BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, November 23, 2020 (MMS-SKN) — Prime Minister and Area Parliamentary Representative for Constituency Number Seven, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, has commended domino enthusiasts in his constituency who had twenty five years ago approached him to assist them to hold a domino tournament with the expressed wish to bring communities together.
“When in 1996, or thereabout, a group of persons came to ask me to intervene, at the heart of their concern, one was love for domino and they felt that domino could be that sport that breaks down the tension among the various communities,” recalled Prime Minister Harris on Sunday November 22 at the closing and prize giving ceremony for 25th edition of Constituency Number Seven Domino League which is the sponsor.
The Honourable Prime Minister went on: “Way back then the rivalry in between the village groups was very high, and there was development of violence in between groups. We can say that twenty five years after, this league has fulfilled the mission of building strong friendship across every community between Ottleys down to Parsons Ground,”
The ceremony which was held on the hardcourts at the Edgar Gilbert Sporting Complex in Molineux saw the distribution of over $15,000 in trophies and cash prizes to players of the record fourteen teams drawn from Constituencies Number Seven (twelve teams), and Number Six (two teams) at the end of what league officials commented was the best ever.
“I want to thank those who over the last twenty five years-plus have been part of domino in Constituency Seven,” said Prime Minister Harris. “Today we can say without a doubt we are the best and we are the longest going domino league in St. Kitts and Nevis, and perhaps anywhere else in the world.”
He thanked Mr Osmond Petty and Mr Winston Morris who were former organisers of the league, and Mr Calvin Farrell who is the current President of Constituency Number Seven Domino League, and League Coordinator, for the selfless work they would have put in to make the league the success it is today.
Domino clubs from Constituency Number Seven had for a long period dominated the league until that monopoly was broken in 2018 when Parsons Domino Club from Constituency Number Six became the first team from outside Number Seven to be crowned champions. They defended the title in 2019 but this year the title returned to Constituency Number Seven with Tabernacle Domino Club taking the top honours for the first time.
“For me on the occasion of the 25th anniversary to have had Tabernacle done so superlatively well, I feel very proud to be from Tabernacle and I want to thank them and congratulate them,” said Dr Harris. “Twenty five years we have waited for this in Tabernacle. Twenty five years we came close and there are times when we were too distant from it. But again, young men like (Kerone) Roache stepped up, and all the other young people with (Captain) Jason ‘Spoon’ Nisbett, who came and gave Tabernacle the unbelieving power so that tonight the victory is Tabernacle’s and they will be taking home $5,000.”
He thanked all the fourteen teams and their players who took part in this year’s tournament, and promised them that with the completion of the new Lodge/Ottleys Community Centre now under construction, the tournament next year would be held in better facilities and hoped that more teams would take part.
Due to Covid-19 protocols in place, this year’s league was restricted to three venues, namely the Lodge Community Centre in Lodge Project which has over the years been the home to Constituency Number Seven Domino League, the pavilion at the Edgar Gilbert Sporting Complex, and the Tabernacle Police Station.
Coming in second position were former champions Unity Domino Club, followed by Lodge Domino Club, also former champions, and Phillips Domino Club in the fourth place. Small Corner Bar Domino Club took, for the second year in a row, Best of the Rest Championship.
The other teams in the competition were Sylvers Domino Club, Unstoppable Domino Club, Parsons Domino Club, Molineux Domino Club, Christ Church Domino Club, Saddlers Domino Club, Mansion Domino Club, Guinness Domino Club, and Giants Domino Club.
]]>BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, November 19, 2020 (MMS-SKN) — A grand prize giving ceremony to be held on Sunday November 22 at the Edgar Gilbert sporting Complex pavilion in Molineux brings down the curtain on the 25th edition of the country’s longest running domino league, Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris Domino League.
“League sponsor, Prime Minister and Area Parliamentary Representative for Constituency Number Seven, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, will preside over this year’s prize giving ceremony which will be held on Sunday November 22,” announced President of the league’s Executive Committee, and League Coordinator, Mr Calvin Farrell.
He added: “We will have a packed and entertaining afternoon which will start with an exhibition domino game between two female teams. One is a team from Newton Ground, and the other will be made up of female players from the various clubs in the Constituency Number Seven Domino League. The winner will get four cases of drinks. After that game we will have a three-hand competition involving all the teams in the league.”
The ceremony which takes place from 1:00 pm will see the new champions, Tabernacle Domino Club, walk away with the championship trophy and a cash prize of $5,000. In a hard fought competition, Tabernacle who had returned to the league after a two-year hiatus overcame the other thirteen teams in the competition to earn the title for the first time.
At the end of the round robin stage, which due to Covid-19 protocols that were in place saw all games played at three venues, Phillips Domino Club finished at the top. However in the last four play-offs they found themselves in the fourth position.
Immediate past champions, Parsons Domino Club, did not feature in the last four and neither did they qualify to play in the Best of the Rest competition on grounds of having forfeited one of their games.
“The second placed team in this year’s competition, Unity Domino Club, will receive a cash prize of $3,500 for their gallant effort,” said Mr Farrell. “Lodge Domino Club will receive $2,500 for the third place, while for the fourth position Phillips Domino Club will receive $2,000.”
Other cash prizes, according to Mr Farrell, will be awarded to the three top winners in the Best of the Rest competition, to include $800 for this year’s champions, Small Corner Bar Domino Club; runners’ up Sylvers Domino Club will receive $600; and third placed Unstoppable Domino Club will receive $400. Phillips Domino Club will receive an additional $400 for having led at the end of the round robin stage.
“There will be other consolation prizes, some to be given out by friends of Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris Domino League, which will be made known at the prize giving ceremony on Sunday,” said Mr Farrell. “All other teams will receive two cases of drinks of their choice.”
Fourteen teams took part in this year’s Constituency Number Seven Domino League. They were Tabernacle Domino Club, Unity Domino Club, Lodge Domino Club, Phillips Domino Club, Small Corner Bar Domino Club, Parsons Domino Club, Molineux Domino Club, Christ Church Domino Club, Saddlers Domino Club, Mansion Domino Club, Sylvers Domino Club, Unstoppable Domino Club, Guinness Domino Club, and Giants Domino Club.
“Looking at the last twenty four years, this twenty-fifth year I think has been the best year I have seen for such a long time, and I wonder if it is because of the Covid why the teams them stepped up with their masks and their uniforms and really put all out to be where they are now,” remarked President of the league’s Executive Committee, and League Coordinator, Calvin Farrell.
]]>BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, October 2, 2020 (MMS-SKN) — Preliminary fixtures in the 25th edition of Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris Domino League came to a dramatic end on Thursday 1st October with defending champions Parsons Domino Club forfeiting their last game, and former champions Lodge Domino Club annihilating Sylvers Domino Club.
Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris Domino League, which is the longest running such league in the Federation, is sponsored by Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, and Area Parliamentary Representative for St. Christopher Seven, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris.
Defending champions Parsons Domino Club, who are effectively out of the title race, did not show up for their encounter with Mansion Domino Club in their rescheduled game due to have been played on the grounds of the Tabernacle Police Station. It earned Mansion a 13-0 win.
It took less than two hours of play for former champions Lodge Domino Club to dispatch Sylvers Domino Club 13-1 in their game played at the Lodge Community Centre in Lodge Project, and at the same venue Giants Domino Club beat Saddlers Domino Club 13-9.
Phillips Domino Club finished at the top after narrowly beating Unstoppable Domino Club 13-12 in their encounter at the Edgar Gilbert Sporting Complex pavilion in Molineux. Losing a point to Unstoppable did not bring much discomfort on Phillips’ side, as even with a loss they still would have finished at the top.
The last of the rescheduled games, after a power outage would have forced the cancellation of five games on Thursday September 17, saw Christ Church Domino Club beat Small Corner Bar Domino Club 13-9 in a game played at the Edgar Gilbert Sporting Complex pavilion in Molineux.
With results in for those final preliminary fixtures in the 25th edition of Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris Domino League, the four teams that will move into the semi-finals are Phillips with 117 points, Unity with 111 points, and a tie between Lodge and Tabernacle who have 109 points each. However, Lodge takes the third position on account of having won more games with six points than Tabernacle.
The other teams who will now take part in the Best of the Rest knockout competition are Christ Church, 94 points; Unstoppable, 89 points; Mansion, 88 points; Parsons, 86 points; Saddlers, 70 points; Small Corner Bar, 62 points; Molineux, 48 points; Sylvers, 43 points; Giants, 40 points; and Guinness, 26 points.
According to President of Constituency Number Seven Domino League Executive Committee, Calvin Farrell, games for Best of the Rest competition will be played on Monday October 5 and Wednesday October 7, while semi-finals will be played on Tuesday October 6 and Thursday October 8.
The games will be played at the Lodge Community Centre in Lodge Project and the Edgar Gilbert Sporting Complex pavilion in Molineux starting at 7:00 pm on each of the days
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