Caribbean Times 85th Issue - Friday 27th January 2017

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14 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g Friday 27th January 2017 All Saints Slammers charge to victory By Carlena Knight All Saints Slammers charged to a tremendous victory over LJ Northside Stingerz, 75-23 in Division 3 action on Wednesday night at JSC. Slammers led by Anjis Anthony with 13 points and 6 rebounds and Raheem Samuel with 12 points and 8 rebounds overpowered Stingerz throughout the match. Teammates, Xavier Dalso chipped in with 8 assists and Kamau Nibbs grabbed By Carlena Knight Clare Hall Secondary trumped defending champions, Antigua Grammar School, 30-9 in the Miniboys Secondary division of the Cool and Smooth Inter-school Basketball League on Wednesday afternoon at JSC. Jaheem James who was also the 3Ds Playtime Snackette Player of the match scored 18 points to lead his team to a convincing win. Cory Wynter of AGS scored 9. The action continued in the Mini-boys Primary division as defending champions, Green Bay Primary secured their first win of the season defeating Old Road Primary, 7-2. By Marver Woodley National sporting fraternities for all natures are in line to benefit greatly from a presentation from cricket commentator Joseph “Reds” Perreira. Perreria who is also an author will be on island on February 9th to host a presentation on the structuring of clubs and associations to become more efficient as the main goal. Local clubs and associations stand to benefit from a planned presentation by well-known, on. His travels will be thanks to a collaboration between the Ministry of Sports and the National Olympic Committee of Antigua & Barbuda, and will be held at Multipurpose & Exhibition Cultural Center starting at 10:00 a.m. All clubs and associations are invited by not only the Ministry of Sports but by extension Perrier as the talks will be beneficial to all. 10 rebounds. Yannick Samuel of Stingerz had 10 points and 8 rebounds with Wilston Charles contributing 9 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals in a losing effort. Ottos Coolers flexed their muscles on Old Road Daggers in the feature match of the double header defeating them, 80-51. With a number of supporters present, Ottos’ Lincoln Weekes led his team with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Deshawn Martin had three points for the victors while Julian Joseph had 2 points. Urlings Primary also secured a win over S.R. Olivia Primary defeating them 10-4. Jaheem Forde had 6 points for Urlings while Tajahron Davis netted 4. Jennings Secondary dominated Clare Hall Secondary in the Junior Boys Division blowing them out, 28-12. Maikol Florien assisted with 14 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals and Javon Simon chipped in with 11 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists for Coolers. Alexis Jackson grabbed 16 rebounds and teammate, Rolando Hamilton grabbed 14 for the victors. Kevin Cornwall of Daggers had 20 points while Ezekiel Francois grabbed 10 rebounds in a losing effort. Games at Yorks court were called off due to rain. CHSS top defending champs in Schools Basketball Sporting bodies to benefit from talks with Perreria Vladimir Castro had 15 points for JSS, while for CHSS, Johnathan Joseph netted, 6 points. Antigua State College flexed their muscles versus newbies, Trinity Academy in the Senior Boys Division defeating them 38-24. Daniel Thomas led the charge with 10 points while Mico Scotland had 15 in a losing effort. Local draught association soon to be a reality By Marver Woodley The First Ever Draught Association within Antigua and Barbuda will come into fruition today if the newly ratified constitution is approved. Head of the interim committee Trevor Cranston made the announcement following the approval of the constitution on Wednesday night, and will seek to have it approved by the Ministry of Sports today. He noted that once registered plans will be in place to form an official executive committee with an election. The committee will comprise of a Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary a Public Relations Officer, two floor persons and a president a position he will contend if he is nominated. The association has been holding competitions for several years despite not being an official organization recognized by the Ministry of Sports.
Friday 27th January 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 15 Freeman’s Village and Urlings dominate in ABFA games By Marver Woodley Opening its gates for the first time since being acquired, the Coolidge Cricket Grounds recorded first win for hosts Leeward Island Cricketers. Playing here on Wednesday the Leeward Islands Hurricanes defeated Kent Spitfires by seven wickets, in the day/night fourth game of the Regional Super50 at the Coolidge Cricket Ground. Kent were able to amass 228 for nine off 50 overs with scores from Calum Haggett with 45, Adam Rouse with 35, Sean Dickson 22, Gavin Tonge 4-39, and Rahkeem Cornwall 2-35. Hurricanes on the other hand were able to amassurrH 237 for three off 43.3 overs. Nkrumah Bonner leading the chase with 78 not out, followed Chesney Hughes 38, Jahmar Hamilton 36 not out, Montcin Hodge 34, Kieran Powell 31 and By Marver Woodley The Freeman’s Village FC ended Thursdays run of games with the highest goals defeating Hill Top FC. Playing in one of three scheduled games Freeman’s Village trounced Hill Top 3-1 with double strikes coming from Roy Gregory in the 53rd and 73rd minutes followed by teammate Darius Hector with the opener in the 41st minute. Scoring the lone successful goal for Hill Top was Sydney Samuel in the 51st minute. The other two games resulted in 1-nil and 2-nil scores with Bendals and Forth Road being at the losing end in both encounters. Fort Road was defeated at the hands of Ottos Ranges by Kyii Ireland in the first 6 minutes of play while Bendals was trounced by Swetes with goals form Ajani Williams and Craig Mason Meanwhile a day prior Urlings brought their A game to ensure Pares did not get a strike in and amassed 7 points in one game one of the most goals in one sitting for the entire season. Jalan Willock braced the back of the net twice while teammates Roey Techeira, Philmore Hughes, Jaric Richards, Kayan London and Cozie Richardson all netted once. Another marvelous game was played Adam Riley 2-41. Hours later Windward Islands Volcanoes survived a scare before posting a 21-run victory over West Indies Under-19s in their opening game. Playing at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Volcanoes were dismissed for 221 off 46.2 overs, with Sunil Ambris top-scoring with 54 and captain Liam Sebastien getting 31. Seamer Keemo Paul was outstanding, finishing with four for 31 while left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop picked up two for 34. Racking up the scores for Volcanes were Sunil Ambris with 54, Liam Sebastien with 31, Kyle Mayers 28, Delorn Johnson 26 and Keemo Paul 4-31 Meanwhile the UN- DER-19 leaders were Bhaskar Yadram with 52, Kirstan Kallicharan with 25, Keemo Paul making 22; Mervin Matthews 4-38 and Delorn Johnson 2-33. by Jennings United as Jeanpierre Williams netted all three goals to bring home the in for United against Garden Stars who were rejected on all attempts. Bethesda men were also on show as they defeated Golden Grove 3-1, with successful attacks form Marcel Simon for Golden Grove and teammates Tishawn Simon, Rolston Francis and Calvin Goodwin for Bethesda. 5P’s defeat 3-1 of Real Blizzard was the final game of the day with goals from Kevorne Browne, Rushane Dench, and Ragique Bryan for 5P’s while Shavon Moore made the lone successful attack for Real Blizzard. Hurricanes, Volcanoes win Regional Super50 matches Mervin Matthew was later named man of the match.
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