Sports

As the search for the first ever Anguillian winner of the John T memorial race continues, Mr. George Lake president of the Link Cycling Club of Anguilla (LCCA) has been busy cultivating talent to do just that.

Monday evening this week saw the official closing of the 2007 Anguilla Female Football League with an award ceremony at the Old Caribe Restaurant at the Anguilla Great House. The league was sponsored overall by the Caribbean Commercial Bank which provided the trophies for the winning teams and individual winners as well as cash prizes. In addition there were co-sponsors for the four competing teams.

The 2007-2008 Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket season started with an opening ceremony held on the Ronald Websters Park on 19th September 2007. Mr. Cardigan Connor, representative of the W.I.C.B., hosted the event. The ceremony was held to explain to the primary schools what activities and programs they would be engaged in for the year. Mr. Ralph Hodge (President Cricket Association) gave the opening remarks, thanking Scotiabank for their sponsorship of the program. He also stated that a tree starts from a root so the initiative of cricket for the kids of Anguilla is well appreciated.

Sunday, September 23, was the date of the commencement of trials at the Ronald Webster Park in Anguilla for the selection of the island’s “Pro Team” for the Stanford 20-20 Caribbean-wide cricket tournament over the next year.

The Sunset Homes Attackers are actively pursuing training for the upcoming Anguilla Football Association Male Senior League which is carded for kick-off in October 2007.

The children of the Stoney Ground/Caul’s Bottom area were treated to a day of fun and friendly sporting competition on Sunday September 9th 2007.

On August 29, five delegates from the Anguilla Tennis Academy travelled to New York to attend the 2007 US Open Championships. The US Open is one of the four major grand slam tournaments and the last one of the year. The previous year, both Mitch Lake and Jason Allen attended the tournament and decided that it would be a great professional development opportunity for the ATA staff so that they could become more familiar with the tennis industry at all levels of play.

The overall winners in the Health Authority of Anguilla Golf Classic Tournament over the weekend were Jim Filaroski, Mark Filaroski, Read Davis and Doug Leason who represented Comp.Nation and McGriff, Sible and Williams.

The Anguilla Football Association Annual Soccer Camp was another resounding success. Over one Hundred kids between the ages of 3-17 years, flocked the park each day between the hours of 9-12 am from 13th to 24th August.

Anguillian Giordan Connor, now a highly qualified university graduate, is a fine example of how an ambitious young man, who started out as a footballer, can make it to the top of the ladder in education through sheer hard work and dedication.

Three weeks ago, the new courts at the Anguilla Tennis Academy’s facility in Blowing Point were inaugurated and thus the annual summer camp began. With a plethora of highly trained coaches and youth leaders, the quality of this year’s camp has indubitably been augmented and it shows in the progress of the children. Because of the large number of children participating, a number which exceeds 230, the ATA staff hopes to continue to propel tennis as a sport to be reckoned with not only in Anguilla, but in the Caribbean. Among the large number of students, 60 are members of the After School Program and have shown significant improvement not only in the camp, but throughout the year.

Young Anguillian will be travelling to Japan on August 18 for the World Championship Games. He is fresh from his Pan American Junior debut in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he lowered the National Junior Records in the 100m and 200m which were at 11.16 and 22.65. Both records were held by Athlee Ruan. The new records are now 11.02 and 22.31 which are now Rogers’ best.

The Anguillian visited the beautiful Temenos Golf Club on Tuesday, July 31 to speak with its directors about the junior golf programme that is coming to a close. All three golf instructors, PGA Professional Hale Kelly, PGA Apprentice Josh Shepard and Bernie Morgan were wearing their Anguilla Junior Golf shirts and were very much enthused about the final day as it was a chance to recognize the children for their hard work as well as see them compete. The Troon Golf Staff, under the direction and leadership of PGA Professional Dana Schmid, implemented a structured player development program for the duration of the month long camp.

On an afternoon of fun and entertainment, sportsmanship reigned over the competing teams of the first ever CCB Trendsetters Domino Competition. Opposing teams such as the Police and Stars both fell victims to the Lions who made quick work of their opponents.

The recently-concluded Volleyball Business League has been marked with the award of trophies to the winning teams.

Flag Luxury Properties/St. Regis presented the Road Primary School with a check for US$14,600 from the first annual Road Primary School Golf Tournament. These funds will all go towards the Flag/St. Regis and Road Primary School partnership we have created to improve their overall learning environment.

Digicel, the Caribbean’s leading mobile provider, and the West Indies Cricket Board, announced today that it will enter a new extended partnership arrangement until September 2012 that will provide the support that West Indies cricket needs to further establish their position as a dominant cricketing force.

The Anguilla Pony Baseball Team left Wallblake Airport on Tuesday afternoon for Puerto Rico to participate in competitive matches there with other teams.

A Domino Tournament played just around the corner and across the road from Ev’s Oven Restaurant at South Hill and involving four teams – the Police, the Warriors of Stoney Ground, the Stars of North Side and the St. Maarten team-came to an exciting finish last Sunday, July 8. The Champion Cup was won by the Bute Hotel Boys of St. Maarten.

On Saturday, June 23rd, Temenos Golf Club hosted the first annual Road Primary School Golf Tournament. The tournament attracted 95 players for a wonderful day of golf. The Road Primary School students started off the day with the National Song for all the golfers. Throughout the day, the teachers, students and parents of the school assisted the Temenos & Zurra staff with Breakfast and lunch set-up, serving and clean-up. They were all so excited to be a part of the event that they spent the entire day at the golf course thanking the golfers for the generous donations. The Golf Tournament raised US$14,600 for the school and the check will be presented to Teacher Ornette and the entire campus next week. These funds will all go towards the Flag/St. Regis and Road Primary School partnership we have created to improve their overall learning environment.