Cricket
Six members of the Anguilla senior team are in Barbados this week. Jahmar Hamilton, who played for the West Indies Sagicor High Performance Team last week against the touring Zimbabwe National Team, will join up with Montcin Hodge, Kelbert Walters and Lyndell Richardson as part of the Leeward Islands 50 over squad who will be taking on the Combined Colleges and Campus (CCC) on Tuesday 12th March. Although not a member of the present CCC team, Asharn Hodge, who is Anguilla’s promising young batsman at the University on a sport scholarship, will certainly be lending his support to his fellow National Team mates.
Meanwhile Chesney Hughes will be the sixth Anguillian national cricketer in Barbados as his County Team, Derbyshire, will be there as part of their preparation for the upcoming 2013 1st Class season in England.
At home, in Anguilla, the Grassroots Program continues its promotion and development of our future national and regional young cricketers. On 23rd and 24th March, 3 cluster matches will be played at the James Ronald Webster Park.
Windball Cricket
The Golden Arrow windball tournament kicked off on Friday night (8th March) at the Coronation Park with a total of 8 teams participating. Matches will be played from Friday to Sunday each week until the 24th March.
Basketball
The junior basketball competition will be coming to an end, on Sunday 17th March, at the North Hill basketball court.
The local league will be kicking off on Friday 22nd March at the Ashley and Sons basketball court.
Football
Ms. Agennie Kanhai, the FIFA Development Officer for Anguilla, will be making her first visit to Anguilla on March 13th 2013. She will be looking at the local Football Association for 2013 season and beyond.
Table Tennis
The Anguilla Table Tennis Association (ATTA) has received an invitation to participate in a competition in St. Maarten on Saturday 16th March at the L. B. SCOTT Sports Auditorium.
A team of three players will take part in the main competition and four players in the beginner’s category. The tournament is sponsored by the Rotary Club of SXM.
Athletics
The Anguilla Amateur Athletic Federation (AAAF) has named a team of five athletes and two coaches to represent Anguilla at the 2013 Carifta Games to be held in the Bahamas from 29th March to 1st April 2013. The athletes are:
Theron Niles High jump
Deon Vanterpool Javelin
Aiden Hazzard 800m
Rechelle Meade High and Long jump
Zharnel Hughes 100 and 200m
Hughes won a bronze medal in the 100 metres last year.
Coaches travelling with the team are Heather Richardson and Alexis Ryan.
The team will leave Anguilla on March 28th and will return on April 2nd.
In more athletics news, our triple jumper Arthur Ward, who is on an athletic scholarship at the University of Regina in Canada, placed 6th in the Canadian Inter-University Sports National Championships over the weekend with a jump of 14.01 meters.
Cycling
The Anguilla Amateur Cycling Association (ACA) held its first race for the 2013 season on Sunday 10th March on the Jeremiah Gumbs Highway. There were 19 participants. Results of the race were as follows:
1st Akeem Sasso
2nd Timothy Richardson
3rd Justin Hodge
4th Ronnie Bryan
5th Sherwin Osbourne
The next event is scheduled to take place on March 24th.
Netball
The Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School inter-house competition began on Monday 11th March 2013. Five houses namely Pink, Maroon, Orange, Yellow and Purple are participating. The results of the two matches played on Monday are as follows:
Purple -14 vs. Orange -6
Pink – 5 vs. Maroon -3
The finals will be played on Sunday 17th March, 2013, at the JRWP, beginning at 4:30 pm.
Dominoes
The Warriors Sports Club will be having a 3-Hand Domino Tournament beginning on Saturday 23rd and ending on Sunday 24th March at Winter Garden in Stoney Ground. Registration fee is EC$100.00. Contact Dougal at 584-7673 or Nat 729-3164 for more information. Cash prizes to be won for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
Volleyball
The Annual Business League began over the weekend. Games are played on Friday and Saturday nights at the JRWP volleyball court. Teams taking part are Police, ANGLEC, MICUH, Teachers, Construction and Sports.
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