Basseterre, St. Kitts - A fair sized crowd gathered throughout the day as the Nevis Electricity Company NEVLEC hosted a series of sporting events at the Ramsbury playing field—the unofficial Meritzer Williams Park, on Saturday 4th September. This as a part of their 10th anniversary celebrations.
CRICKET was the first game of choice and even though some of the registered teams were a ‘no show’, the games proceeded with much excitement.
In game one NEVLEC engaged their Kittitian counterparts of the St.Kitts Electricity Company. NEVLEC won the toss and batted, scoring a huge 135 for 5 from 10 overs. Livingstone Powell top scored with 24 and guest player Patrick Newton scored 20. For the St.Kitts team-- Dwyer, Williams, Hazel and Henry all got 1 wicket each.
The St.Kitts Electricity team challenged the total really well and Nigel Henry electrified the crowd with his top score of 46 but in the end they fell short by 32 runs, as they succumbed on exactly 100 for 3 from their 10 overs,. For NEVLEC, Curtis Morton Jr got 1 for 20 and Adele Dore 1 for 24.
NEVLEC won by 32 runs.
In game two, the St.Kitts Electricity Company defaulted to the Alexandra Hospital team.
It then came down to the grand finale with NEVLEC coming up against Alexandra. NEVLEC won the toss and batted scoring 81 for 9 from their 10 overs. T. Henry top scored with 30. For Alexandra, Earl David got 2 for 16; D. Simmonds 4 for 16 and Ward, 2 for 14. Cressy Phillip stunned the crowd with an amazing catch during the innings.
Alexandra in response batted their way to 72 for 7 from their 10 overs. B. Dyer top scored with 14. For NEVLEC, Curtis Morton Jr got 1 for 15; C.Powell 1 for 14; Patrick Newton 1 for 14 and Sterling Heyliger 1 for 1.
NEVLEC won by 9 runs and lifted the championship trophy. Alexandra also received a trophy for their second place.
The DOMINO segment created even more excitement. The following teams participated:
Zone 1: NEVLEC, Kirthly Morton’s team, St.Kitts Electricity two and LIME.
Zone two: St.Kitts Electricity one, Social Security; De Rock and St.Kitts Electricity three
Preliminary game results—best of three:
NEVLEC 2 St. Kitts Electricity one 0
LIME 2 St.Kitts Electricity two 0
Kirthly Morton's team 2 Social Security 0
St.Kitts Electricity three 2 DE Rock 0
Semi finals—best of three:
LIME 2 St.Kitts Electricity 0
NEVLEC 2 Kirthly Morton’s team 0
FINALS—best of five
LIME won games one and two; NEVELC won game three and LIME phoned back to convincingly win the last two games
Overall score: LIME 3 NEVLEC 1
The LIME team was represented by Leroy ‘Heads’ Davis; Lester Liburd and Clyde Nisbett.
The NEVLEC team was represented by ‘Bargo’ Parry capt; Rafford Smith and ‘Joe-Joe’ Parris.
An obviously elated Lester Liburd as he held the trophy aloft in a post match interview exclaimed: “Straightforward results: Phone over electricity-always”!
The NEVLEC team also received a trophy.
The Football matches went into the early evening under lights.
Rules: Five person per team and five minutes per half.
Teams represented were: Cable Communications; NEVLEC, St.Kitts Electricity and Non Nationals.
Cable Communications and St.Kitts Electricity were tied at nil-all at fulltime. The score line remained the same after extra time of two minutes per half. In the penalty kickoffs, the two teams thrilled the crowd even further by tying the score—3-all!
In the sudden death match up, St.Kitts Electricity came away the winner with a 1 goal to nil score line.
In the second game, Non Nationals won in a hard fought encounter over NEVLEC, 1 goal to nil
It came down to the grand finale between Non Nationals and St.Kitts Electricity.
The scores were tied nil-all at the end of full time. At the end of extra time the scores were still tied at 1-all.
In the sudden death situation, the St.Kitts Electricity Company came away the victors with a 1 goal to nil score line.
Both teams in the finals, received trophies.
Due to time constraints, the athletic events planned were curtailed. However, there were relays for males and females.
For the females, the placings were as follows:
1st-NECLEC
2nd Alexandra
3rd St.Kitts Electricity
For the males:
1st St.Kitts Electricity
2nd Non Nationals
3rd NEVLEC
Overall winner—St.Kitts Electricity---Runners up—NEVLEC
Both teams received trophies.
The organizing committee for the fund day would like to thank the general public for their tremendous support.
CRICKET
Game 1 in the St Paul’s Twenty /20 Finals:
The best of 3 games between the YGCC and Ghaut United.
On Sunday the Fifth day of Sept Two Thousand and Ten
At the St Paul’s Cricket Complex
Ghaut United won the toss and asked YGCC bat, made 170 for 3 off 20 Over’s
Amar Gossai 00Rishi Bhoojraj 73, Raju Rampersaud 18, The Captain Bernard Island 54 Not Out, Anthony Partap 1 Not Out
Murray, Mangru, John Simmons, Nandlall, Harridat and Parbhu Did Not Bat
Ghaut United Bowling
Jakiel Leader 1 for39 off 3 over’s ,K Freeman 14 off 4 over’s , Josh Leader 25 off 4 over’s, Quame Challanger 16 off 2 over’s, E Francis 1 for 30 off 3 over’s, Greg( Tempo) Stanley 26 off 2 over’s and the Captain A Caines 1 for 14 off 2 Over’s.
Ghaut Unites Innings (target 171 off 20 over) but only made 116 for 9 in their 20 Over
A Caines19, Josh Leader 23, Greg Stanley 18, K Freman 01, T Clarke 31 Not Out with J Francis 3 Not Out,V Fravcis,J Leader,Q Challanger and E Francis did not help with the score.
YGCC’s bowling:
Robert Murray 20 off 4 over’s , Anthony Partap 1off 13 off 1 overPradeep Harridat 1 for 18 off 4 Overs, Andrew Simmons 3 for 18 off 3 over’s, Michael Mangra 3 for 9 off 3 over, Hemant Parbhu 1 for 18 off 3 over’s, Amar Gossai 1 for 8 off 1 over and Rishi Bhoojraj 9 off 1 over
*Umpires were James Ward & Challanger
*Game starts at 3:03 and finished at 6:00
*Scorer were Mr. Kevron, Yazin Leader and Ganesh Algu
* Result: YGCC won by 54 runs and take the lead 1-0in the Finals
-Sagicor West Indies HPC players confident ahead of Canada trip
Windiescricket.com
Bridgetown, Barbados: The members of the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre leave today for their upcoming tour of Canada where they will play in the Cricket Canada Summer Festival. The 14 players will depart from Barbados and will be in Canada for a week where they will play a tri-nation series against the host nation and Bermuda -- two of the leading ICC Associate Members.
Captain Shamarh Brooks said the team was fully prepared for the trip and the aim is to showcase what they have been working on during the last three months. The players have been at the Sagicor West Indies HPC which is based at the 3Ws Oval at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies under Head Coach Toby Radford.
Brooks said: “It was an intense three months and we worked really, really hard but the players did really well and we enjoyed it. It was the first time some of the players were exposed to such level of coaching and we put in a lot of work in those three months. It was a disciplined and a different approach to what we are accustomed to and it was wonderful to see the players working hard and the change of mindset was for the better."
On the tour he added: “For us we would like to win (the Tournament), but it is not a case of winning and losing. What we are looking to see is where we are at as players. We will be looking to implement what we have gathered in the three months, the new approaches, the new techniques and looking to maximize this opportunity and get better at what we do.”
All matches will be played at the Malton Sports and Cricket Club in Mississauga, Ontario. The has been one change to the Sagicor West Indies HPC squad with off-spinning allrounder Ashley Nurse replacing left-hander Devon Smith, who was withdrawn from the squad.
SQUAD: Shamarh Brooks (Captain), Brandon Bess, Nkrumah Bonner, Rajendra Chandrika, Kyle Corbin, Kerron Cottoy, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder, Delorn Johnson, Ashley Nurse, Veerasammy Permaul, Kieran Powell, Devon Thomas
Tour schedule (all matches will be played at Malton)
Wednesday, September 8: vs Bermuda (50 overs)
Thursday, September 9: vs Canada (50 overs)
Saturday, September 11: vs Bermuda (T20)
Sunday, September 12: vs Canada (T20)
Tuesday, September 14: vs Bermuda (50 overs)
Wednesday, September 15: vs Canada (50 overs)
FOOTBALL
Youths Rule at Green Valley League Opening
(Submitted by Allistair Edwards)
The Green Valley League started on Sunday September 5th with a huge upset when the Cayon Football Academy came from behind to defeat Little Loxs of Lower Cayon 2-1.
The match was the opening encounter in a league organized by the Cayon Football club as one of the several efforts aimed at rebuilding the club into championship material.
The Cayon Football Academy comprised mainly of youth at the U 17 and U 15 levels and the preview had the experienced league contenders little Loxs and winning easily and handsomely. Things seemed to be going the way of the predictions as Little Loxs turned on the early pressure and opened the scoring midway through the second half. However the tables turned when Vince Henry broke free on the left side and equalized and then 7 minutes from the end Henry netted the winner despite cries of offside on a non interfering player.
In the marquee match Spooners were made to work hard for their 5-2 victory over Molineux. Spooners was gifted an own goal to open the scoring but Molineux had two quick strikes to lead 2-1 at he half. Spooners introduced Errol Olouglin who literally took over the game and set up three of the four goals that were scored before the end. Kurt Morton grabbed a hat trick and crowd favourite Omali Deshawn “Struggle" O’loughlin scored a superb half volley to send the crowd into a frenzy.
Both games were played for 70 minutes and the St. Mary Park did not receive the lights that they were promised.
Matches will continue on weekend with double header on both days. The anticipated highlight of the upcoming weekend is the Green Valley Pub team coming up against a team called Sunday Morning Blues
About the League
The Green Valley League is being hosted by the Cayon football Club as one of its activities aimed at bring back glory days of football for the Club
Eight teams so far have confirmed participation Cayon Football Academy, Spooners, Little Loxs, Water Works, Green Valley Pub, Sunday Morning Blues, Mantab and Molinuex. Two others in bulldogs and Radicals are trying to beat the late registration deadline.
There has been no major sponsor to date although Green Valley Pub and Strictlysportsinc.com have committed some funds.
The next two upcoming games on Saturday 11 are as follows Water Works versus Mantab and Sunday Morning Blues versus the boys from the Green Valley Pub.
