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US Embassy  officer touches base with IT-DAT
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January 29, 2013
One afternoon of workout with local track and field club — Integrated Team - Developing Athletic Talent (IT-DAT), has left a lasting impression on U...
Sports Awards judging format amended
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January 29, 2013
The format for deciding the various winners of the categories of the 2013 National Sports Awards has been changed.{{more}} No longer will national ass...
Cornelius Stewart on pro contract search
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January 29, 2013
National senior football team player Cornelius Stewart is winding up his one month trial runs in Finland, as he is on another mission to carve out a p...
Two new faces elected to SVGCA executive
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January 29, 2013
Two new faces — physiotherapist Denis Byam and web designer Kishore Shallow — have been elected to serve on the executive of the St Vincent and th...
ASCO firms up legal sponsorship
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January 29, 2013
The law firm of Carl Joseph has made the participation of the Ashburton Sports and Cultural Organisation (ASCO) cricket team in the 2013 National Lott...
New Squash executive elected unopposed
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January 25, 2013
The executive of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Squash Association was re-elected unopposed at the group’s annual meeting Monday at the National ...
SEDI netball competition opens up
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January 25, 2013
The 2013 South East Development Inc netball competition has been opened up to a greater geographical spread.{{more}} The competition, which opened Sun...
Grenadines Cup back in GTC’s safe
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January 25, 2013
The GrenadineS Cup, the symbol of supremacy between the Grassroot Tennis Club (GTC) and the Mustique Tennis Club, is back in the safe at GTC’S Murra...
Jack goes after fifth  term as SVGCA president
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January 25, 2013
President of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association Julian Jack does not expect any hostile bowling this Saturday at the President’s ...
Relay Classics come to Arnos Vale
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January 25, 2013
Athletes should feel more at home tomorrow at Team Athletics SVG’s (TASVG) annual Relay Classics at Arnos Vale 1 Playing Field, as they gear up for ...
T&T hat tricks Caribbean T-20 titles
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January 22, 2013
Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Force completed a hat trick in the Caribbean T-20 cricket competition on Sunday.{{more}} The simple 9-wicket win over Guya...
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January 22, 2013
Persons using the Arnos Vale 2 playing field now have some seating for their comfort, with the placement of aluminium bleachers there.{{more}} Acting ...
ASCO netball ringing in the changes
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January 22, 2013
The 2013 Ashburton Sports and Cultural Organisation (ASCO) Netball will take the form of a “festival” instead of a tournament. {{more}}President o...
Charles to be cruelly exposed
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January 22, 2013
St Lucian and Windwards opening batsman, Johnson Charles, heads to Australia with the West Indies team for the five match One Day International series...
SVGVA not skimping on beach volleyball
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January 22, 2013
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Volleyball Association (SVGVA) will be paying greater attention in the upcoming months to the growing popularity of ...
Owia tape-ball cricket competition nears end
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January 18, 2013
The Owia Sports and Cultural Organisation (OSCO) tape- ball Twenty/20 cricket competition is nearing the home stretch.{{more}} Last weekend, Young Str...
Maple stomp on ASCO netball tourney
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January 18, 2013
Maple club, the oldest netball institution in the Eastern Caribbean, completed the Division 1 double on Sunday at the Gomea Methodist School hard cour...
Swim head wants more poor people in the sport
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January 18, 2013
Newly elected President of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Amateur Swimming Association (SVGASA) Stephen Joachim wants to see more poor people get i...
Cottoy not running away from cricket
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January 18, 2013
St Vincent and the Grenadines’ right arm leg spinner Keron Cottoy’s main aim as a cricketer is to play for the West Indies, despite his recent inc...
NOC, CGA get major sporting boost
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January 15, 2013
Sandra de Graaf, a capacity support officer from Canada, has commended the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the Commonwealth Games Association (CG...
Nixon Mc Lean elected to WIPA’s executive
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January 15, 2013
Former St Vincent and the Grenadines, Windwards and West Indies fast bowler Nixon Mc Lean was elected unopposed as treasurer of the West Indies Player...
Windwards win 2, lose 1 in CT/20
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January 15, 2013
The Windward Islands are expected to carry over their form when they meet the Red Force of Trinidad and Tobago in the second and final stop over of th...
Students spiking on volleyball court
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January 15, 2013
The 2013 Q-Care Schools Volleyball Competition, served off Friday at the Girls’ High School hard court.In the opening salvo, it was a happy outing f...
SVGASA heads get vote of confidence
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January 15, 2013
The executive of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Amateur Swimming Association (SVGASA) for 2013/2014 got a show of confidence from its members at Sa...
Repairs to pavilions coming soon
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January 15, 2013
The pavilions at the Clive Tannis Playing Field in Bequia and the Campden Park Playing Field, which are in need of repair, will soon be renovated.{{mo...
Athletes maximise use of mini meet
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January 15, 2013
Local track athletes showed up Saturday at the Arnos Vale 2 Playing Field, to be part of the first in a series of Team Athletics SVG mini meets.{{more...
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January 11, 2013
The local 2013 cricket season begins February 2, at various venues throughout the country, the St Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association has a...
Netball group plans to lift bar in ‘13
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January 11, 2013
The resolution by the executive of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Netball Association for 2013 is to lift the bar.{{more}} Expounding this desire i...
Another Vincy joins FIBA list
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January 11, 2013
The collaborative effort of the executive of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Basketball Federation and the Bequia Basketball Association (BBA) has r...
Bagga explain no go in All Leeward
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January 11, 2013
President of the Barrouallie Sports Association (BSA) Lorson Lewis has explained the town’s non-participation in the 2013 Hairoun Beer All Leeward F...
Cycling pedals off in  New Year
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January 8, 2013
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Cycling Union (SVGCU) has no intention to remain in the peloton of the other sports and has broken away from the pac...
Coach Franklyn joins volleyball Level 1 bunch
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January 8, 2013
National male volleyball captain Daryl Franklyn is the latest Vincentian to join the list of qualified Level 1 certified coaches.{{more}} Franklyn, wh...
SVGFF sourcing Cuban, Venezuelan expertise
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January 8, 2013
The executive of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) is leaning on Venezuela for technical assistance in propping up its foo...
Athletes set to go for TASVG 2013 calendar
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January 8, 2013
Local track and field athletes are busying themselves for another packed programme set down by Team Athletics SVG.{{more}} On the local plate will be ...
IT-DAT to hold  in-house track meet
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January 8, 2013
An in-house track meet, hosted by the IT-DAT track and field club Friday afternoon at the Arnos Vale Playing Field, will crown off the club’s Christ...
Organiser defends All Leeward tourney
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January 8, 2013
Chair of the All Leeward football league Clyde Robinson sees no duplication in hosting such a competition, granted the same teams will soon be engaged...