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SVG takes OECS championship
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July 1, 2005
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Table Tennis team left here last week Friday, trusting themselves to wrest the OECS title from St. Lucia. And, this...
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July 1, 2005
It is becoming a two-man race for the presidency of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The two candidates likely to face the poll at the Sixth Gene...
Small hundred for Rongel
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July 1, 2005
Centuries in the Vinlec North Leeward Senior Cricket competition are occuring with regularity. As if to ensure that his name is included among the cen...
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July 1, 2005
As soon as the dust settles on the carnival festivity, this country's Under 15 cricketers will have a different focus. They will be looking to win the...
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June 24, 2005
St.Vincent and the Grenadines goes in defence of the West Indies Women’s cricket title, July 18 at the Sir Frank Worrell Ground in Jamaica. The foll...
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June 24, 2005
Before the final of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cooperative Bank Under 15 Cricket competition on June 29, three players have made their mark on...
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June 24, 2005
The Bottlers First Division of the National cricket competition gets some focus this weekend when Vincom Numbgerz and Unique Warriors meet in the fina...
Table Tennis team leaves for Dominica
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June 24, 2005
A ten member St. Vincent and the Grenadines Table Tennis team will be seeking to go one up on their 2003 performance, when they participate in the 200...
Somerset releases McLean because of  injury
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June 24, 2005
TAUNTON, England - Former St. Vincent and West Indies fast bowler Nixon McLean has been released by English County Somerset after struggling with inju...
Lyttle number three in rebounds
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June 24, 2005
Sancho Lyttle is transferring her exploits from the NCAA Basketball Championship to the WNBA. Lyttle in her debut year with the Houston Comets is rank...
Hendrickson revives
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June 24, 2005
Veteran Vincentian defender Ezra Hendrickson started last year’s Major Soccer League (MLS) season as the forgotten hero although having more than th...
Franklyn hits ton in Leeward cricket
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June 24, 2005
Orville Franklyn with a blistering 122 guided his team Enforcers to a five wicket win over Cool Veterans at Petit Bordel last Sunday. Franklyn’s kno...
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June 17, 2005
This year’s OECS Table Tennis championship comes off in Dominica from June 24 to 26. Teams are expected from Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines,...
FIFA officer wraps up visit to SVG
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June 17, 2005
By today Friday June 17, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation will be closer to a home for football. FIFA Development Officer Harold...
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June 17, 2005
The seven-month old SVG Youth Football Academy is already bearing fruit. The academy had its international project ‘An Italian Dream’ come true. {...
Political tension over football federation
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June 17, 2005
General elections are due in less than a year, but the cauldron seems to be reaching simmering proportions. Signs of the tension surfaced during last ...
SVGFF sets up appeal fund to assist Jack
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June 17, 2005
The St.Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation has followed through on plans to assist injured footballer Rodney “Chang” Jack.{{more}} The ...
Vincy squash players in top form
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June 17, 2005
Squash players in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are looking forward to the Caribbean Championships scheduled for Bermuda August ...
Ian Allen to coach Windies A Team
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June 17, 2005
Vincentian Ian Allen holds a Level 2 coaching certificate. He served recently as coach of the Windward Islands first class side and his display has ea...
‘Tusty’ striking hard in Malaysia
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June 17, 2005
Marlon ‘Tusty’ James is proving that he is the hottest striker in the Premiership of the Malaysian Football League. James hit six goals last Sunda...
Personal best for Kineke
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June 17, 2005
Vincentian running star Kineke Alexander continues to make impressive strides running for Iowa State university at the NCAA championships.{{more}} Clo...
RECORD RUN
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June 17, 2005
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) - Jamaica's Asafa Powell broke the 100 metres world record on Wednesday running 9.77 seconds. The 22 year-old's mark eclipses the...
Cyborg places 2nd
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June 10, 2005
Vincentian team of Captain Steve “Capt” Ollivierre and co-driver/navigator Keith “DW” Francis gave a good account of themselves in the recentl...
Vincy rules Bim bodybuilding
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June 10, 2005
A Vincentian has been creating waves in bodybuilding circles in Barbados.{{more}} The Barbados Nation reported Tuesday that Martinus Durrant, 32, won ...
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June 10, 2005
The Import Dreams Auto Club (IDAC) has successfully staged an exciting and memorable event called the IDAC Harley Cambridge Navigational Rally, held o...
New Kings reign in Grenadines basketball
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June 10, 2005
Bequia All-Stars emerged champion of the 2005 Sprite Grenadines Basketball tournament on home soil last Sunday night at the Clive Tannis Hard Court. A...
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June 10, 2005
St. Vincent Yacht Club has announced plans to offer training and instruction to boys and girls on the basics of sailing and safety at sea. The club an...
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June 10, 2005
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) will be looking to its General Council for guidance in filling the two vacant posts of ...
Pakistan win, levels series
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June 10, 2005
Pakistan claimed the remaining four West Indian wickets for the addition of 29 runs within an hour on the last morning to complete a comprehensive 136...
New sponsorship contract for Gayle, Sarwan
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June 10, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) - Sony Ericsson, a worldwide producer of mobile telecommunications handsets, announced its sponsorship of West Indies batsmen ...
Young head for Volleyball
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June 3, 2005
Local volleyball is continuing on its recovery path. The latest resuscitative effort was made last month with the election of an executive to run the ...
Spurs sink Suns
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June 3, 2005
The San Antonio Spurs reached the NBA finals with a 101-95 win over the Phoenix Suns in game five of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday. St. C...
Forty years of Cricket
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June 3, 2005
by Earl W. Robinson Usually, birthdays and anniversaries are occasions for celebration. However, they are also time for reflection. I have taken this ...
Grenadines Basketball ends this Sunday
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June 3, 2005
The 2005 Sprite Grenadines Basketball competition ends this Sunday night at the Clive Tannis Hard Court in Bequia. Sunday’s closing and final culmin...
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May 27, 2005
Despite suffering their second successive One Day International Series whitewash on Sunday, West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul says there are ...
Pamenos Ballantyne to train in the States?
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May 27, 2005
Zephrinus Joseph, a St. Lucian distance runner has been praised by Pamenos Ballantyne. The kudos came after last Sunday’s Tobago marathon. From the ...