Searchlight Logo
special_image

    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe
    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe
Sports
October 13, 2006

Franco continues sponsorship for North Leeward 10K

Franco Construction Company is sponsoring the North Leeward 10K Classic for the second year. Last year, St Lucian Zephrinus Joseph eclipsed ace distance runner Pamenos Ballantyne to win the event. The showdown is set for October 29.

Joseph is expected to defend his title, and would be hoping to take home another $1,000 first prize. Ballantyne may want to look at this as an opportunity for revenge. So far, athletes from Trinidad and Tobago have indicated their willingness to attend and if regional invitations are accepted an impressive line up is in the making for this race.{{more}}

The 10K is carded to start at the bridge at Mangaroo and end at the Beach Front Restaurant at Fitz Hughes.

Besides the first prize, $600 is at stake for second, $400 for third and $200 for fourth.

There would also be a 5K starting from Belmont, half way between the villages of Rose Hall and Troumaca.

Franco Construction’s engineer Bradley Francis, and his brother Sylvanus, Plant manager handed over $10,000 to Team Athletics SVG’s president Keith Joseph last Monday.

The Franco Construction team also used the occasion to hand over $4,100 to the Franco St David North leeward Cricket team. That squad placed seventh in the RBTT Premier Division last season. Julius Anthony, president of the North Leeward Sports Association, the body behind the North Leeward Cricket squad, received the money on his team’s behalf.

Franco Construction Sub Contractors to the firm OECC, completed the first phase of the Cross Country Road from Troumaca to Rose Hall. Franco Construction would do Phase Two of the Cross Country Road, from Byera to Ferguson.

  • FacebookComments
  • ALSO IN THE NEWS
    MPs Dual Citizenship challenged
    Front Page
    MPs Dual Citizenship challenged
    Forrest 
    March 6, 2026
    The legal challenge to the eligibility of Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday, and Foreign Affairs Minister Fitzgerald Bramble, began yesterday, Thursday...
    Outstanding track star loses battle 15 months after being stabbed
    Front Page
    Outstanding track star loses battle 15 months after being stabbed
    Forrest 
    March 6, 2026
    She was the baby of the family, the youngest child for her mother, an athlete with potential and promise, which was cut short by tragedy. Seventeen-ye...
    Vincentian fisherfolk are still ‘scared’ to fish since US lethal military strike
    Front Page
    Vincentian fisherfolk are still ‘scared’ to fish since US lethal military strike
    Forrest 
    March 6, 2026
    It has been three weeks since the United States government killed three St Lucian fishermen several miles from Canouan, but some Vincentian fisherfolk...
    Cuba to receive aid from SVG through CARICOM
    Front Page
    Cuba to receive aid from SVG through CARICOM
    Forrest 
    March 6, 2026
    Members of Caribbean Community (CARICOM), including St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), have pledged to give humanitarian support to Cuba. As of Marc...
    PM predicts Scarcity from US/Israel Iran strike
    Front Page
    PM predicts Scarcity from US/Israel Iran strike
    Forrest 
    March 6, 2026
    Weeks after a United States of America (USA) military drone strike in St Vincent and the Grenadines waters, scaring fisherfolk and killing three St. L...
    US deportee programme with SVG must be clearly defined says PM
    Front Page
    US deportee programme with SVG must be clearly defined says PM
    Forrest 
    March 6, 2026
    St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has explained to the United States of America (USA) that any programme which involves third country refugees and d...
    News
    Vinlec installs self-service bill payments Kiosk at Pembroke
    News
    Vinlec installs self-service bill payments Kiosk at Pembroke
    Forrest 
    March 6, 2026
    St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC) has expanded its self-service payment options with the launch of a new bill payment kiosk at Greaves...
    Citizens have their say at Police Customer Appreciation Day
    News
    Citizens have their say at Police Customer Appreciation Day
    Forrest 
    March 6, 2026
    Second in charge of the Traffic Department of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), Sergeant Wendell Corridon, is appealing ...
    Man beaten to death in Kingstown
    News
    Man beaten to death in Kingstown
    Forrest 
    March 6, 2026
    A 63-year-old Redemption Sharpes man, who in 2019 accepted an offer to examine his common law’s wife private parts after accusing her of cheating, and...
    Global Outrage After Deadly Bombing of Iranian Girls’ School
    News
    Global Outrage After Deadly Bombing of Iranian Girls’ School
    Forrest 
    March 6, 2026
    The UN’s education agency (UNESCO) warned that officials were “deeply alarmed” after the bombing of a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran over t...
    Ministry of Family rolls out Parenting Education Programme
    News
    Ministry of Family rolls out Parenting Education Programme
    Forrest 
    March 6, 2026
    The Child Development Division within the Ministry of Family, Gender Affairs, persons with Disabilities, Local Government and Labour has conducted its...

    E-EDITION
    ePaper
    google_play
    app_store
    Subscribe Now
    • Interactive Media Ltd. • P.O. Box 152 • Kingstown • St. Vincent and the Grenadines • Phone: 784-456-1558 © Copyright Interactive Media Ltd.. All rights reserved.
    We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok