Caribbean Times 55th Issue - Wednesday 20th July 2016

Wednesday 20th July 2016 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 17
CSA opens ORC office in Antigua
The Caribbean Sailing Association
(CSA) and the Offshore Racing Congress
(ORC) are pleased to announce
that the CSA has opened a new ORC
Rating Office in Antigua to serve sailors
in the Caribbean region. Starting
September 1st, 2016, CSA will be authorized
to accept measurement data
and issue ORC Club and ORC International
certificates.
The CSA and ORC have been in
discussion for several years and the
opening of this office in Antigua marks
the beginning of what is hoped to be a
beneficial collaboration for both organizations.
CSA Senior Measurer Bastien
Pouthier has been nominated to the role
By Vanroy Burnes
Trinidad & Tobago have
captured the West Indies
Cricket Board Regional
Women’s Cricket tournament
by a mere one point.
The tournament which
was played in Guyana was
hard as rain forced most
of the matches to be postponed.
Trinidad & Tobago,
Guyana, Barbados and Jamaica
were all fortunate to
have won one match, while
the Windward Islands and
the Leeward Islands were
not so fortunate.
Trinidad & Tobago ended
on 12 points, while Guyana,
Barbados and Jamaica
all ended on 11 points each
in second, third and fourth
places respectively.
of ORC National Rating Officer. The
CSA will continue to measure boats
and issue CSA certificates throughout
the Caribbean region for the foreseeable
future, in addition to issuing ORC
certificates.
“Partnering with ORC will give us
some new and effective tools to help
make CSA more efficient at delivering
accurate ratings and certificates to our
constituents,” said Kathy Lammers,
The Windward Islands
ended on 10 points, while
the Leeward Islands ended
on 8 points.
The Leeward Islands
By Vanroy Burnes
The All Saints Community Football
league reaches its quarter final stages and
in the match schedule for Tuesday, Ovals
was due to come up against Pares at 7:00
p.m.
On Wednesday 20 th July, Yorkshire
will come up against Young Warriors at
5:45 p.m. to be followed by Liberta versus
Swetes at 7:00 pm, then on Thursday
21 st July Fundamentals versus Bendals at
6.00pm all matches at Mock Pond in All
Saints.
had four of their matches
rained out, while Windward
Islands had five of theirs
rained out.
However, in spite of the
President of CSA.
“This will be implemented in a manner
that preserves the existing strong
relationships we have with our events
and customers in the region, with the
added resource base ORC has of some
90,000 measurement data records collected
over the past 30 years.”
Of the relationship with CSA, ORC
Chairman Bruno Finzi said: “We are
extremely pleased to work closely in
cooperation with CSA, and welcome
them to our family of 42 other rating
offices around the world. CSA has a
long and admired history in servicing
the needs of their community, and we
are very happy to help them continue
with this valuable service.”
Trinidad & Tobago win West Indies
Women Regional Cricket Tournament
rain history was made when
for the first time in the regional
Women’s tournament
all six territories participated.
All Saints Community Football
League reaches Quarter Finals
The semi-finals will be played on Friday
22 nd July with the winners of Ovals
versus Pares against the winner Yorkshire
versus Young Warriors at 5.45pm to be
followed by the winners of Liberta versus
Swetes coming up against the winner of
Fundamentals versus Bendals.
The competition will climax on Sunday
24 th July with the third & fourth team
playoff at 5:45 p.m. to be followed by the
championship match at 7:00 p.m. to be
followed by the presentation awards ceremony.