Caribbean Times 68th Issue - Wednesday 4th January 2016

Wednesday 4th January 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 15
Wadadli Wildcats welcome
the Brandon Bobcats
By Carlena Knight
The Wadadli Wildcats
welcomed the Brandon University
Bobcats from Canada.
This being the first time
the Bobcats visited the country
the female national team
held a social at the Trade
Winds hotel last Wednesday
in which, Minister of
Sports and Parliamentary
Secretary in the Ministry of
Sports, the Honourable E. P.
Greene and Senator Collin
James gave welcoming remarks.
Twenty-four hours later
the first of two match ups
between the teams kicked
off in which the Bobcats
had the better of the Wildcats,
71-48.
Lauren Anderson had
12 points while for team
Wadadli, Amanda Edwards
By Marver Woodley
Antiguan Cricketer Orlando Peters has
been named in the four new men to join the
Leeward Islands Hurricanes ahead of their
West Indies Cricket Board Super 50 competition
slated for later this month.
Peters received the contract alongside
leading batsman Marlon Samuels, neighboring
island Monserrat player Ronsford
Beaton and Daron Cruickshank will also be
joining the team
The announcement was made by Chief
Executive Officer of the Leeward Islands
Cricket Board Vernon Springer.
also had 12.
The Bobcats were then
treated to an island tour on
Friday and on Sunday the
final matchup between the
two teams went underway.
The Wildcats came out
with a lot more fight than
the previous match but the
Bobcats were too much for
them.
Led by Kinsley Ransom
with 23 points and assisted
by Adrianna Prolix with 10
points the Bobcats defeated
the Wildcats, 87-54.
Amanda Edwards was
the leading scorer for team
Wadadli with 24 points
while teammate, Tyea Ladoo,
assisted with 15 points
in a losing effort.
Novelle Williams,
Head Coach of the Bobcats,
spoke upon the trip and also
gave I out on the performance
of the local team.
“Being the first time
we’ve done anything like
this, it was an enjoyable and
eye opening experience for
myself as well as the girls.
Most of them have never
travelled and these are the
things that they will remember
about their years at University”.
‘The Wildcats who I
know are rebuilding should
be commended for their efforts.
‘They never gave up
and played with heart. Seeing
those youth players out
there matching up with University
players and not letting
it deter their play was
really commendable and
I wish nothing but great
things for the girls and the
female program here as they
push to revive it’.
Orlando Peters to join
Hurricanes for WICB Super 50
The three men will join the team just in
time for its training sessions which will be
held here at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket
Stadium for a two-week period from the
9th of January. The main aim according to
Springer is to safely place the Hurricanes
into the semifinals
The two-week training period is expected
to place the players through a series of tests,
following which 15 players will be selected
for the team’s first encounter on the competition’s
opening day where they will go up
against the Guyana Jaguars on the 24th here
in Antigua and Barbuda.
Hoppers
blame
slump on
lack of
players
By Marver Woodley
Hoppers head coaches
blames a lack of players
for its recent downfall in
the Antigua and Barbuda
Football Association Premier
Division.
The Cool & Smooth-
AC Delco Glenns Pet
Paradise Hoppers coach
Vorn James noted that the
team lost roughly 5 of its
top players namely Marcel
Hernandez the team’s top
scores during its 2015/16
run in the Division.
On the final game in
the Division on Monday
evening Hoppers was defeated
by Cool & Smooth
Empire F.C, 2-1.
Empire triumphed,
sealing the deal after national
scorer Quinton
Griffith netted the final
goal in the game in the
50th minute while teammate
Tomarley Thomas
opened in the 7th minute,
the lone goal for Hoppers
was made by Jahvin
Sutherland in the 30th
minute.
Nonetheless the coach
noted that he believes in is
young players and has no
doubt that they will bag
the 2016/17 trophy.