St Vincent and the Grenadines does not seem to know when and how to acknowledge those who have come through sport to access an education and who have gone on to excel in academic and professional work.We have had Alfie Roberts who made the West Indies team as a relatively young man. He was potentially […]
Time to raise the barAt a recent meeting one individual expressed very strong views in respect of the way sport is treated in the school system in St Vincent and the Grenadines. The argument was very simple. The view expressed was that the system seems to be conducting sporting activities merely for the sake […]
The embarrassment that is West Indies Cricket continues to tread headlong without any sort of shame among the leadership of the region’s governing body, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).Just when we thought that it was not possible for regional cricket to be further embarrassed we set another record of sorts in Antigua and Barbuda. […]
With just about five months left before the official Opening Ceremony of the inaugural Caribbean Games the organisers are duly concerned about ensuring that all is readied in time to facilitate a level of competition that meets the requirement of the international sporting community.To the organisers the Caribbean Games 2009 is not any village affair. […]
Reports indicate that the global economic crisis is extending its tentacles into every sphere of activity in almost every nation. We have seen the loss of employment in every sector by the thousands and soon we shall hear of millions of people having been placed on the sidelines. The impact has already been described as […]
The recent announcement of the return of sports between the nation’s secondary schools has come as music to the ears of many a Vincentian student and those teachers who value sport. That these sports were stopped for some time served to highlight the lack of foresight on the part of those in authority in so […]
The performance of the national Under-20 football in the recently concluded Concacaf competition hosted in St Vincent and the Grenadines speaks volumes about the continued existence of an abundance of talented youths in this country and of the importance of nurturing that talent for the ultimate benefit of the nation.Much has been made recently of […]
Not so long ago we were told by the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines that serious consideration was being given to the preparations for the national stadium. Indeed, the author seems to recall that when Ortis jack was heading to the University of the West Indies, St Augustine to do his degree […]
West Indies cricket has been thrown into a sort of whirlwind that may see the regional organisation going further into bleakness with no end in sight for some time to come. The fortunes of the West Indies Cricket Board has never really been sound but in recent times and with far more public scrutiny into […]
The final of the Arnos Vale Football League competition attracted a mere handful of spectators. That tells the story of what has really happened to sport in St Vincent and the Grenadines in the year 2008 – a major loss of interest, declining participation, lowering of performance standards and a near total absence of support.Lennox […]