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St. Lucia,
Grenada clash
in Cup final
By Patrick Horne
When the Caribbean Cup final kicks off
on Sunday, it will be a battle between two
New York-based teams from the Windward
Islands. Team St. Lucia USA in search of its
first Caribbean Cup title, will take on threetime
champion Team Grenada USA at 4:00
p.m. at Jefferson High School Sports Complex
in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Team St. Lucia upset
eight-time champion Team Jamaica USA in
one semifinal last Sunday, and Team Grenada
defeated Team Guyana USA in the other.
As the old adage goes, ‘all good things come
to an end’ and it did for former Cup champion
Team Jamaica. The Jamaicans took the field
last Sunday as heavy favorites to repeat as Caribbean
Cup champion, something it did the
last seven consecutive years (the last in 2011
as co-champion with Trinidad and Tobago),
but Team St. Lucia, led by an outstanding
performance by goalkeeper Chad Phillip, upset
the New York version of the Jamaica Reggae
Boyz with a 2-1 victory in a penalty kick
shoot-out.
Before a very partisan crowd at Jefferson
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LIAT, Spencer to
honor Kirani
By Azad Ali
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister
Baldwin Spencer has made a call for one of
LIAT’s airplanes to be named after Grenadian
Kirani James, who won gold in the
400 meters at the recent London 2012
Olympics.
Baldwin made the call during his maiden
address to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean
States (OECS) Assembly hours after
regional airline LIAT announced it would
give a “fitting tribute” to the 19-year-old
athlete.
Spencer, the leader of one of the airline’s
major shareholder governments, said James
is deserving of the honor, describing him
as a bright promise of the future of OECS
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SPORTS
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FANTASTIC
NETBALL
Trinidad and Tobago Junior Netball team. Roland Hyde
St. Vincent, Grenada emerge champs
By Trevor Simon on Sunday, Sunday Aug. Aug 26 26. The tournament Tobago and the USA USA. Also Also, four ju junior
A large crowd showed up for the Car- was held under the leadership of Patrick teams represented Grenada, St. Vincent
ibbean American Netball Association, Heron, president of CANA.
and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Toba-
Caribbean Cup Annual Tournament, at There were five senior teams from the go and the USA.
Lincoln Terrace Park on the Jesse Leza- countries of Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vin- It was an evening to remember with
ma Netball Court, Brooklyn, New York cent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and
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