Ms. Carmy Joseph and Mr. Omari Frederick respectively.

The Opening Ceremony was wrapped up by President of the SLBF Mr. Leslie Collymore who thanked the sponsors in attendance for their continued commitment and kind contributions to the sport of basketball.

Other sponsors partnering with the St. Lucia Basketball Federation for their 2015 calendar of events are: Caribbean Metals, Delirious Bar and Restaurant, 123 Digital, Advanced Intellectual Methods Inc. (AIM), Trophy Centre, Exelsign, LUCELEC, Bank of St. Lucia and title sponsors KFC.

The tournament’s opener saw the reentrance of BBC in Division 1 facing Police.  BBC got past Police with a comfortable 6-point win 56 – 50.

KFC Player of the Game Kurt Raphael led all scorers with 19pts and 8rebs for BBC and Craig Fontelio posted a double-double of 14pts and 13rebs in their win.  For Police, Calious Dantes had 18pts and 6rebs in their loss.

Defending champions Courts Jets opened the tournament for the Premier League Division with an 87 – 45 rout of Canaries Moon River in game two of the evening.

A balanced scoring output for Courts Jets saw five (5) players registering double figures.  The biological splash brothers of Andre and Troy Louison led the scoring with 22pts and 14pts respectively for Courts Jets.

Larry Shepherd led the scoring for Canaries with 18pts and 10rebs.  He shot 9/18FG for a 50% shooting percentage from the field but proved to be too little for Canaries.

Tournament continues this Tuesday April 14th in both Division 1 and Premiere League.

At 7pm in Gros Islet, Maranatha Eagles faces Lions and in Micoud, the visiting Morne Gladiators plays home team Micoud Huslterz also at 7pm.

Team Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia’s latest titanic encounter at the Caribbean Netball Association’s Jean Pierre Under-16 tournament was just about as tight as you can get.

It a bit of a grudge match, Saint Lucia having lost to SVG last year, and having lost again at the Windward Islands School Games. But even without that recent history, matches between teams from these neighbouring islands, in any sport, are always hard-fought.

Saint Lucia had played unbeaten at home over the course of the first two days. SVG had won its opener, but lost on Monday morning to another sub-regional rival, Grenada, whom Saint Lucia had beaten on Sunday.

The crowd was out in full force and in full voice at the Vigie sports complex on Monday night. They cheered lustily as Saint Lucia’s Kamala Mangal scored the opening goal.

Team SVG.

But Kamala’s output was matched shot for shot by the Vincentians. At the end of the first period, scores were locked at 6-6. At halftime, they were 11-11. With three quarters gone, it was 16-16.

The crowd were on the edge of their seats as the seconds ticked down, the scoreboard showing 22-22. But with a tick remaining on the clock, Team SVG hit a buzzer beater to silence and deflate the home supporters.

It was Saint Lucia’s first loss, but the tournament remains evenly poised. Only Barbados, who trounced Grenada 21-12, remain undefeated. Saint Lucia get to challenge that record on Tuesday night.

GIS - The Ministry of Youth Development and Sports has indicated its intention to refurbish the island’s multi-purpose courts—after having recently concluded the upgrading of community playing fields and general sporting infrastructure in targeted communities, island wide.

Just prior to the 2015 Jean Pierre Caribbean Netball Association’s under-16 Netball Tournament, the playing court at the Vigie Multi-Purpose Complex was resurfaced in time for the opening of the championships.

“The courts have been refurbished. We have an excellent surface here on which to play netball and I am sure that all the teams participating in the competition will be happier for it,” Minister for Youth Development and Sports, Hon. Shawn Edward said.

“We have resurfaced playing fields, we have installed lights, and only last week, we commenced a new program in collaboration with the National Lotteries Association to construct community pavilions,” he added.

The Minister said that the government has made it a point, this term, to pay particular attention to upgrading and uplifting the sporting infrastructure in the country.

PRESS RELEASE - The Gros Islet Football League Promotional Competition continues on Sunday 19th April at the Corinth Playing Field with two games.

The 1st game will feature Dominators vs Young Bay Strikers at 2.00 p.m. and the 2nd game will feature GMC vs Super J Northern United at 4.00 p.m.

PRESS RELEASE - The Saint Lucia Football Association (SLFA) and Visions Michel’s Electrical Football tournament begins this weekend. Below is the full schedule of games to be played:

DENNERY-CENTRAL CASTRIES

ROSEAU VALLEY-MARCHAND

GROS ISLET-MICOUD

DESRUISSEAUX-BABONNEAU

MABOUYA VALLEY-VIEUX FORT NORTH

CHOISEUL-SOUTH CASTRIES

MON REPOS-ANSE LA RAYE

LABORIE- LA CLERY

SOUFRIERE-CANARIES

PRESS RELEASE - Here are the scores for the Quarter Finals games played on April 11th 2015

April 11, 2015-FLOW went up against LUCELEC.

Both teams scored 2 goals; Troy Prospere and Anthony Christopher scored 1 goal each for FLOW.

Christopher St. Marthe and Lucius Prospere scored a goal each for LUCELEC. FLOW emerged as the winners. Winning 1-0 on penalties.

April 11, 2015-Peter & Company took on Scotia Bank.

Peter & Company emerged as the winners 4-0. Rohan Callender and Nilan William scored 1 goal each, Jerry Gaston scored 2 goals.

April 11, 2015- Saint Lucia Distillers faced Bank of St. Lucia.

Saint Lucia Distillers defeated Bank of St. Lucia 6-1.Kevin Antoine, Nicky Henry and Cornelius Edmundseach scored 1 goal;Jamal Antoine scored 3 goals for Distillers.

JerardSatney scored 1 goal for Bank of St. Lucia.

April 11, 2015- LIME defeated Ministry of Education. B

oth teams scored 4 goals; Christopher St. Catherine scored 1 goal and Myron Joseph scored 3 goals for LIME. Kenwin McPhee and Anthony James scored 2 goals each for Ministry of Education. LIME defeated Ministry of Education 7-6 on penalties.

Semi Finals Matches take place on Friday 17th April from 6:30pm at the Beausejour Indoor Facility.

FLOW vs Peter & Company              6:30PM

LIME vs Saint Lucia Distillers          7:25PM

Sponsors of this tournament are Guinness, Seven Seas, Climax, Paradise Water and Kotex who jointly sponsor the tournament.

PRESS RELEASE - The games continued in the KFC National Men’s Basketball League last evening with games in both Micoud and Gros Islet.

In Division 1 action on the Gros Islet Multipurpose Court, Lions defeated Maranatha Eagles 71 – 62 behind a career high performance of 24pts and 7rebs by KFC Player of the Game Fabian Florton to lead his team to victory.

Dudley Joseph registered a double-double of 10pts and 13rebs aiding Lions with the win.  Ryan Headleycontributed 14pts and 5rebs for the losing Maranatha Eagles.

In Micoud, it was a premier league clash between Morne Gladiators and home team MicoudHustlerz both seeing their first action in this year’s competition.  Morne Gladiators got the win in a hostile environment 56 – 47.

Tournament continues this Thursday April 16th in both Division 1 and Premiere League.

At 7pm in Soufriere, VBCC Warlords travel to face home team Soufriere and Sandals High Risers squares up against Combined Schools in Gros Islet also at 7pm.

Donnelly John, St. Lucia (Chief Communications Officer).

PRESS RELEASE - In December 2014 the leaders of the Caribbean islands in the sectors of Tech, eSports & Gaming came together to form a body to govern and direct the very popular and quickly growing industry of eSports within the Caribbean.

The aim of this entity called CEA would be to unify all of the Caribbean islands participating in eSports working towards growth and becoming a recognized international body.

The CEA includes islands which both have a strong eSports presence and those which are still developing or have potential to develop strategically.

It is part of our mandate to find out more about each islands gaming scenes and to share information about the industry with each other to engender growth within these islands.

On the 17th of December 2014 the islands nominated an interim board of founding members as follows:

-Valdez Franklin, St. Lucia (President)

-Riyadh Bakshi, Trinidad (Vice President)

-Donnelly John, St. Lucia (Chief Communications Officer)

-Erskin Hansen, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (Chief Media Officer)

-Andrew Johnson, Jamaica – (Executive Secretary)

-Omar Squires, Barbados (Finance Controller)

-Rolando Brison, St. Maarten (Permanent Secretary)

In 2015 the CEA hopes to create the exposure and structures needed for Caribbean to become a highly visible and active eSports Commonwealth.

The immediate and long term economic rewards of combining efforts via the CEA will provide exponential benefits for each member state.

Boosting tourism activity between all of the islands, exposing corporate entities to aspiring and professional players who are looking to make a commitment to the industry in the areas of competitiveness and it’s organization a well.

There are a total of 17 Islands who are currently recognized members of the CEA each island having 2 representatives who sit on the general council.

The CEA recognizes the following 6 major regional tournaments for the YEAR of 2015 in chronological order:

DPGL (Dominican Republic) – April

VXG (St. Maarten) – July

AnimeKon/Final Stand (Barbados) – August

SauceKon (St. Lucia) – August

Giga-Games (Guadeloupe) – October

VS TNT (Trinidad & Tobago) – December

It is safe to say that the gaming community of the Caribbean will never be quite the same. With the boost in confidence provided by the Caribbean eSports Alliance we think the world will begin to open its eyes to the dawn of a new giant in the arena of the professional gaming.

email us at caribbeanesports@gmail.com

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On the penultimate night of the Caribbean Netball Association’s Jean Pierre Under-16 tournament, only Barbados would would have been entirely confident of their position, leading the tournament with a perfect 20 points from four games played.

They consolidated that position and sealed the 2015 title on Wednesday night at the Vigie Sports Complex, beating Trinidad and Tobago 25-11. TTO  is left on eight points, two ahead of last-place Bermuda, with Barbados on an unassailable 25.

Home team Saint Lucia, with two wins and two losses, came into Wednesday night’s fixture against Windward Islands rivals Grenada in fourth place. Grenada, with two wins, a draw and two losses, were three points ahead of Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia’s lasses enjoyed the highest shooting accuracy going into the night before the last, hitting on 74.40% of their shots on goal, followed by Grenada at 69.44%, Dominica 66.12%, St Vincent and the Grenadines 65.43% and Trinidad and Tobago 64.50%.

With Bermuda taking the night off, and Barbados trouncing Trinidad and Tobago, the final two games of the evening were between the four Windward Islands territories, the last games between them in what could be considered a mini-league.

Dominica, who have been playing exceptionally spirited netball, virtually trying to run their opponents off the court, got a 25-20 win over SVG, with Celena Langalais missing just one of her 20 shots on goal. They move up to 15 points, with SVG on 17.

Saint Lucia and Grenada, though, was always going to be a nail-biter. Grenada led by one after the first quarter, and at halftime it was all knotted up at 11. But Grenada began to pull away in the third, and eventually led Saint Lucia 25-20.

With the minutes ticking away, and the home crowd behind them, Saint Lucia mounted a furious comeback, narrowing the deficit to just one point, with seconds remaining and memories of the one-point loss to SVG fresh in their minds.

Saint Lucia pressed for the equaliser in the dying seconds, only for Grenada to force the turnover and score an insurance goal at the buzzer, winning 26-24 to end the championship with 20 points, going past SVG into second place in the standings.

Kamala Mangal, Saint Lucia’s goal shoot, converted 13 of her 18 attempts.

Saint Lucia, earned a solitary point from the loss and are now in fifth place with 13 points going into the final night of the competition. Tonight, they play Trinidad and Tobago, with a chance to move as high as third with a win, but possibly as low as sixth with a loss.

Dominica, depending on the outcome of their game against Bermuda, could be between joint second and fifth. Barbados’ only remaining interest will be to finish the competition unbeaten, and they will face St Vincent and the Grenadines.

PRESS RELEASE - 2015 did see the introduction of the Women’s component to the revived Windward Island Football Association (WIFA) Championship as promised by the Presidents when they met earlier in the year in SVG; and it was indeed a successful and entertaining one.

The Championship held from April 05th to 12th and played at the Victoria Park; saw host nation St. Vincent and the Grenadines emerging as champions.

After the opening ceremony on Tuesday 07th, St. Lucia and Grenada got things started and the game ended in a two (2) all draw with Ellaisa Marquis of St. Lucia scoring a brace and Sherrice Hood and Ariba Collins with one goal each from Grenada.

Game two (2) of day one saw SVG or “Lady Heat” defeating Dominica by one goal to nil. Overseas based player Arima Franklyn, or Kandis as she is known scored the only goal of the night.

On Thursday 09th, Dominica and Grenada played to a one all draw, with goals by Roniesha Frank of Grenada and Alijah Titre of Dominica scoring. In the second encounter of the night, SVG just needed a victory to secure the title but were held to a two all draw by Grenada, leaving everything to play for on the final day between all of the four Windward Islands teams.

Dominica took St. Lucia to the gallows on the final day of games as they thrashed them by five (5) goals to nil. Michlyn Morgan, Muryah Esprit, Kayshanda Alexander, Britney Stoute and Alijah Titre all scored for Dominica.

No matter the outcome in the final game of the Championship, Dominica cupped the second position. Lady Heat sealed the deal against Grenada with a one nil win over neighboring island. The goal was scored by substitute Darie-Ann “Sugars” Duncan in the 75th minute of play after what was described as an entertaining and competitive game as both teams fought hard for victory.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines got most of the awards with Best Goal Keeper being Annesta Richards; Best Defender and MVP of the tournament Akiria Samuel and the Most Disciplined Team. EllaisaMarquis was awarded the Best Midfielder of the Championship and was also joint top scorer with Alijah Titre of Dominica.

The Windward Islands Football Association Women’s Committee chairperson Ms. Yoland London is pleased that the championship fulfilled its objective, and expressed gratitude to her colleagues from the other participating Islands as well as her local colleagues. The tournament was made possible by FLOW.

The tournament moves to Dominica in 2016.

Digicel’s Fiona Smith with participants and sponsors of the Eastern Tennis Chapionship.

PRESS RELEASE - Digicel, in keeping with its mantra to youth and sportsdevelopment in St Lucia, partnered with the St.Lucia National Tennis Centrein successfully hosting  the Fourth  Annual Eastern Caribbean Tennis Tournament held at the National Tennis Court in Beausejour from April 4th –April 11th2015.

We continue to see the sport of tennis growing rapidly in St. Lucia, with an increasing interest from young persons in the various communities.

Tennis does not only encourage athletes to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but by its nature engenders an increase in discipline, initiative, self-motivation and goal-setting.

These qualities in turn foster a process of continual self-improvement that serves our developing youth, in all areas of their lives including social interaction and academics.

The championships featured teams from the region,including Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados and Anguilla to name a few.

The tournament contained the junior category of both boys and girls 10 and under, 12 and under, 14 and under and 18 and under along with the Adult categories of men open and women singles, men and women doubles and men and women mixed doubles.

After a long week of tennis matches the championship climaxed with a prize giving ceremony which highlighted the outstanding players during the tournament.

“Digicel prides itself on associating its brand with the extraordinary in our St. Lucian people.  Digicel continues to be an advocate for youth development not only through education but also in the area of sports.  Going way back to the support of Stacey Roheman who is performing exceptionally well in the sport of tennis to Darren Sammy and Johnson Charles in the sport of cricket and the newly acquired Sharks Swim Team, demonstrates Digicel’ s commitment to youth and sports development in St Lucia.  Providing an opportunity for the young persons to gain experience in a competitive atmosphere is always a step in the right direction for further development” Commented Fiona Smith Marketing and Communications Executive

Digicel congratulates all winners and participants of the 2015 Eastern Caribbean Tennis Tournament and commends the members of the St.Lucia National Tennis Centre and Association on a well-executed championship.

PRESS RELEASE - The Babonneau Constituency Council in collaboration with the Babonneau Youth And Sports Council,  extends congratulations to the following young men from the Babonneau community, as we salute them on their recent sporting achievements:

1. Mr. Denzel St. Marthe, for winning a bronze medal, and setting a new personal best in the Javelin Event, with a  throw of 64.38m, at the recent Carifta Games held in St. Kitts, on the Easter Weekend.

2. Mr. Ace Louis, for also winning  a bronze medal in the high jump  at that same games. He too improved on his personal best jump when he cleared a height of 2.11m.

3. Mr. Kimani Melius, for successfully captaining St. Lucia to it’s second consecutive title in the 2015 Windward Islands under 15 cricket competition which ended in St. Lucia last Wednesday. He was also the leading batsman in the tournament with 233 runs. This performance earned him a spot on to the Windward Islands Youth Team for the second year running.

4. Mr. Albert Reynolds, for hurling the Javelin a distance of 72.99m at a recent competition in Martinique. This mark which is now a new national record, erased the previous record which was also held by Albert.

We would also like to recognize, congratulate and extend best wishes to  two daughters of the Babonneau soil, on their selection to the Natural Under 16 Netball Team, currently participating in the 15th Jean Pierre Under- 16 Netball Championship in St. Lucia. They are Jermiah Evariste and Bianca Alfred.

Ms. Alfred was also chosen as the captain of the team. We wish them well in this ongoing tournament, and hope that they will perform outstandingly to help St. Lucia win this championship.

The people of Babonneau are extremely proud of those young people, and we extend best wishes to all of them and to the many other aspiring sports men and and women from the Babonneau Community, reminding them that they should never give up,  but rather keep aiming high for the sky is the limit.

PRESS RELEASE - The 16th annual Rodney Heights Aquatic Centre Invitational Swim Meet was concluded over the weekend.

Over 300 swimmers representing nearly 20 clubs from Saint Lucia, Barbados, Antigua-Barbuda, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the USA and Grenada converged at the Grios Islet facility for four days of intense competition, from Thursday to Sunday.

The meet, coming days after the CARIFTA Swimming Championships, included a number of champions from the Barbados meet. It also included Katie Kyle from Sharks and the quartet of 11-12 swimmers from Sea Jays who collected seven medals for Saint Lucia at the regional championships.

Kyle won the 11-12 girls division with 68 points, just beating out teammate Maya Hilaire, three points back. Mikaili Charlemage of Lightning Aquatics, Gabriella Gittens from Antigua-Barbuda’s Wadadli Aquatics and Shalini Joseph repping the Sports Academy tied for third in what was probably the most competitive category.

Running away with the 11-12 boys was CARIFTA champion Nkosi Dunwoody, who compiled 90 points. Nkosi, a member of Alpha Sharks in Barbados, captured seven gold medals at CARIFTA Swimming.

Trailing Dunwoody were multiple CARIFT medallist Terell Monplaisir of Sea Jays, Jordon McMillan of TTO’s Blue Dolphins, Ethan Dyke-Elliott of Sea Jays, Alex Joachim of SVG’s Black Sands, and Jamar Archibald of Sea Jays.

The Sea Jays boys, including Jayhan Odlum-Smith, were victorious in the 9-12 200m medley relay as well as the 200m freestyle relay, finishing ahead of Marlins out of TTO on both occasions.

Other top scorers included Nikolas Sylvester of Black Sands in the 13-14 boys, Nkosi’s little sister, Aza, in the 9-10 girls, and Antoine Destang of Sharks in the six-and-under boys, all of whom garnered 90 points.

Overall, Sharks emerged victorious with 888 points, collecting 37 gold medals, 21 silver and 22 bronze. The trophy stays in Saint Lucia after defending champions Grenfin Swim Club out of Grenada got 692 points, and Lightning Aquatics were third with 631.

Here is a roundup of all community football events happening across the island:

Mon Repos

The Senior Club Football Competition continued on Wednesday at the Wenn Playing Field between Praslin Bay United and Patience Youth Organization.

The game finished 2-1 in favor of Praslin thanks to goals from Evanus Emmanuel in the 20th minute and Lee Charles in the 26th minute. The consolation goal for PYO came from Leslie James in the 75th minute.

Dennery

The Plante’s Place Senior Football Competition continued on Wednesday at the Dennery Playing Field with On The Rock Strikers defeating DCYO 3-0 after a goalless first half.

Goal ccorers for On The Rock Strikers were Jonathan Camille with two goals, taking his tally to four in two matches, while Natanus Annibaffa scored the third in the 90th minute.

The completion will continue on Sunday April 19, 2015 with D C Y O taking on HILLTOP BALLERS from 4:30 pm.

Castries

NYAH recorded a stunning come from behind victory over Police in the Registration Tournament on Wednesday. Police looked on course to take maximum points when Myron Alfred scored a brace with goals in the 19th and 54th minutes.

It was not until the 78th minute that NYAH’s persistence got them back in the game, Andel Christopher giving his team a sliver of hope. On the stroke of fulltime, the scores we levelled, courtesy of a goal by Phillip Ismael, and in a moment of sheer drama, Andel Christopher netted the stoppage-time winner for NYAH.

With that win NYAH moved to joint top of the table on six points with Flow Lancers FC.

Action resumes on Saturday 18th April when Police will attempt to hand Flow Lancers FC their first defeat of the tournament.

On Sunday there will be double header; the first match will feature FC Pioneers versus Sunrisers with both teams looking for their first victory. This will be followed by Valley Soccer versus NYAH. All matches take place at the SAB Playing facility.

Marchand

The Philip J Pierre Competition saw Bagatelle meeting Hill Top in Match 35 on Wednesday. The second half in particular was incident-packed, as first Kelvin Antoine, then Janiel Cherubin, then Cherubin again were shown yellow cards.

Cherubin’s second yellow saw Hill Top reduced to 10 men in the 76th minute, whereupon Bagatelle captain Perseus Narcisse beat the keeper from inside the 18-yard box to win the game. Bagatelle clawed past Hill Top to occupy seventh spot in Group A.

Gros Islet

The Football League Promotional Competition continues on Sunday 12th April at the Corinth Playing Field with two games.

The 1st game will feature Super J Northern United vs Monchy at 2.00 p.m. and the 2nd game will feature GMC vs Dominators at 4.00 p.m. All Teams are reminded to be at the Playing Field 1 hour before the games.

PRESS RELEASE - The superfast LIME 4G Boys are proving to be a tough team to beat in the Inter-Commercial Futsal Competition after defeating one of the top teams in the tournament, The Ministry of Education, in a nail-biting encounter on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Beausejour Indoor Facility.

One of the largest crowds to date turned out for the match, with supporters of both sides rooting for their respective teams. At the forty minute mark, the teams were tied at 3-3.

They battled on into overtime, with players on both teams displaying some deft football skills and the crowd going wild as the game went down to the wire.

By the end of the 10 minutes of overtime, LIME and Ministry of Education were still neck-and-neck, now at 4-4 and were forced to settle for a penalty shootout.

At the end of it the 4G Boys emerged victorious with 1 penalty ahead of their challengers, 4-3.

Through it all, the Ministry of Education team put on a great performance but there was no mistaking the tenacity and power of the 4G Boys who held their own and ultimately sealed their victory with some excellent team work.

This is their third successive win in the tournament. In previous games they defeated Lazy Lagoon 4-3 and 1st National Bank also 4-3. Needless to say the 4G Boys came in for high praise from their supporters, especially their colleagues at LIME.

“On behalf of LIME, I wish to congratulate the 4G Boys on their fantastic victory,” said LIME CEO, Geraldine Pitt. “This was a confidence-boosting experience for our boys and the result of their skill, teamwork and determination, which is a reflection of our culture at LIME. The team has been playing exceptionally well and we remain proud of their performance. We say a big thank you to each player as they continue to give their all to represent every one of us at LIME,” Ms Pitt added.

She also commended Chamber of Commerce for this initiative and the other teams for their efforts and for the “incredible camaraderie” amongst the players.

The 4G Boys’ next game against St. Lucia Distillers on Friday, April 17, 2015, will determine their place in the finals and is one of the tournament’s most anticipated matches.