Some challenges in the Windward Islands Games

Jul 31
2009

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There was much disappointment and shame at the conclusion of the Opening Day of the Annual Windward Islands Secondary Schools Games at the Arnos Vale Playing Field. The shame and disappointment came in the form of the particularly poor performances of the Vincentian athletes in the first sport of the Games, Track and Field Athletics. From the commencement of the very first event of the day, the Girls High Jump, it was evident that the host nation, St Vincent and the Grenadines, was really not prepared for the athletics competition. The rest is now part of this country’s sordid sporting history. Read the rest of this entry »