Caribbean Times 95th Issue - Friday 10th February 2017

14 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g
Friday 10th February 2017
Ottos Coolers continue dominance in Division III
By Marver Woodley
A recent glitch at the
gates has caused the Antigua
and Barbuda Turf Club to
move towards implementing
international rules for future
games.
During the feature race of
the day during the first Meet
of the year for the Club the
opening gate of the newly
imported horse Sexy Cuba
refused to open even after
the starting signal and forced
the organizers to restart the
race. The race was later won
by show stopper Demolition
Man.
The glitch however, has
caused the Turf Club to consider
implementing international
regulations where
whether or not the gates
open the race continues with
or without the participating
By Carlena Knight
Ottos Coolers continued their dominance
in the Antigua Barbuda Basketball
Association Division 3 league recording
yet another convincing victory, this time
against One Stone Original at Ottos on
Wednesday night.
The 94-31 victory saw Lincoln
Weekes score a game high 36 points
and put the crowd into a frenzy with his
shooting skills.
He was assisted by Maikol Florissa
with 17 points and Javon Simon with 16
points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals.
Teammates, Adrian Ramirez and
Alexis Jackson contributed also with 11
points, 6 rebounds and 5 steals and 19 rebounds,
6 steals and 11 blocks.
Franklyn Roberts of One Stone had
16 points and 7 rebounds in a losing effort.
In the other division 3 matchup
that night, Police Vertex defeated LJ
Northside Stingerz, 54-40.
Dale Gore led his team to victory with
19 points and 12 rebounds. He was assisted
by Alfred Telemaque who had 16
points and 9 rebounds. Rosevelt Browne
had 6 steals.
Doyle Carter of Stingerz had 12
points and 9 rebounds. Robert Spencer
had 6 assists and 5 steals while Adrian
Bird and Conliffe Clarke grabbed 8 rebounds
in a losing effort.
Division 2 action also got underway
at the JSC Sports complex, in the first
matchup, Flyers 2 were upset by Potters
Steelers, 69-62.
Despite a 22 point, 7 rebound and 4
steals effort by Tavarus Benta, a 19-point
horse.
The local Turf Club according
the its President,
Neil Cochrane is known to
be more easy going and less
harsh with rules, due to being
a ‘close-netted’ fraternity.
The new regulations he
noted is needed if the country
wishes to progress and
effort by Anthony Greer and a 13-rebound
effort by Nickon McGregor, the
orange men could not get over the hump.
Adrian Lee of Steelers led his team
to a huge victory with 25 points and 13
rebounds. Mike Mills assisted with 13
points while Kenroy Telemaque grabbed
10 rebounds. Ottos Officials recorded
their first victory of the season upsetting
H.U.F. Baldwin Braves 2, 50-42 in the
feature match.
Fitzroy Francis was the man on fire
scoring 14 points and grabbing 6 rebounds.
He was assisted by Kareem Jacobs
with 13 points and 7 rebounds and
Everton Carroll with 8 points and 7 steals.
Mcpherson Thomas of Braves had 11
points while teammate, Tristan Jacobs
scored 10 points and grabbed 8 rebounds
in a losing effort.
Turf Club to implement international rules
grow in the sport, the improvement
will only mean
an upward movement for the
nation as the sport continues
to grow.
Perreria highlights issues
plaguing sporting structures
By Marver Woodley
All sporting fraternities, island wide benefitted
from a presentation from cricket commentator
Joseph “Reds” Perreira held early
yesterday. The presentation which focused on
strengthening club structure was held at the
Multipurpose & Exhibition Cultural Center.
The former head of the OECS Sports desk
in his opening remarks to the crowd noted
that within the corners of Antigua and Barbuda
where sports is concerned strong structural
development is still very much needed.
He noted during an interview afterwards
that speaking with the three main Sporting
bodied within Antigua, namely cricket, basketball
and football that the underline problem
was highlighted. He noted that such a
problem is that only a minority of affiliates
with the organizations are just clubs and a
majority are just teams with no executive
structure.
Follow up work he lamented is needed as
only strong club can truly build strong organization
of their nature.
The long serving cricket commentator
also highlighted the Sports Minister’s take
charge attitude with getting the ball rolling,
by giving a commitment to initiating plans to
start the process, by employing persons with
different tasks to achieve the common goal.