BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, January 14, 2019 (PLP PR Media Inc.) -- When the 24th edition of Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris Domino League opens later this year, prospects are high that an all-female team will be taking part.
Since the league started in 1996, a number of women have featured as players on teams heavily dominated by men. A highly respected woman, Deputy Speaker Senator the Hon Akilah Byron-Nisbett, on Saturday January 12 threw down a challenge for women to form a team and take part in the 2019 edition of the tournament.
The Hon Byron-Nisbett threw down the challenge at the prize giving ceremony of the 2018 Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris Domino League tournament at the Edgar Gilbert Sporting Complex pavilion in Molineux where she chaired the evening’s proceeding.
The league, which is the longest running domino league in the country is sponsored by Prime Minister and Area Parliamentary Representative for Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, who quickly endorsed the idea of having an all-female team in this year’s competition. Fourteen male dominated teams took part in last year’s tournament, but one dropped out after five matches at the first round stage.
“Twenty-three years is indeed a very long time, and to have one lead sponsor for 23 years is very commendable,” said the Hon Byron-Nisbett in recognition of the league’s sponsor, Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, who is also the National Political Leader of the Peoples Labour Party (PLP), one of three political parties in the ruling Team Unity Administration.
“As I look around the room I am not seeing too many females,” said the Hon Byron Nisbett, who is also the Deputy National Political Leader of the Peoples Labour Party and Team Unity’s Caretaker for Constituency Number Three (West Basseterre). “I am thinking for the 24th edition we probably will have an all-female team and I am sure that the all-female team will win the competition as well.”
Dr Harris told the large and enthusiastic audience at the prize giving ceremony that if what is reached at the prize giving ceremony is determined by the organisers of the league in terms of innovation, and in terms of new ideas coming forward, “we are going to have a women’s team participating in the competition.”
The Honourable Prime Minister said that the matter would be left for the organisers to make an early decision. He saluted all the women who were at the prize giving ceremony either as participants or giving support to participants. He also saluted women who played in the league during its early years, namely Vera Samuel, Shirley Nicco, and Lucile West.
Of the current crop of women players, he saluted Glenda Romney of the new champions Parsons Domino Club, Dianne Byron-Monzac of Giants and who also acted as a scorer, Octavia Huggins of Sylvers, Patricia Westcott¬-Johnson of Guinness, Valencia Alexander of Beers, and scorer Hope Bradley.
In conclusion Prime Minister and league sponsor, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, noted he knew there will even be more excitement in 2019 because women power will be there, whether they will come back as part of the existing teams or in a team of their own. He said he was looking forward to welcoming them as they will add “what they will add to the competitiveness of the league, and of course to the keenness of the competition.”
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