Sports

Anguillian, Eric Hughes, Chief Executive Officer of Norric Enterprises, is continuing his drive for members of his newly-formed Anguilla Pocket Billiards Association (APBA).

The Anguilla Tennis Academy is proud to announce that one of its long time students and coaches, Keithroy Proctor, recently left for the United States on a tennis scholarship. He arrived in Jackson, Tennessee to attend Lambuth University; one of the nation’s finest small private universities.

Fifteen young Anguillian cricketers left here on Wednesday to play in a series of some six or seven matches in St. Kitts.

The series of boat races started on Sunday, August 6, at Sandy Ground, when the winner was Light & Peace. The other winners were Eagle, second; Bluebird, third; UFO, fourth; and NWO, fifth.

Scotiabank Anguilla Limited, which has a ten-year involvement in the sponsorship of the Champion of Champion Boat Race (climaxing the August holiday week of races), has donated EC$18,616.00 to the Anguilla Boat Racing Committee.

Anguilla’s first ever Junior Golf Camp was successfully completed last week. Over a two-week period 15 children in attendance were taught a range of the fundamentals such as putting, chipping and driving the ball with a full swing.

The Anguilla Tennis Academy, a non-profit, grassroots tennis program, is pleased to announce that Wilson Sporting Goods has agreed to sponsor the 2006 summer tennis camp. This camp is the biggest on the island to date, with over 1,500 children benefiting from the program.

Scotiabank Anguilla Limited has expressed its thanks and appreciation to all the schools on the island which participated in the 4th Annual Kiddy Cricket Competition and says it is looking forward to doing better with the assistance of various associations.

Sandy Ground Beach was the scene of much social activity on Sunday, July 16, attracting a large crowd from throughout the island. The occasion was the 2nd Annual National Bank of Anguilla Peter Perkins Memorial Boat Race and Fun Day Village Games.

The building contract for the football stadium in Anguilla has been sent to FIFA in Switzerland for approval and work on the sports facility at the Webster Park annex is scheduled to commence over the coming weeks.

On Saturday July 15th, Rumza rocked as the Anguilla Amateur Bodybuilding & Fitness Association (AABBA) hosted the 11th Annual Eastern Caribbean Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships. This was the first time Anguilla was granted the honor of hosting this prestigious event in which they successfully met the challenge!

Just one year after its formation, Kicks United Football Club is well on its way to becoming a force to be reckoned with in local sport competitions.

On July 10, the 11th Annual Anguilla Tennis Academy Summer Camp started with over 120 participants eager to play. The program began at 8 am at the James Ronald Webster Park where the creation of the ATA’s summer camp began. In 1996, Mitchelle Lake and Sean Romney began doing a camp for the children of Anguilla while they were enrolled at Gardner-Webb University in the North Carolina.

After fifteen days, ten cities, three football matches and a training session with former FIFA World Player of the Year, Lothar Matthäus; the Anguilla National Football Team returned home having left an indelible mark on the minds and lives of the thousands of Germans they came into contact with during their tour of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ host country.

The Anguilla Amateur Cycling Association held a “warm up” bicycle race in front of Cable & Wireless on Sunday 18th June. The race followed the John T. route and was completed in 3 hours and 50 minutes.

The newly-constructed scenic road, linking Blowing Point and Little Harbour, was the venue for an exciting bicycle race on Sunday afternoon, June 11.

The Shining Stars FC successfully defended their title in 2006 to again claim the Chairman’s Cup. It cam down to the final game of the League and the goal difference to determine the Caribbean Commercial Bank sponsored female football champions for this year. Shining Stars FC narrowly edged out their closest rivals Gazelles FC by having a superior goal difference (12 to 10). Both teams entered the final game day level on points with last year’s champions having a slightly better record of a one goal differential.

After months of build up, the opening ceremony of the most popular of sporting events reached its climax with the most symbolic of couples lifting the most coveted of prizes.

German newspapers, radio and television stations are lavishing the Anguilla National Football team there with much publicity and praise as the players make their presence felt on the playing fields and wherever else they go.

The shouts of excitement and exultation when De Tree, the sleek A-class racing boat, sailed to victory in the round-the-island Anguilla Day race on May 30, were still in the air when the boat out-sailed its competitors in the Whit Monday races and claimed the first prize again.