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THE VINCENTIAN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012. 29.
Sports
Milo 2012 Junior Champions with representatives of sponsors Milo, SVGTF and GTC.
Milo Junior Tennis champions crowned A NUMBER OF NEW CHAMPIONS WERE CROWNED WHEN THE 2012 MILO GRASSROOT TENNIS CLUB JUNIOR TENNIS TOURNAMENT ENDED on Saturday 4th August, at the Haddon Hotels courts.Seventy –eight young tennis players, drawn from the X-Cel Tennis Academy, the Bonan Tennis School (BTA), the Onike Tennis Academy (OTA) and the bulk from the Grassroot Tennis Club (GTC), participated in the tournament.Renica Reid of GTC is the new girls’ under6 winner. She beat Amelia Hushkinson, also of GTC, into second place.The boys’ under-8 was won by GTC’s Kyle Da Silva, with Machando Joseph (GTC) as the runner-up. Akeil De Roche of GTC secured the boys under-10 title. He overcame Zedante Spann of OTA in
the final.The new girls’ under-10 champion is Briana Nash of X-Cel. The runner-up in that age division is Tiffany Chapman of OTA.Gabrielle Benn of XCel took the girls’ under12 over GTC’s Shania Williams. Richard Hoyte of GTC champed the boys’ under-14, after placing second in the boys under12 last year. He defeated Khamisi Bascombe of BTA in the final.Kamara Williams representing the GTC turned it up in the girls’ under-14, with Gabrielle Benn, for the second year running, in the runner up position.The other titles and runner-up positions were taken by the GTC.Those who maintained their titles were Che Connell in the boys’ under -6 and Demetra Fernandez in the
girls’ under-8.Connell won ahead of Jair Patrick, and Fernandez over Raffina Sardine. The Most talented male player was Josh Moseley and the most talented female player selected was Raffina Sardine. Making short addresses at the closing on Saturday were President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tennis Association, Anthony Mc Kenzie, the Tournament Director Onike Spann, and head of the Grassroot Tennis Club, Grant Connell. The tournament was sanctioned by the St Vincent and the Grenadines Tennis Association. The closing once again was spiced up with music from the Potential Steel Orchestra’s A team, with their accustomed wide repertoire.
SVG fails to lift its games
Jamal Small – SVG’s MVP Male Volleyballer
Kenroy Williams – SVG’s MVP Male Basketballer
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES FAILED TO REGAIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE IN THE ANNUAL WINDWARD ISLANDS SCHOOLS GAMEs, which were held in Grenada and concluded last Saturday.Completing the hat trick of titles in female volleyball was the highlight for St Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2012 CBN/ Super Six sponsored event, which also included male volleyball, football, netball, male basketball, female basketball and track and field. After winning the title for the first time in St Lucia in 2010, the Vincentian volleyball lasses repeated in Dominica last year and completed the hat trick in Grenada. They were overwhelming in victory, defeating all three opponents, St Lucia, Grenada and Dominica, three sets to one. This was the only category won by St Vincent and the Grenadines, who tied with St. Lucia for the overall third position, with twenty-two points.St Vincent and the Grenadines placed third in male
Azhino Solomon – SVG MVP Footballer
volleyball, football and track and field. This represented an improvement over the previous year. Grenada was again the overall winner of the games with thirty-nine points and Dominica second with twenty nine points.In the rewards list for St Vincent and the Grenadines, Azhino Solomon was football’s Most Valuable Player. Delonie Sam was Netball’s MVP. Alicia Cox was the Vincentians’ MVP for female basketball, and Kenroy Williams was awarded for male basketball.Daniel Lavia and Jamal Small were the female and male volleyball MVP’s respectively. The coaches who accompanied the team were Godfrey Harry- netball, Shaun Young- volleyball, Alrick Wright- track and field, Wade Jackson- football and Vasha Adams - basketball. The manager was Sharon MorganPeters; chaperone- Rosmund Griffith and technical director- Woodrow Williams. St Vincent and the Grenadines hosts the games next year.