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Is Bodybuilding resting eternally?
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Is Bodybuilding resting eternally?
Adib 
December 17, 2021
Off the bat, On Target wants to ascertain whether or not there still exists a national organisation to administer bodybuilding here in St Vincent and ...
Local Boxing on standing eight count
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Local Boxing on standing eight count
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December 10, 2021
On Target continues its look into those national sporting associations here in St Vincent and the Grenadines which have displayed a protracted toleran...
First call out
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First call out
Webmaster 
December 3, 2021
As promised last week, On Target announced that should nothing be done by some of those national sporting associations which are failing to get their ...
Causes for concern
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Causes for concern
Webmaster 
November 26, 2021
The continued lack of energy, interest and a protracted laissez faire approach by some of our national sporting associations here, are not the correct...
SVGOC must take a fresh guard
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SVGOC must take a fresh guard
Webmaster 
November 19, 2021
THE NEW EXECUTIVE of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Olympic Committee (SVGOC) will from the get go, put the administrative wheels in motion, as the...
West Indies Cricket Disclaimer
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West Indies Cricket Disclaimer
Webmaster 
November 12, 2021
The column is publicly apologizing to the rest of the world for the shambolic display of the senior men’s cricket team at the International Cricket Co...
Diamond Track Facility  – one year after
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Diamond Track Facility – one year after
Webmaster 
November 5, 2021
One year ago, November 4, to be exact, St Vincent and the Grenadines ushered in a new era in sporting infrastructure, with the official opening ceremo...
Home at last!
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Home at last!
Webmaster 
October 29, 2021
Earlier this week, the news formally broke that the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) has made a purchase of five acres of pri...
We welcome them
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We welcome them
Webmaster 
October 22, 2021
WITHIN THE PAST three months or so, St Vincent and the Grenadines has been blessed with a renewed interest in two sporting disciplines and the entranc...
Go to the elite programmes
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Go to the elite programmes
Webmaster 
October 15, 2021
St Vincent and the Grenadines has not been producing the sporting talent that it ought to. Yes, there are pockets of talent in most sporting disciplin...
Setting the tone
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Setting the tone
Webmaster 
October 8, 2021
The decision by the executive of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation to pull the female Under-17 team from the CONCACAF qualifiers t...
West Indies team selection conundrum
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West Indies team selection conundrum
Webmaster 
October 1, 2021
The recent announcement of the West Indies team for this month’s World T/20 in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, has opened up a can of worms. More s...
Something good is happening
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Something good is happening
Webmaster 
September 24, 2021
St Vincent and the Grenadines’ track and field programme is on to something good. This, with the export of several student-athletes, namely to schools...
Cricket losing its currency
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Cricket losing its currency
Webmaster 
September 17, 2021
OVER TIME, we have seen a steady decline in the appeal, attraction and zeal for cricket here in St Vincent and the Grenadines. The sport, for some rea...
Please act on your concerns, Mr Minister
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Please act on your concerns, Mr Minister
Webmaster 
September 10, 2021
IT WAS NOT only refreshing, but instructive, that current Minister of Education and National Reconciliation Curtis King, at a recent opening ceremony,...
Are we on track?
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Are we on track?
Webmaster 
September 3, 2021
THERE WAS A bellowing of sound; groaning of anguish and countenance of despair for many years, as St Vincent and the Grenadines yearned for a syntheti...
Hope on the horizon?
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Hope on the horizon?
Webmaster 
August 27, 2021
St Vincent and the Grenadines has, for some time now, been longing for a glimmer of sporting hope. The search for someone at the individual level or a...
That frightening silence
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That frightening silence
Webmaster 
August 20, 2021
Based on the nonchalance which exist during the coronavirus pandemic and the events which followed the eruptions of La Soufriere volcano in April; thi...
Do we have an Olympics podium plan?
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Do we have an Olympics podium plan?
Webmaster 
August 13, 2021
FOR THE PAST two weeks, the world over was glued to the television sets and other devices, as the belated 2020 Summer Olympics came off in Tokyo, Japa...
Welcome Theon Gordon
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Welcome Theon Gordon
Webmaster 
August 6, 2021
CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN order for those who took the bold step to appoint Theon Gordon as this country’s Director of Technical Matters of the St Vincen...
Is it the beginning of the end?
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Is it the beginning of the end?
Webmaster 
July 30, 2021
There is a strong possibility that there may not be any competitive sporting activities for the next few months, should the latest vaccination require...
Sports and integrity
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Sports and integrity
Webmaster 
July 23, 2021
Calling a spade, a spade, walking the moral highway and being impartial, are fast evading the psyche and operations of Vincentians. Instead, the robes...
Piling up human waste
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Piling up human waste
Webmaster 
July 16, 2021
FOR THE PAST two decades or so, there has been greater emphasis on ensuring persons are certified and qualified in physical Education and sports. Inde...
Another nine days talk?
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Another nine days talk?
Webmaster 
July 9, 2021
For the past months, March to be exact, many football aficionados, critics and those with a platform, had a lot to say about the performance of the se...
We ain dey good
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We ain dey good
webmaster 
July 2, 2021
The events of the past weeks in national football have put the sport in a bad light. As such, those who are at the forefront of sport’s national admin...
Where are we going wrong with sports?
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Where are we going wrong with sports?
webmaster 
June 25, 2021
St Vincent and the Grenadines currently does not have a good standing when it comes to sports. It seems that every step that is made, it is either in ...
Put the wheels in motion
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Put the wheels in motion
webmaster 
June 18, 2021
It must be a case of the easy way out and the blame game, why several of our national sporting associations here in St Vincent and the Grenadines cont...
Back off… Back away
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Back off… Back away
webmaster 
June 11, 2021
Surely, the tongues and fingers are busy, as to where should we go from here with St Vincent and the Grenadines’ football, following the recent displa...
Sports is against the ropes
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Sports is against the ropes
webmaster 
June 4, 2021
Sports in St Vincent and the Grenadines has been hit an untimely blow. Like a wounded boxer, sports is proverbially against the ropes, as there is ble...
VPL 3.0 has set the pace
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VPL 3.0 has set the pace
webmaster 
May 28, 2021
The staging of the Vincy Premier League (VPL) 3.0 T/10 cricket tournament over the past two weeks, has paved the way for the return of sports here in ...
Staying in the hosting loop
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Staying in the hosting loop
webmaster 
May 21, 2021
There has to be some decisive course that must be pursued if our Arnos Vale Playing Field, and by extension, St Vincent and the Grenadines wants to st...
Is sports in the mix?
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Is sports in the mix?
webmaster 
May 7, 2021
As St Vincent and the Grenadines continues to grapple with its many challenges, namely the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the La Soufriere volcano e...
Are we developing a  cricket cult?
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Are we developing a cricket cult?
webmaster 
April 30, 2021
Are the operations here in the St Vincent and the Grenadines quietly carving out a secret lodge movement? This has to be the assessment based on anoth...
The show must go on
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The show must go on
webmaster 
April 23, 2021
Amidst what is happening here in St Vincent and the Grenadines, namely the explosive eruptions of La Soufriere volcano, it must not mean that we have ...
Cushioning the blows and falls
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Cushioning the blows and falls
webmaster 
April 16, 2021
ST VINCENT AND the Grenadines, like the rest of the world, has for more than a year been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic had place...
Tennis longing for a big serve
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Tennis longing for a big serve
webmaster 
April 9, 2021
For the better part of the last decade, the sport of tennis here in St Vincent and the Grenadines, has taken a nose dive. The steady decline has been ...
Understanding sports and accepting realities
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Understanding sports and accepting realities
webmaster 
April 1, 2021
There was much debate that boiled over into accusations and even ridicule, when St Vincent and the Grenadines senior men’s football team, Vincy Heat, ...
Stirring the pot
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Stirring the pot
webmaster 
March 26, 2021
The protracted nonchalance given to sports from most of our policymakers in St Vincent and the Grenadines, is getting an extended run, as the coronavi...
Exploring those best options
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Exploring those best options
webmaster 
March 19, 2021
It is commonly agreed that sports in St Vincent and the Grenadines is not what it ought to be. Or better put, we have not made the advancements necess...
Blowing hot and cold
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Blowing hot and cold
webmaster 
March 12, 2021
St Vincent and the Grenadines joined with the rest of the world last Monday, March 8, in celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD). As such, IWD was...
Advancing cooperation in local sports
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Advancing cooperation in local sports
webmaster 
March 5, 2021
The time is now, more that ever that a conscious effort be made by the ational sports association, community organisations, clubs, teams and other sta...
Not just a simple  undertaking
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Not just a simple undertaking
webmaster 
February 26, 2021
Time after time, there has been calls for some attention be paid to national sports people, (past and present), who have fallen on hard times, be it f...
It is all good
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It is all good
webmaster 
February 19, 2021
The concerns and public discussions occasioned by the announcement last Saturday, of the local training squad for the St Vincent and the Grenadines se...
Not an easy road
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Not an easy road
webmaster 
February 12, 2021
No one should envy the position of head coach Kendale Mercury as he attempts to prepare the St Vincent and the Grenadines senior men’s football team f...
Paying the price for procrastination
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Paying the price for procrastination
webmaster 
February 5, 2021
IT SHOULD NOT have taken the exposure of some of the happenings of wanton disregard by persons for the real use of the Diamond Track Facility, for gov...
Doable or workable?
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Doable or workable?
webmaster 
January 29, 2021
Recently appointed Minister of the Public Service, Consumer Affairs and Sports Frederick Stephenson’s request, that school sports be placed under his ...
Just some gentle nudges
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Just some gentle nudges
webmaster 
January 21, 2021
As sports in St Vincent and the Grenadines is again on the back foot, because of the inevitable impact of the coronavirus, which has been hovering as ...
Back to square one !
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Back to square one !
webmaster 
January 15, 2021
Another wave of the novel coronavirus has hit us here in St Vincent and the Grenadines, crippling most, if not all sporting activities. Like a bolt of...
Does it really matter?
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Does it really matter?
webmaster 
January 8, 2021
There were some rumblings among the few remaining persons who still have an interest in West Indies cricket, when 12 players opted not to tour Banglad...
Rising from the ashes of 2020
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Rising from the ashes of 2020
webmaster 
December 31, 2020
The year 2020 is almost history physically, but its events and memories would forever be etched in the thoughts of many the world over. It was a year ...
A deed loaded with  nobility
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A deed loaded with nobility
webmaster 
December 23, 2020
Last Saturday’s charity football match staged at the Arnos Vale Two Playing Field in aid of the Salvation Army’s Orphanage located at Pembroke, is not...
Cricket affiliates faced with decision – making
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Cricket affiliates faced with decision – making
webmaster 
December 18, 2020
Affiliates of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association Inc. will tomorrow make one of the most crucial decisions in the history of the ad...
Justifying rewards in local sports participation
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Justifying rewards in local sports participation
webmaster 
December 11, 2020
Last week, this column chose to delve into the cost of producing top performances in sports. It was agreed that consistent returns worthy of medals, a...
Success is not cheap
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Success is not cheap
webmaster 
December 4, 2020
Often times, the end product of sports performance is measured mainly by the medals and matches won, records broken and titles achieved. But behind th...
Dickson’s first year report card
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Dickson’s first year report card
webmaster 
November 27, 2020
Last Monday, November 23, marked one year since affiliates of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation chose Carl Dickson over Marvin Fra...
Adding value to sports’ soft skills
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Adding value to sports’ soft skills
webmaster 
November 20, 2020
Sports is primarily an expression of one’s physical and mental talents, which are overtly expressed in the performance. Mostly through competitions, t...
Sports needs visionary  leaders
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Sports needs visionary leaders
webmaster 
November 13, 2020
This column for the past 15 years has been championing the cause of sports here in St Vincent and the Grenadines first and foremost, and ocassionally ...
Getting it right the first time
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Getting it right the first time
webmaster 
November 7, 2020
Should we here in St Vincent and the Grenadines take on the getting it right the first time approach as it relates to the way we do things in sports? ...
Where is the sports manifesto?
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Where is the sports manifesto?
webmaster 
October 30, 2020
Persons who are heavily involved in sports would have been thoroughly disappointed in both major politicial parties, the Unity Labour Party (ULP) and ...
Left in the lurch
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Left in the lurch
webmaster 
October 23, 2020
Two months ago, this column called on the policymakers of education, and by extension schools’ sports, to be real in these times. That call was made i...
Synthetic track is welcomed
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Synthetic track is welcomed
webmaster 
October 16, 2020
The adding of a synthetic track to the sporting facilities stock of St Vincent and the Grenadines is imminent. The $4 million facility, constructed by...
Going beyond party politics
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Going beyond party politics
webmaster 
October 9, 2020
Say what you want, pleased or frowned , support or oppose, the five year exercise of general elections continues to be part and parcel of the most pro...
Escaping the fire !
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Escaping the fire !
webmaster 
October 2, 2020
It is often said that when your neighbour’s house is on fire, you need to wet yours. This may be a proverb, but it is also a truism that is applicable...
Are our sports people agents of social change?
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Are our sports people agents of social change?
webmaster 
September 25, 2020
The role played by sportsmen and women here in St Vincent and the Grenadines has been mainly to train and represent their respective disciplines, at t...
Females going missing
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Females going missing
webmaster 
September 18, 2020
The reduction in participation of females in sports here in St Vincent and the Grenadines, continues to become evident. In most of the sporting discip...
Vincentian sports most wanted
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Vincentian sports most wanted
webmaster 
September 11, 2020
St Vincent and the Grenadines’ sporting landscape is not clothed in perfection, neither are we world beaters in any discipline, despite the presence o...
Just some tit-bits
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Just some tit-bits
webmaster 
September 4, 2020
This week, On Target has chosen to take a peek at several sporting issues, local, regional and international, for us to chew on, as the we are all eme...
Being real in these times
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Being real in these times
webmaster 
August 28, 2020
As the 2020/ 2021 academic year is set to get going next Monday, one readily anticipates a cautious approach to be taken by the relevant authorities, ...
Tough ask for Vincy Heat
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Tough ask for Vincy Heat
webmaster 
August 21, 2020
St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Vincy Heat must come stronger than ever, if they are to advance to the next round of the CONCACAF zone of the World Cup...
Sports to get political focus again
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Sports to get political focus again
webmaster 
August 14, 2020
The five-year exercise of general elections is upon us here in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Whilst one may just have to rely on conjecture as to whe...
Looking beyond those natural abilities
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Looking beyond those natural abilities
webmaster 
August 7, 2020
It must be stated categorically, that St Vincent and the Grenadines’ sporting achievements, its human stock, facilities, among others, are not what th...
Respect and honour overdue
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Respect and honour overdue
webmaster 
July 31, 2020
EARLIER THIS WEEK marked 25 years that our national men’s football team of 1995, placed second in the Shell Caribbean Cup. Whilst, this was not the fi...
Start thinking ahead
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Start thinking ahead
webmaster 
July 24, 2020
Several developments over the last few weeks and months, have made it necessary for St Vincent and the Grenadines to become more proactive, by thinkin...
Instilling hard work and discipline
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Instilling hard work and discipline
webmaster 
July 17, 2020
The sayings that “hard work brings success”, and “no pain, no gain” are quickly being demonised and treated as relics. These have been replaced by “we...
Sports for all
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Sports for all
webmaster 
July 10, 2020
Will St Vincent and the Grenadines arrive at that juncture when all of our students will be involved in some sporting discipline? Are we willing and r...
Testing time for local football
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Testing time for local football
webmaster 
July 3, 2020
The set of guidelines set down by the National COVID-19 Task-force to facilitate the resumption of the national club championships, organised by the S...
Honouring national  commitments
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Honouring national commitments
webmaster 
June 26, 2020
It is welcome news that two outstanding components of the Brighton Playing Field development project, as undertaken by the St Vincent and the Grenadin...
That missing strong  alumni factor
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That missing strong alumni factor
webmaster 
June 19, 2020
St Vincent and the Grenadines, unlike other countries in the region, has not placed that much attention on having strong alumni. This is not to say th...
Mandating physical education from the get go
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Mandating physical education from the get go
webmaster 
June 12, 2020
This column has continually expressed that St Vincent and the Grenadines is not where it ought to be when it comes to the development of our sporting ...
Slow return to  sports’ normalcy
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Slow return to sports’ normalcy
webmaster 
June 5, 2020
St Vincent and the Grenadines, after over two months of being starved of competitive sporting activities, is picking up the pieces, and slowly moving ...
It just did not add up
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It just did not add up
webmaster 
May 29, 2020
The much anticipated inaugural Vincy Premier League (VPL) would have lost some of its sting, by the faux pas made by the stakeholders last Friday, the...
The making of the Vincy Premier League
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The making of the Vincy Premier League
webmaster 
May 22, 2020
The executive of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association Inc. has been able to conjure up the Vincy Premier League (VPL). Without prior ...
Ticking those must boxes
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Ticking those must boxes
webmaster 
May 15, 2020
St Vincent and the Grenadines has placed a tick in another of the boxes, as it relates the prerequisties for becoming a host for major sporting events...
That’s what is trending
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That’s what is trending
webmaster 
May 8, 2020
The back and forth among some of our regional cricketers, namely Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan, where they have been engaged in verbal tirade, has ...
Right or wrong?
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Right or wrong?
webmaster 
April 30, 2020
The jury may be still in session, determining whether or not the decision of vice–president of Team Athletics SVG, Michael “Lord Have Mercy” Ollivierr...
Back to basics
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Back to basics
webmaster 
April 24, 2020
Indeed the past shapes the future and it is evident by the way things pan out and sometimes evolve. And, this relates to every sphere of life. In the ...
Football should take the lead
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Football should take the lead
webmaster 
April 17, 2020
Football, undoubtedly the most popular and widespread sporting discipline here in St Vincent and the Grenadines, should first put its hand up, and beg...
A test of faith
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A test of faith
webmaster 
April 9, 2020
No one expected it, no one was prepared for it, but the reality is that the coronavirus (covid-19) is with us. Importantly, like everything else, that...
Re-definition of sports journalism
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Re-definition of sports journalism
webmaster 
April 3, 2020
The recently held 2019 National Lotteries Authority National Sports Awards has served to redefine the terminology of who is a “Sports Journalist”. Acc...
Well done Robbie!
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Well done Robbie!
webmaster 
March 27, 2020
THE INEVITABLE passage of death made a stop last Friday and took with it cricket statistician and analyst Earl Robinson. This, as he lost his battle t...
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Soca Monarch preliminaries at Victoria Park on Friday
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Soca Monarch preliminaries at Victoria Park on Friday
Christina 
June 13, 2025
The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) invites managers, producers, artistes and members of the public to the 2025 Soca Monarch Preliminaries. The...
Chevonne Stewart is ULP’s new candidate for Southern Grenadines
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Chevonne Stewart is ULP’s new candidate for Southern Grenadines
Webmaster 
June 13, 2025
Chevonne Stewart was formally introduced last Sunday, June 8, 2025, as the person the Unity Labour Party (ULP) intends to be its candidate for the Sou...
Park to be upgraded for comfort, ease  and aesthetics
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Park to be upgraded for comfort, ease and aesthetics
Webmaster 
June 13, 2025
The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) is taking significant steps to ensure that Victoria Park, the main carnival venue, is accessible to everyon...
Calypso tent action heats up in SVG
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Calypso tent action heats up in SVG
Webmaster 
June 13, 2025
Local calypsonians are gearing up to bring their best game as the preliminary judging round has officially begun. This year is a big year for the frat...
SVG leads Caribbean Tourism growth from US Market
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SVG leads Caribbean Tourism growth from US Market
Webmaster 
June 13, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has emerged as the top-performing Caribbean destination for growth in tourism arrivals from the United States (US)...

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