Sports

A number of cricketers in Anguilla have been awarded for outstanding performance in a domestic tournament sponsored by the Caribbean Commercial Bank.

The Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School Inter-House Football Tournament, sponsored by the National Bank of Anguilla and the Anguilla Football Association, is now in progress.

The 1st Anguilla National Table Tennis Championship was held on Saturday 15th November 2008 at the Campus B Auditorium. It began with an opening ceremony which was chaired by Mrs. Celestine John, who is the president of the Anguilla Table Tennis Association, a prayer by Pastor Welcome, remarks by Mrs. Wilma Proctor on behalf of the Honourable Evans Rogers, greetings from the Trinidad and Tobago Table Tennis Association by Mr. Aubrey Edwards and the vote of thanks by Mrs. Mona Fleming who is the Public Relations Officer of the Anguilla Table Tennis Association.

The ATA received a very special visit by three separate parties on Saturday, November 15. After receiving an e-mail and phone call from Stephen Baker, Dean of Students at Cooper Union College, Jason Allen and Mitch Lake extended an invitation to a group of eight people to tour the facility and participate in the children’s programme. Dean Baker, who is also the Athletic Director of the college, brought the university’s basketball team to Sint Maarten to compete against local teams.

Crowds of supporting children and adults stormed onto the fenced playground at Coronation Park on Monday, November 17, where the male members of the young football team from the Adrian T. Hazell Primary School were leaping in the air after winning the National Bank-sponsored Primary Schools Tournament.

Sixty teams lined up for the 2008 St Maarten Day Race including three teams from Anguilla which were the Anguilla Swift, Anguilla Trotters and Rainbow Rockets.

In a closely fought match against North Valley, the team from South Valley emerged champions of the Orlando Johnson Memorial Football Tournament with a score of 1-0; the lone goal of the match coming from Junior Lewis. To top off their win, South Valley’s goalie Chaka Hodge was named MVP of the tournament.

The National Bank of Anguilla’s 20th Annual Primary School Football Tournament, known to attract large crowds from throughout the island, is now in progress for a three-week period at Coronation Ball Park in The Valley.

After much inquiry by the general public, the Anguilla Tennis Academy will begin its adult programmes starting next week on Monday, September 15. Although the ATA specializes in the teaching of children, it recognizes that in order for it to be truly a community effort, the adults and parents must also take part.

A large number of young men from the Valley, one of the largest populated areas of Anguilla, have come together in a show of unity and peace to share in an Annual Football Tournament in memory of Orlando Johnson of North Side, who was a noted sportsman.

Almost 200 screaming, energetic and enthusiastic young children descended upon the Anguilla Tennis Academy over the past three weeks for what has been hailed as a smooth and successful Summer Tennis Camp 2008.

To conclude the Anguilla Tennis Academy’s 2007-2008 After School Programme, Digicel sponsored a “Fun Day” event this past weekend that began on Friday, June 27 and finished on Sunday, June 29. All of the children who participated in the After School Program throughout the year were invited to attend. In all, there were around 100 participants ranging from age three to seventeen.

Members of the press and the Executive Committee of the Anguilla Amateur Cycling Association met at Telecoms House on Tuesday, June 24. The purpose of the meeting was to officially announce that Cable and Wireless, for the third consecutive year, would be contributing in a big way to the 9th annual John T Memorial Race.

MARIGOT—The 5th Annual Course de L’Alliance will take place from Friday November 28 to Sunday November 30 2008 organisers have announced.

A pensive hue consumed the O.A Shirley Track and Field Complex in Tortola as athletes from the Caribbean warmed up for the BVI Track and Field Invitational Classic. Many athletes sat beneath the pavilion enduring the relatively warm conditions and pondering the potential outcome of their event. Present at this meet was Anguilla’s own Denvil “Skywalker” Ruan.

The National Bank of Anguilla Tennis Invitational was a monumental success according to the Organizing Committee Chairman Mr. Mark Phaup. The tournament was designed to compliment the opening of the Anguilla Tennis Academy’s facility on May 23. The tournament itself was mostly finished on May 25 but due to people travelling, some of the adult categories had to be finished at later dates.

Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Wave Ruler’s volunteer football team tried hard to win against Anguilla’s National Team on Tuesday 17 June, but it was a doomed dream. The average age of the British team was considerably more than that of the Anguillian players and the final score, twelve to one to the home team, reflected the age difference.

Last weekend Arthur Ward and Denvil Ruan traveled to Puerto Rico to compete in the Caribbean Scholastic Invitational at the Carolina Track and Filed Stadium. Arthur competed in the triple jump and Denvil competed in the long jump and 100meter dash.

There is much excitement in table tennis among school children and adults in Anguilla. This followed the recent competition held for children as well as adults by the Sports Department, an arm of the Ministry of Social Development.

The AFFL season came to an end on Sunday June 8, with the Super Stars winning the Knockout tournament. It was an extremely exciting game in which the League Champions, The Shining Stars, led the entire game until their opponents scored with only one minute to go.