BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, April 20, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — After an eighteen-year hiatus, a successful St. Kitts National Domino Association tournament was held this year which saw twelve teams compete for top honours with the Spanish team, Los Fuertes del Domino overcoming the odds to claim the top honours.
Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, who was present at the closing and prize-giving ceremony held on Sunday April 18 at the New Town Community Centre, thanked the players from the twelve teams and the sponsors of the successful tournament informing the association that he will be entering as one of the sponsors of the tournament next year.
Sponsorship of domino tournaments, which Prime Minister Harris called the people’s sport, is not new to him as he is the sponsor of the longest running domino league in the country, if not the region, Constituency Number Seven Domino League. It will this year be hosting the 26th edition of its highly competitive tournament that last year attracted fourteen teams.
The St. Kitts National Domino Association tournament’s closing ceremony was chaired by Treasurer Mr Cremoy Agard, who gave an outline of the competition that involved twelve teams from around the island. The teams were Terminal Boyz, Newcomers II, Til Ah Marnin, Poor Man’s Pocket, Masters of Domino Art, Spartans Fig Tree, Los Fuertes del Domino, Eagle Claws, King Balang, Newcomers I, Latecomers, and Lodge.
Teams that reached the final four were Los Fuertes del Domino, Terminal Boyz, Masters of Domino Art, and Poor Man’s Pocket. In the first semi-final, Los Fuertes del Domino dispatched Poor Man’s Pocket in two straight games, while in the second semi-final Terminal Boyz beat Masters of Domino Arts in the first game, but were beaten in the next two games.
This therefore set the final between Masters of Domino Arts and Los Fuertes del Domino, where the Spanish team won two straight games in a best of three final games encounter.
The competition, which was meant to help with the selection of a St. Kitts team that will take part at future World Council of Domino Federation (WCDF) championships after an eighteen-year hiatus, was sponsored by the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis – Platinum Sponsor, First Federal Credit Union, Best For Less Trading Ltd, The Craft House, NAGICO Insurances, and Carib Brewery.
Information from the St. Kitts National Domino Association has it that while the World Council of Domino Federation champions due to have been held in Antigua later this year will not take place due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a total 39 players were named for a boot camp, with Newcomers I Domino Club having the largest number of players – a total of seven.
It is followed by Poor Man Pocket Domino Club with six players, Terminal Boyz Domino Club (5), Masters of Domino Art Domino Club (5), Los Fuertes del Domino (4), Eagle Claws Domino Club (3), Spartans Fig Tree Domino Club (2), Til A Marnin Domino Club (2), Lodge Domino Club (2), King Balang Domino Club (2), Newcomers II Domino Club (1), while Latecomers Domino Club did not produce any player.
Platinum sponsor, Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis, was represented at the closing and prize-giving ceremony by Marketing and Product Development Officer, Ms Chantelle Rochester, who noted that the financial institution appreciated the hosting of sporting activities as they bring communities together, noting that the Bank is committed to providing a sustained difference in peoples’ lives whether socially or financially.
Other sponsors represented at the ceremony were Best For Less Trading Ltd, by Manager Mr Anand Samtani, and First Federal Credit Union by, Member Services Officer Ms Sarafina Osborne, all who assisted with the distribution of trophies to the players.
]]>BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 15, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — The appearance of Covid-19 forms part of what Jesus taught about the end times, and a leading cleric is saluting the leadership of the government of St. Kitts and Nevis, and the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) for the way they have gone about in keeping the pandemic at bay.
“I am declaring unto you that you must not make the mistake and see Covid-19 as simply a virus because Jesus declared before His coming there will be signs and one of the signs which He says, will be pestilences, and pestilences that come with contagious and deadly disease,” stated Reverend Dr Ben Browne of the Cayon Church of God on Sunday March 14 as he delivered the morning worship sermon under the theme ‘Signs of the times’ whose topic was ‘The signs are signalling… Don’t miss the signal’.
The man of God advised the congregation that included Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris and Ambassador His Excellency Michael Powell, to look at what Covid-19 is doing by making people unemployed, causing all kinds of hardships to the people, has restricted the movements, has killed thousands, has frozen nation after nation, and it has made life miserable all over the entire world.
He however advised that all was not doom and gloom as God has promised grace and mercy to His people, explaining that what ‘grace’ does is that it allows God to do for the sinners some marvellous things, while on the other hand ‘mercy’ is God’s way of withholding from the people what they deserve in terms of judgement.
“Oh for the mercy of God, we need to give praise and thanks,” said Dr Browne. “When I look at how this pandemic is ravaging the economies of the countries around the world, and how it is destroying life after life across the region here as well, and across the other nations of the world, when I look at what this thing is doing and when I see what is happening to us here in this Federation, I have got to give some praise. I have got to give some thanks and some blessings to God.”
Added Dr Browne: “Oh yes I praise God for the leadership of the Government, and I praise God for the leadership of the NEOC (National Emergency Operations Centre) that is behind and above the government and above NEOC is this wonderful God whom we serve, who gives us His grace and I hear the Prophet Jeremiah saying, it is because of the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed.”
The Cayon Church of God demonstrated its commitment in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic by hosting a Covid-19 vaccination information session from 6:00 pm that was facilitated by General Surgeon Dr Natalie Osborne under the theme ‘Getting vaccinated against Covid-19…Should I take it or should I not’.
“We know what is going on right now in the world – the pandemic and we know there are fears and so to allay those fears, we asked Dr Natalie Osborne to come and seek to address some of the issues that we may be having,” said chairperson of the evening session, Mrs Rosel Pemberton. “We here at the Cayon Church of God we firmly believe in a holistic development – we don’t just try to feed the spiritual side.”
Dr Osborne, who said she is a daughter of the Green Valley community and a daughter of the small area of Central Cayon, thanked the Cayon Church of God for giving her the opportunity to speak at the church that evening.
“My concern and our concern in the Ministry of Health is as we know that we have been dealing with for over the last year, the coronavirus, the Covid-19 pandemic, which started back in December of 2019 in Wuhan, China, and was officially labelled by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a global pandemic in March of 2020,” said Dr Osborne. “I am here just to enlighten you a bit about the vaccine and why we all should be vaccinated. Once there isn’t any major health counter-indication we all should get vaccinated so that we all move forward together in a unified manner and move past this vaccine.”
Giving the vote of thanks, after a highly interactive information session that also included person online and where persons were advised that the vaccine was safe to be used by persons in the ages 18 to 80, Ms Jamillah Bristol remarked that the presentation was very informative as Dr Osborne removed the medical terms and she brought it down to their level.
“Because I myself have a scare and I have read the negative things (about the vaccine) and I haven’t taken it as yet because of the fear and the negative things, I am grateful you encourage me and you persuade me to go and take my vaccine tomorrow morning,” stated Ms Bristol.
Reverend Dr Ben Browne said he was also going to take his vaccine the following day at the Cayon Health Centre and not at the New Town Community Centre where everyone is going.
]]>BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 5, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Masters of the Domino Art Form Domino Club suffered a loss on Thursday night March 4 during the fifth segment of play in the second round of the St. Kitts National Domino Association tournament that saw them slip down one slot on the points standing table, but are ahead of the team that inflicted the loss.
Knowing that they were at a disadvantaged position, Spartans Fig Tree Domino Club did not waste any of the chances that came their way as they forcefully engaged Masters of the Domino Art Form in their encounter at the New Town Community Centre. Their confidence and shrewdness paid handsomely as they emerged with a comfortable 26-16 win.
For Spartans, Tristan Ward and Cameron Prentice won five games and lost four, Rameece Belboda and Kerrell ‘Franks’ Dasent won four games and lost one, and Everton Boone and George ‘Naddy’ Welsh won four games and lost one. For Masters, Alston Clarke and Selmoth ‘Selly’ Rawlins won four games and lost one.
Lodge Domino Club who had a shaky start at the opening of the tournament have started showing their true form, which would have at one time earned them the highly competitive Constituency Number Seven Domino League championship. When they met bottom of the points standing King Balang Domino Club, Lodge managed a 26-20 win.
For lodge, McAllister Thomas and Samuel Wilson won eight games and lost one, while O’Niel Thomas and ‘Panky’ Williams won five games and lost six. For King Balang Gregory Noah Mills and Charles Morton won four games and lost three, while Yazid Francis and Vernon Elliot won three games and lost six.
In other games, Terminal Boyz Domino Club continued with their winning form by beating Newcomers II Domino Club 26-24 in a hotly contested game; Los Fuertes del Domino overrun Eagle Claws Domino Cub 26-10; Newcomers I Domino Club beat Latecomers Domino Club 26-20; and Poor Man Pocket Domino Club beat Til Ah Marnin Domino Club 26-18.
Points standing after five segments of play in the second round: Terminal Boyz, 68 points; Poor Man Pocket, 63 points; Los Fuertes, 56 points; Masters, 55 points; Til Ah Marnin, 42 points; Newcomers I, 42 points; Spartans, 38 points; Lodge, 35 points; Latecomers, 35 points; Eagle Claws, 30 points; Newcomers II, 21 points; and King Balang, 10 points.
The competition, which is sponsored by the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis – Platinum Sponsor, First Federal Credit Union, Best For Less Trading Ltd, The Craft House, and NAGICO Insurances, continues on Sunday March 7 at the New Town Community Centre starting at 5:00 pm with the teams meeting for the sixth segment of play in the second round of the competition.
Order of play: Terminal Boyz vs. Til Ah Marnin; Eagles Claws vs. Newcomers I; Spartans Fig Tree vs. Los Fuertes del Domino; Latecomers vs. Poor Man Pocket; Lodge vs. Masters of the Domino Art Form; and Newcomers II vs. King Balang.
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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 3, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — At the end of the fourth segment of play in the second round of the St. Kitts National Domino Association tournament on Tuesday night March 2, held at the New Town Community Centre, Terminal Boyz Domino Club sent out the clearest message that they were all out to take the crown.
Galvanised by the outstanding show put up by the father and son pair of Selwyn ‘Bungo’ Anjo and Vincent ‘Five Cent’ Bowry who played opposite each other, Terminal Boyz dismissed Spartans Fig Tree Domino Club 26-12 with ease, to assert their top position in points standing.
For Terminal Boyz, Marcus and O’Brian won six games and lost one, Vincent ‘Five Cent’ Bowry and his dad Selwyn ‘Bungo’ Anjo won five games and lost three, while Orville Nolan and Jeff won two games and lost one. For Spartans, the pairs of Rameece and Shezzle, Harris and Naddy, and Harris and Tristan won a game each.
Latecomers Domino Club cast aside the meaning of their name and proved it is only a name by banging Newcomers II Domino Club 26-18. For Latecomers, Robert Tyson and Norris ‘Chuck’ Sharry won three games and lost one, Robert Tyson and Kally won three games without loss, while for Newcomers II, Keithly Blanchette and Laba won four games and lost three.
Poor Man Pocket Domino Club raided King Balang Domino Club’s barns and came out the richer with a 26-8 win. For Poor Man Pocket, Desmond Rawlins and Antonio ‘Marsh’ Phillip won six games and lost two, while Patrick and Arnie won three without loss. King Balang side had Noah Mills and Yazid Francis winning three games and losing one.
In other results of the night, Masters Domino Club made a dramatic comeback from down 8-18 to beat Til Ah Marnin Domino Club 25-18, Los Fuertes del Domino outlasted Newcomers I Domino Club 26-24, and Eagle Claws Domino Club edged out Lodge Domino Club 26-24.
Points standing after four segments of play in the second round: Terminal Boyz, 63 points; Poor Man Pocket, 59 points; Masters, 55 points; Los Fuertes, 51 points; Til Ah Marnin, 42 points; Newcomers I, 37 points; Latecomers, 35 points; Spartans, 33 points; Lodge, 30 points; Eagle Claws, 30 points; Newcomers II, 21 points; and King Balang, 10 points.
The competition, which is sponsored by the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis – Platinum Sponsor, First Federal Credit Union, Best For Less Trading Ltd, The Craft House, and NAGICO Insurances, continues on Thursday March 4 at the New Town Community Centre starting at 6:00 pm with the teams meeting for the fifth segment of play in the second round of the competition.
Order of play: Terminal Boyz vs. Newcomers II, Los Fuertes del Domino vs. Eagle Claws, Spartans vs. Masters, Newcomers I vs. Latecomers, Lodge vs. King Balang, and Til Ah Marnin vs. Poor Man Pocket.
]]>BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, February 12, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — In the most intense encounter in the eighth segment of play in the first round of the St. Kitts National Domino Association (SKNDA) tournament on Thursday February 11 at the New Town Community Centre, Latecomers Domino Club overcame Eagle Claws Domino Club 26-22.
For Latecomers, Norris Sharry and Robert Tyson won six games and lost two, while for Eagle Claws Ryan St. Marie and Kerone Roache won seven games and lost two.
Spartans Fig Tree Domino Club, who had trailed in the early stages of their game against Poor Man Pocket Domino Club, made the quintessential comeback of the evening and handed Poor Man Pocket Domino Club a thrashing they will want to forget in quick time. Spartans earned a bonus point by winning the game 26-8.
For Spartans Fig Tree, Rameece ‘Rambo’ Belboda and Everton ‘Harris’ Boone won eight games and lost one, and Franks and Nady won four games, and lost three, while for Poor Man Pocket Allington ‘Leggy’ Berridge and Desmond ‘Fergie’ Rawlins won three games and lost one.
Terminal Boyz Domino Club, who suffered their first loss in the tournament on Sunday February 7, were all out to prove what happened was purely bad luck and they did it in style by dispensing out the sternest thrashing of the evening to King Balang Domino Club whom they annihilated 26-4. The feat earned Terminal Boyz a bonus point.
Lodge Domino Club who lost by default on Sunday February 7 made good of their misfortune by beating Newcomers I Domino Club 26-16; Masters Domino Club beat Newcomers II Domino Club 26-12; while Los Fuertes del Domino handed Til Ah Marnin Domino Club a 26-16 beating.
The game between Eagle Claws Domino Club and King Balang Domino Club, which was postponed from Sunday February 7, was played on Wednesday February 10. Eagle Claws who had only won one game previously, earned their second win by beating King Balang 26-18.
In the meantime, St. Kitts National Domino Association (SKNDA) Vice President Mr Keithly Blanchette advised players that games that would have taken place on Sunday February 14 would instead by held on Tuesday February 16 from 6:00 pm. The move was taken to give the players time to be with their loved ones on Valentine’s Day.
The Vice President also informed the teams that at the present rate of playing on two days in a week, the Association will be late in submitting names to Antigua and Barbuda of players from St. Kitts who will participate in the World Council of Domino Federation (WCDF) championships. He proposed that for the second round that they hold the games on three days in a week – Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
Points standing after eight segments of play: Terminal Boyz, 37 points; Masters, 35 points; Poor Man Pocket, 27 points; Newcomers I, 27 points; Los Fuertes del Domino, 26 points: Latecomers, 25 points; Til Ah Marnin, 21 points; Lodge, 20 points; Spartans Fig Tree, 11 points; Eagle Claws, 10 points; Newcomers II, 5 points; and King Balang, 5 points.
The competition, which is sponsored by the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis – Platinum Sponsor, First Federal Credit Union, Best For Less Trading Ltd, The Craft House, and NAGICO Insurances, will continue on Tuesday February 16 at the New Town Community Centre starting at 6:00 pm with the teams meeting in the ninth segment of play in the first round.
Order of play: Newcomers I will face Terminal Boyz, Eagles Claws will come up against Poor Man Pocket, Spartans Fig Tree vs. Lodge, Latecomers vs. Til Ah Marnin, Los Fuertes del Domino will battle it out with Newcomers II, and Masters vs. King Balang.
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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, February 9, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Terminal Boyz Domino Club’s winning streak in the St. Kitts National Domino Association (SKNDA) tournament, taking place at the New Town Community Centre, came to a screeching halt on Sunday February 7 when Masters Domino Club handed them a 26-20 thrashing.
For Masters, James ‘Bubba’ Hanley and Jerome ‘Spy’ Clarke won three games, lost two; William ‘Ramong’ Agard and Ashton ‘Petrol’ Davis won three games, lost three; William ‘Ramong’ Agard and Jeevan ‘Puncha’ Dore won two games, lost none; and Selmoth ‘Selly’ Rawlins and Allister Clarke won three games, lost one.
For Terminal Boyz, the father and son pair of Selwyn ‘Bungo’ Anjo and Vincent ‘Five Cents’ Bowry won four games, lost three; while Brian Brookes and Marvin Warner won three games, lost three.
Terminal Boyz players who had commanded an early 6-4 lead as the representative of the tournament’s platinum sponsor the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis, Marketing and Product Development Officer Ms Chantelle Rochester watched the action-packed game, have themselves to blame for falling behind and lose to Masters.
Leaving the New Town Community Centre seemingly bruised after suffering their first loss during the seventh segment of play in the first round of the tournament, Terminal Boyz still had some pride left in them as they hold the lead in the overall points standing, albeit by a single point margin.
Ms Rochester had the opportunity to watch another action packed game where Til Ah Marnin Domino Club and Spartans Fig Tree Domino Club were tied 6-6. After Ms Rochester left, Til Ah Marnin fell behind, but pulled all the stops and made a dramatic comeback to finally beat Spartans Fig Tree 26-24 and carry home the maximum points.
In other games, Los Fuertes del Domino beat Latecomers Domino Club 26-16, while Newcomers I Domino Club crushed their cousins, Newcomers II Domino Club, 26-6, a feat that earned them a bonus point. Poor Man Pocket Domino Club won by default, and a bonus point, over Lodge Domino Club who did not show up. The Eagle Claws Domino Club and King Balang Domino Club game was postponed with the understanding it will be played before Thursday February 11.
“We at the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis are satisfied that the St. Kitts National Domino Association has undertaken a noble task in according this country’s domino players an opportunity to participate in the World Council of Domino Federation (WCDF) championships after an eighteen-year hiatus,” said Marketing and Product Development Officer at the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis, Ms Chantelle Rochester.
The Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis official was welcomed at the New Town Community Centre by the St. Kitts National Domino Association (SKNDA) officials, Vice President Mr Keithly Blanchette, Secretary Ms Brenda Hazel, Treasurer/Organiser Mr Cremoy Agard, and Members at Large Ms Moschina Kramer and Mr Roy Bedminster.
“The country has a pool of talented players most of who have been kept busy by the country’s longest running domino tournament, Constituency Number Seven Domino League which is sponsored by the Honourable Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last year,” noted Ms Rochester. “When time comes for the World Council of Domino Federation (WCDF) championships, we believe St. Kitts will have a strong team to compete with the best in the world.”
Points standing after seven segments of play: Terminal Boyz 31 points; Masters 30 points; Poor Man Pocket 27 points; Newcomers I 27 points; Latecomers 21 points; Til Ah Marnin 21 points; Los Fuertes del Domino 21 points; Lodge 15 points; Newcomers II 5 points; Spartans Fig Tree 5 points; Eagle Claws 5 points; and King Balang 5 points.
The competition, which is sponsored by the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis – Platinum Sponsor, First Federal Credit Union, Best For Less Trading Ltd, The Craft House, and NAGICO Insurances, will continue on Thursday February 11 at the New Town Community Centre starting at 6:00 pm with the teams meeting in the eighth segment of play in the first round.
Order of play: Eagle Claws will face Latecomers; Spartan Fig Tree will come up against Poor Man Pocket; King Balang vs. Terminal Boyz; Lodge will battle it out with Newcomers I; Masters vs. Newcomers II; while Los Fuertes del Domino will square it off with Til Ah Marnin.
]]>BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, February 5, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Having lost five games in a row in the first round of the St. Kitts National Domino Association (SKNDA) tournament currently taking place at the New Town Community Centre, King Balang Domino Club turned the tide and won their first game on Thursday evening February 4.
The team which came up against Newcomers II Domino Club registered an empathic 26-12 win and in style having been the first team, out of the twelve teams taking part in the tournament, to register a win for the evening.
For King Balang, Vernon ‘Budgy’ Elliott and Yazid Francis won eight game and lost one, while Charles Morton and Julian ‘King Balang’ Morton won four games without blemish.
Match of the evening saw Los Fuertes del Domino beat Spartans Fig Tree Domino Club 26-24 in a nail-biter. It was closely followed, in terms of excitement generated, by the game where Newcomers I Domino Club edged out Eagle Claws Domino Club 26-22.
In other results of the evening, current points standing leaders Terminal Boyz Domino Club defeated Til Ah Marnin Domino Club 26-20, Latecomers Domino Club handed Poor Man Pocket Domino Club their second straight loss as they won 28-16, and Masters Domino Club beat Lodge Domino Club 26-20.
Points standing after six segments of play: Terminal Boyz 31 points; Masters 25 points; Poor Man Pocket 21 points; Latecomers 21 points; Newcomers I 21 points; Til Ah Marnin 16 points; Los Fuertes del Domino 16 points; Lodge 15 points; Newcomers II 5 points; Spartans Fig Tree 5 points; Eagle Claws 5 points; and King Balang 5 points.
The competition, which is sponsored by the
of St. Kitts and Nevis – Platinum Sponsor, First Federal Credit Union, Best For Less Trading Ltd, The Craft House, and NAGICO Insurances, will continue on Sunday February 7 at the New Town Community Centre starting at 5:00 pm with the teams meeting in the seventh segment of play in the first round.
Order of play: King Balang will come up against Eagle Claws; Masters vs. Terminal Boyz; Spartans Fig Tree will face Til Ah Marnin; Los Fuertes del Domino vs. Latecomers; Poor Man Pocket vs. Lodge; and Newcomers I will battle it out with Newcomers II.
]]>BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, February 2, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — After five segments of play in the first round of the St. Kitts National Domino Association (SKNDA) tournament currently taking place at the New Town Community Centre, Terminal Boyz Domino Club players remain unbeaten.
When the twelve teams taking part in the competition met on Sunday January 31, Terminal Boyz extended their winning streak by beating Newcomers II Domino Club 26-18 in a game where Terminal Boyz’s Selwyn Anno and Vincent Bowry won six games and lost two.
Two highly exciting games of the evening saw Til Ah Marning Domino Club fight tooth and nail to overcome a hard-fighting Poor Man Pocket Domino Club 26-24, and Latecomers Domino Club coming through with a narrow 26-23 win over Newcomers I Domino Club.
In other games on Sunday evening, Masters Domino Club beat Spartans Fig Tree Domino Club 26-14, Los Fuertes del Domino beat Eagle Claws Domino Club 28-12, and Lodge Domino Club defeated King Balang Domino Club 28-10.
Points standing after five segments of play: Terminal Boyz 26 points; Poor Man Pocket 21; points; Masters 20 points; Newcomers I 16 points; Til Ah Marning 16 points; Latecomers 15 points; Lodge 15 points; Los Fuertes del Domino 11 points; Eagle Claws 5 points; Spartans Fig Tree 5 points; Newcomers II 5 points: and King Balang 0 points.
The competition, which has been sponsored by the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis – Platinum Sponsor, First Federal Credit Union, Best For Less Trading Ltd, The Craft House, and NAGICO Insurances, will continue on Thursday February 4 at the New Town Community Centre starting at 5:00 pm with the teams meeting in the sixth segment of play.
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