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Outclassed, says Carrington
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March 12, 2010
“We were out of the caliber of the other teams. We did not play well. We were not good enough.” That was the blunt assessment of the St. Vincent a...
Harry feels snubbed
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March 12, 2010
Newly elected President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Netball Association (SVGNA), Godfrey Harry said that he felt snubbed after not being inv...
SVG shares in Queen’s Baton Relay
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March 12, 2010
A journey up the La Soufriere volcano, followed by a sojourn from the Obelisk at Dorsetshire Hill to Victoria Park, and finally a journey to Mustique ...
West Indies goes 2-1 up!
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March 12, 2010
The struggling and inconsistent West Indies gave their yearning fans something to smile about when they pounded Zimbabwe by 141 runs last Wednesday in...
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March 5, 2010
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Academy Sport and the Environment Commission invites everyone to attend the 2nd Sport and the Envi...
Windwards tie at the bottom
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March 5, 2010
The all-familiar position of the senior Windward Islands Cricket team was maintained when the 2010 West Indies Cricket Board four-day regional competi...
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March 5, 2010
The St Vincent and the Grenadines sports fraternity is eagerly preparing for the arrival of the Queen’s Baton and the commencement of our leg of the...
Taylor makes final pass
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March 5, 2010
Former Football administrator and national footballer Sylvester “Scobie” Taylor was laid to rest last Saturday afternoon at the Kingstown Cemetery...
Kiddy Cricket returns
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March 5, 2010
It is back! After an absence of two years, the Kiddy Cricket Programme has returned. Dogged by a standoff between officials of the Ministries of Educa...
Cole heats up Happy Hill Climb
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March 5, 2010
Shane Cole finished in position No.1, in the road bike category of the SVG Cycling Union’s three mile hill race held last Saturday from Barrouallie ...
Female footballers off to Guyana
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March 5, 2010
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Senior Women’s Football team has much stacked against it as it seeks to overcome hurdles on and off the field. De...
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March 5, 2010
The Questelles Government School congregated at the Victoria Park on Friday, February 26, to run off its track and field competition. It was a warm mo...
Grass Root Tennis Club launched
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February 26, 2010
Once regarded as the local Mecca of tennis, the Haddon Hotel courts located at Murray’s Road came to life as the Grass Roots Tennis Club and program...
Vincies tune up the tracks
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February 26, 2010
The Vincentian contingent dominated the St Lucians in their first outing at this year’s ‘Drag Invasion 2010’ staged last weekend in Vieux Fort, ...
Class of ‘79 gets Football Heroes status
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February 26, 2010
The team of footballers of the famed 1979 era, when this country entered in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) competition, was given heroes status wh...
Georgetown Secondary turns the tables
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February 26, 2010
After losing to the St. Vincent Grammar School in last year’s Finals, the Georgetown Secondary is once again the champion of the United Insurance Se...
SVGFF dishes out awards
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February 26, 2010
Winners of the National Lotteries Authority St. Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation National Club Championships were awarded their prizes l...
‘Renew your minds,’ says Adams
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February 26, 2010
KEYNOTE Speaker at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) Prize Giving Ceremony Dr. Lennox Adams said that the renewal of oneâ...
SVG adopts Sport for Life programme
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February 26, 2010
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has joined Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and St. Lucia as one of the regional territories which has adopted the Sport f...
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February 19, 2010
The Executive of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation will tomorrow, Saturday, February 20, pay homage to the heroes of the 1979 St....
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February 19, 2010
Same, same, just a different venue, for the struggling Windward Islands senior Cricket team participating in the West Indies Cricket Board four-day co...
Staff House wins GHS Athletics Meet
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February 19, 2010
Staff House, with a total of 521 points, emerged winners of the Girls’ High School Athletics Meet staged last week Thursday at the Arnos Vale Playin...
CADO Softball Cricket Competition opens
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February 19, 2010
Nineteen teams will be trying to dethrone defending champions Glen United in the 2010 Calliaqua Area Development Organisation (CADO) Calliaqua Softbal...
Former head chides local Netball umpires
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February 19, 2010
Local Netball umpires who are guilty of not upping the ante, as it relates to their certification, were given an oral caning by former long standing P...
Harry: First male head of the SVGNA
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February 19, 2010
Godfrey “Fuzzy” Harry has risen to head the local chapter of the female dominated sport of Netball. Harry was elected unopposed last Monday aftern...
New Netball President to be installed
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February 12, 2010
Next Monday, February 15, is the date for the Biennial General Meeting of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Netball Association (SVGNA), which will s...
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February 12, 2010
12.FEB.10 Grenada's Kirani James set the current world's collegiate fastest 400-meter time of 45.79 seconds at the Meyo Invitational in Indiana last S...
Down comes the Mound!
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February 12, 2010
At Last! The persistent and prolonged call by SEARCHLIGHT’s On Target column for the removal of “The Mound” at the Sion Hill Playing Field has b...
AVESCO donates Table Tennis board to TBPO
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February 12, 2010
In a show of brotherly love, the Arnos Vale Educational Sports and Cultural Organisation (AVESCO) handed over a Table Tennis board to the Top Belair P...
NSC answers the SVGCA
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February 12, 2010
The National Sports Council is holding its ground against accusations leveled at its operations by the President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines...
SVG Tennis strengthens relationship with ITF
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February 5, 2010
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tennis Association (SVGTA) continues to build upon its successful campaign to enhance the sport of Tennis by streng...
CBC holds Annual General Meeting
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February 5, 2010
The Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) held its 2010 Annual General Assembly on Saturday, January 30, in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. During...
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February 5, 2010
Windwards senior Cricket selectors: Julian Charles, Stanley Hinds, and recently appointed Charles Walters may well have to look for an almost entirely...
SVGFF donates to Haiti
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February 5, 2010
It was just over one year ago that the local football federation hosted the finals of the U-20 qualifying competition.{{more}} Haiti was among the tea...
Tennis to come to the real grassroots
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February 5, 2010
An initiative spearheaded by former President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tennis Association (SVGTA) Grant Connell could see a further break...
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January 29, 2010
by Coach Seymour ‘Rollit’ Walrond 29.Jan.10 As a house needs columns in strategic positions for support, so do soccer players, and possession is n...
Scotia Bank makes donation to SVGCU
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January 29, 2010
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cycling Union (SVGCU) received a boost to their account as $5,000 was handed over to the group earlier this week.{{...