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Marshall All Stars two-peat

The Marshall All stars, an athletic team out of St. Kitts, totally dominated the 2nd annual Round island relay on Monday 5th May. The race which was coordinated by chief organizers Reggie Douglas and James Weekes, commenced at the ET…

Results Of SKNFA Matches Played On Thursday 1st May, 2014

Junior League At Warner Park S.L. Horsford St. Pauls United 0          vs         Mantab 0 * Nigel Browne missed a penalty for Mantab in the 39th minute Yellow Cards Uzul Hodge (St. Pauls) 34th minute Donyell Francis (St. Pauls) 80th…

CG Rebels swamp SG Ballers

The Stoney Grove Ballers went under to champions CG Rebels on Thursday night as the local Basketball league continued. The Stone Grove men held their own in the first quarter with the Rebels leading by just one point.  However, thereafter,…

Umpire Leslie Reifer off to Bangladesh

Bridgetown, Barbados - Leslie Reifer Jr has made another huge step in his quest to become an elite international cricket umpire. The 24-year-old Barbadian left the island last week for Bangladesh, where he will spend the next two weeks as…

Nevis franchise teams named

If the names of the four Franchise teams in the upcoming inaugural local tournament are anything to go by, the series of matches which will commence at the ET Willet Park on May 10th will be breath taking. The Nevis Cricket Association…

Four Seasons takes Championship Honours in Second Division

A huge, vociferous crowd was in attendance at the ET Willet Park on Thursday 1st May, incidentally the 61st birthday of the man after whom the Park is named. They were not there for a birthday celebration however.  They were there to…

Australia reclaim No.1 Test ranking

On a day Michael Clarke called the most satisfying of his career, Australia returned to the No.1 Test ranking for the first time in nearly five years, after the ICC's annual rankings update. Despite not having played a Test since their…

Ruthless Pollard fails to save Mumbai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- A blistering half century from West Indies allrounder Kieron Pollard brought Mumbai Indians to the brink of victory over Darren Sammy’s Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday. However…

Mumbai Indians call up Lendl Simmons

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Mumbai Indians have signed West Indies opener Lendl Simmons in an effort to rekindle their struggling campaign in the 2014 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The IPL technical committee approved…

Willet turns 61

ZIZ News -- Elquemedo Tonito Willet, the man who is known to be the first Leeward Islander to make it into the West Indies team, turns 61 today. The quiet, unassuming local hero was born on the 1st May 1953 and made his test debut for the…

All Set for Round Island Relay

One of the chief organizers of the second annual round the island relay, James Weekes, on Wednesday evening indicated that everything is pretty much set for the event which is scheduled for Monday 5th May. According to Weekes, some ten…

Results Of SKNFA Matches Played On Tuesday 30th April, 2014

Division 1 At Ottleys Playing Field Cayon FC 1       vs              Molineaux 0 (Half Time 0 - 0) Scoring for Cayon FC Lexie Bedford 69th minute * James Matthew, Jamaluh Lowry & Florencetine Morton Match 2 * Sandy Point A.F.A …

Match drawn but Jamaica crowned champs

Gros Islet, St. Lucia, (CMC) – Two promising batsmen, Jermaine Blackwood and Sunil Ambris, featured prominently with breakthrough hundreds before Jamaica claimed the Headley/Weekes Trophy with a tame draw against Windward Islands in the…

PJ’s edges out Bronx Crisi in Thriller

There was another exciting game in the ongoing local Basketball league on the evening of Tuesday 29th April. That is when the Bronx Crisis team locked horns with neighbours, PJ’S. From the very first quarter to the last, the scores…

Adrian Williams speaks to the media following Carifta event

Adrian Williams, the under 20 bronze medalist in the 2014 Carifta games held in Martinique, was interviewed by Lester Blackett, President of the Nevis Amateur Athletic Association on Monday  28th April. Following are the issues dealt with…