Sports

The dust has settled on the much anticipated 2010 Leeward Islands Youth track and field Championship. While dignitaries from Government and the International Amateur Athletics Federation lent their presence, the real stars were the 200 athletes who shone on the track.

Anguillian cricketer, Chesney Hughes, playing for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in England, is doing very well, according to Cardigan Connor, who has been part of his development.
“He is very positive in the sense that as part of the season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club had a tour to Barbados where he performed pretty well over the period of two weeks,” Connor stated.

Representatives from the Ministry of Social Services, CCB Representative Mr. Hodge, League and Club sponsors, members of the Female Football Committee, officials, coaches, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and most importantly players, good evening.

As the athletic season reaches midpoint, Anguilla’s Shara Proctor is shifting into high gear with her long jump. At the recently held South Eastern Athletic Conference (SEC) Outdoor Championships which were held at the Tom Black track at the University of Tennessee, Shara jumped a distance of 6.69 meters with a wind speed of 1.4 meters per second.

The Stingers Cycling Club of Anguilla participated in a grand prix de St. Martin 4 stage race that was organised and hosted by V.C.S.M of St Martin from Friday May 14th to Sunday May 16th. The Club entered the event with its three senior cyclists Kris Pradel, Claude (Patterson) Richardson & Danny Laud. Other participating teams consisted of riders from Columbia, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Jamaica, Santo Domingo and St. Martin/St. Maarten.

The 8th Annual Anguilla Regatta, held last weekend in Road Bay, successfully wrapped up another fantastic weekend of racing. Twenty boats, including visiting yachts from Antigua, St Barths, Dutch and French St. Martin, and Anguilla B class local boats, raced for trophies, prizes of Laurent-Perrier champagne and, more importantly, glory. Although there was the threat of rain both Friday and Saturday mornings, by the time the racing started the clouds dispersed making weather and wind conditions near perfect for racing.

The two-week Primary School Netball Competition, sponsored by the Anguilla Electricity Company (ANGLEC), ended at the Ronald Webster Park on May 8, with the Morris Vanterpool School team emerging winner. That school was also adjudged as having the most disciplined team. In second place was Central Christian School and third, Valley Primary School. They all received trophies.

The Second Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School Inter-House Athletic Competition commenced at the Ronald Webster Park on Monday evening this week.

Last weekend more than fifty bridge enthusiasts met in Anguilla for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Annual Bridge Championships. In addition to the OECS countries, there were representatives from Guadeloupe, Martinique, and St Barths for the Open Tournament. St Lucia emerged the winners for the second consecutive year. The event was held at the Malliouhana Conference Room and many of the visitors stayed at the hotel.

Over the weekend Anguilla entertained visiting volleyball teams from St. Martin in a series of practice games. On Friday evening the female Stars n’ Stripes played a very tense game against the Anguilla female practice squad. Stars n’ Stripes pushed the Anguilla squad to the limit, thanks to smart playing by Susan Webster and her teammates. However, Ludianne Leverette and Khalidah Banks led the Anguilla squad's fight back with some vicious hits and good passing. This was the recipe that allowed them to gain a victory over Stars n’ Stripes. The scores were 19, 25; 25, 20; 20, 25; 25, 22; 15, 10.

The newly-formed AXA United Cycling Club, which embodies riders from Blowing Point and other parts of the island, has high hopes in developing itself into one of the most competitive emerging team of cyclists in Anguilla. This is according to its president, Sylvester Parris, who led his 16 members to the Jamida Bicycle Race at Island Harbour on Sunday, April 25.

Shara Proctor, Anguilla's top international athlete, has produced the ninth best women's long jump in the history of the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA.

Representing the University of Florida where she is the senior long jumper Proctor captured the title with a leap of 6.46 metres (21 ft 2.50 inches) and successful defended her title from the 2009 campaign.

Sunday 25th April 2010 saw the conclusion of the 2009-2010 Caribbean Cable Communications (CCC) sponsored Anguilla Football Association (AFA) Senior Male League in an exciting encounter between Roaring Lions FC & Attackers FC. Roaring Lions FC trounced Attackers FC in the final match of the Knock-Out competition to capture the Knock-Out Cup.

The dust has hardly settled at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in Grand Cayman following the successful hosting of the 39th CARIFTA Track & Field games for 2010 yet already there’s a buzz in the air about next year’s event.

Following four weeks of professional instructions, novice lady golfers are showing good improvement.

Large colourful groups of students and teachers from both campuses of the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School filled the Long Road area down to The Valley during part of Wednesday morning, as they participated in the school’s annual road races.

Their bright colourful uniforms looked resplendent on the green playing field under the afternoon sun at Sandy Ground late last week, as children from the Central Christian School, at Rey Hill, competed among themselves in their Annual Sports Day.

The 10-10 Cricket Tournament, brainchild of community youth worker, Owen Mussington, of East End, went off to a good start on Sunday, February 28, at the playing field at Pond Ground, which was recently named Owen him in recognition of his outstanding work.

Primary school children from throughout Anguilla, and a team from Montserrat, participated in the Fifth Annual J W Proctors Track and Field Meet at the Ronald Webster Park on Sunday, February 21, the day after it was postponed as a result of inclement weather.

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Despite the bad winter conditions in Blacksburg Virgina on Friday, University of Florida's senior athlete, Shara Proctor turned in the second-best mark in the world this year in the indoor long jump to highlight the opening day of the Virginia Tech Elite Meet at Rector Field House.