Cotton Ground struggles past Rootsie while Cayon continues to dominate A division - May 22, 2011
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The first scheduled game of the St. Kitts Amateur Basketball Association Premier Division last Sunday, saw S. L. Horsfords Rootsie, a former A-Division team challenging the 2010 Finals Runners up, Cotton Ground Rebels. As the whistle signaled the end of the 1st half Rootsie was in the lead holding on by one point 32 to 31 and at the end of the third quarter they held a 9 point lead, putting in question Rebels outlook for the season. The game however ended 81 to 69 in favour of Cotton Ground Rebels who exhibited a spectacular momentum in the last quarter finishing strong, showing themselves worthy of being called Nevis elite team.
Outstanding players for Cotton Ground Rebels were Everson Webbe 36 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals, Royden Browne 13 points, 13 rebounds and 1 steal and Kurt Herbert 11 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals. Despite the setback for Rootsie Marcus Natta achieved 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Donald Caines 11 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists and Jason Norford 8 points 1 rebound and 2 assists.
When asked how his team took the defeat, Coach Dwayne Sturge said he was disappointed with the loss as he felt they played well enough to win the game, however the missed free throws and missed rebounds lead to challenges they did not overcome. All in all as far as the attitude of the team, they have a renewed approach and outlook to the season, they are more positive about maintaining their position and becoming a contending team in the Premier Division.
Three other games were rained out this weekend highlighting once again the too often experienced hindrance to a successful basketball league. Is this an indication that SKABA should change their regular season to avoid the rainy time of the year or is it about time that facilities are put in place to counter the weather?
In other match-ups for the week ending Friday 13th May Quakers proved too much for the newcomers Old Road.
Jason Liburd was explosive with 23 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals Leroy Martin averaged 13 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 2 steals and Kurt Carty and Tyrone Southwell aided the win with a total of 19 points between them. At Half time the score was in favour of Quakers 42 27.
Old Road seemed unable to catch their stride all night as the more experienced Quakers dominated every quarter. Outstanding scorers for Old Road were Altyne Issac amassing 18 points, 4 rebounds 1 assist and 2 steals, Jason Jarvis with 12 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals and Anthony Silliday averaging 9 points 11 rebounds and 1 steal. The Game ended 93 59 with a Victory for Quakers.
The second A Division game commenced that evening with former Premier team Cayon Lions matching up against The Blue Devils. Lions made easy work of the Blue Devils in the second half of the game despite their admirable run in the third quarter. Cayon won with a 20 point lead over Blue Devils, final score 91 71.
Omarie Warner of Cayon Lions matched the 15 points scored by the Blue Devils team in the fourth quarter and attained an outstanding 29 points, 9 rebounds 1 assist and 4 steals. Also from Lions were Giron Browne 21 points, 13 rebounds and 2 steals and Dave Pondt 19 points, 6 rebounds 2 assists, 6 steals and 1 block
For the Blue Devils, Jayson Esdaille scored 16 points 5 rebounds and 1 assist, Kareem Gerald recorded 15 points and 9 rebounds and Scilachi Robinson 15 points 5 rebounds 4 assists 8 steals and 1 block.
by Tamara OFlaherty
SKABA Sports Reporter
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St. Kitts-Nevis beats Dominica and dominates Martinique in Sugar Creole Basketball Tournament - Dec 28, 2012
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BASSETERRE St. Kitts, November 12th 2012 - Host country Dominica got off to a disappointing start in the Sugar Creole Basketball Tournament on Friday night, losing its first game to the St Kitts & Nevis National Team known as the Sugar Ballers in a thrilling overtime match-up.
The tournament, which started off a bit later than scheduled, did not disappoint the fans in terms of quality basketball [read more]
BASSETERRE St. Kitts, November 12th 2012 - Host country Dominica got off to a disappointing start in the Sugar Creole Basketball Tournament on Friday night, losing its first game to the St Kitts & Nevis National Team known as the Sugar Ballers in a thrilling overtime match-up.
The tournament, which started off a bit later than scheduled, did not disappoint the fans in terms of quality basketball. The evening started off with the team introductions followed by the national anthems of the respective countries after former president of Dominica Amateur Basketball Association Dave Baron gave a short welcome address.
The game began very slowly with both teams gagging each other for the first 5 minutes, until St. Kitts scored first. The first quarter ended with St. Kitts 13 pts to Dominica 10 pts.
Dominica, with a practically new team from the one which participated in the tournament in St Kitts last year, recovered by scoring 17 points to St Kitts 13 pts in the 2nd quarter, to end the half 27 pts to 26 pts.
The third and fourth quarters were no different with both teams exchanging leads and being very competitive. But with 1 minute remaining in regulation time and Dominica leading 55 pts to 53 pts, St kitts was able to penetrate the Dominica defense and tie the game 55 pts to 55 pts with 13 seconds left to play.
Dominica failed to capitalize on the time left to win the game as tight defense and a near steal from St. Kitts caused the ball to go out of bounds with 1.4 seconds remaining but Dominica made the ultimate blunder with a player dribbling out the time without taking a shot.
And so the game went into overtime with the scores even at 55 points.
During the overtime period Dominica fared no better with some early turnovers and poor play. St Kitts took the lead and never relinquished, finally winning the first game of the tournament with a score of 64 pts to Dominicas 58 pts.
The Sugar Ballers continued their winning ways on Saturday evening when they dominated the Martnique National team . The Ballers led at the end of every quarter cruised to a comfortable 86-74 victory.
The SKN Team's final game will be versus the Domnica Under 23 basketball team which is expected to be another win for the Ballers.
The SKN Team's final game will be versus the Domnica Under 23 basketball team which is expected to be another win for the Ballers.
A victory tonight against the Dominica U23 Team will give the SKN Sugar Ballers the Sugar Creole Basketball Cup and cap the team's undefeated run.
The Top Performers for the game Dominica versus St.Kitts-Nevis game were:
Top performers: Dominica
Garth Joseph (217-C-73, college: St.Rose, NY) 15 pts, 11 Rbds , 6 Blks Neverson JnoBaptiste 10 pts , 14 Rbds , 1 stl. Thomas Felix 11 pts , 5 Stls
PJIAE Sporting Club: A successful year of games - Oct 17, 2012
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SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (October 1, 2012) The Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIAE) Sporting Club has recorded a successful year of activities, rebounding after a two-year hiatus. In its latest accomplishment, the club pulled off a six-night Business Basketball Knockout with 10 teams from various businesses further cementing its relationship with the community [read more]
SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (October 1, 2012) The Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIAE) Sporting Club has recorded a successful year of activities, rebounding after a two-year hiatus. In its latest accomplishment, the club pulled off a six-night Business Basketball Knockout with 10 teams from various businesses further cementing its relationship with the community.
NAGICO emerged champs of the September 24 - 29 tournament, while Halley Aviations and the government Fire Department secured second and third places, respectively. President of PJIAE Sporting Club, Evans J. Marsham said he feels very happy because all the activities done to date have been very successful. The feedback from the community and the various companies were positive, Marsham said.
The clubs Vice President Emile Levons explained that they felt the need to do something connected with the airport that involved interaction with each other outside of work. As for the events, they were successful. The turnout from the airport population and public was good so far and they are encouraging us to do more, Levons said.
The LB Scot Sports Auditorium was full almost every night during the hoops tournament. The other activities hosted this year by the PJIAE Sporting Club were an early morning walkathon on September 1, from the St. Maarten port in Pointe Blanche to PJIA; and a Softball Knockout in July.
The upcoming Airport Slam Games, from October 25 28, will close off the clubs activities for the year. According to Marsham, participation for these games, which will be held at the Great Bay Sports Auditorium and Jose Lake Ballpark, is expected from all of the territories of the former Netherlands Antilles. To date, Aruba and Curacao have confirmed their participation.
These games take place every year on a different island. The club is currently awaiting confirmation from the BES islands (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba). We try to invite at least thirty people from each participating island, but we told the BES islands that even if they can send five or six people, that would be fine, Marsham stated.
He explained that it was because PJIAE Sporting Club knew it would be hosting the Airport Slam Games that the club was revived. The club was dormant during 2010-2011 after a very active 2009. The Airport Slam will be the last public event for the year because in November and December the airport has many activities.
The games during the meet are volleyball, indoor soccer, softball, and dominoes. According to Marsham, all the activities this year have fostered better camaraderie among staffers of PJIAE and the business community. The government Fire Department and Airport players are like brothers, and it is the same now with NAGICO and GEBE, because we meet at these games and interact. Courtesy of: http://www.sknvibes.com
St.Kitts-Nevis announces National Basketball Team for 2nd Annual Sugar Creole Basketball Festival in Domnica - Oct 17, 2012
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BASSETERRE St. Kitts, October 10th 2012 - The St. Kitts Nevis National Male Basketball team will be travelling to Dominica to participate in the 2nd Annual Sugar Creole Basketball Festival from the 12th 15th October. Last years festival was held in St. Kitts and naturally our National Select dominated and beat the Dominica National Team. This year Martinique and the Dominica Under 23 National Male team has been added to the festival [read more]
BASSETERRE St. Kitts, October 10th 2012 - The St. Kitts Nevis National Male Basketball team will be travelling to Dominica to participate in the 2nd Annual Sugar Creole Basketball Festival from the 12th 15th October. Last years festival was held in St. Kitts and naturally our National Select dominated and beat the Dominica National Team. This year Martinique and the Dominica Under 23 National Male team has been added to the festival. St. Kitts will be playing Martinique Island Team on Friday 12th October, Under 23 Dominca National Team on Saturday 13th October and the much-anticipated rematch against Dominica National Team on Sunday 14th October. We are proud to announce our 2012 Male Open National Basketball Team:
Tambi Caines, Marlon Powell (183-G), Nashorn Maynard (196-F-86, college: Alaska-Fairb.), Troy Wattley (196-F) , Kimo Liburd (F), George Gaton Delvin Marshall , Kirt Herbert (193-G), Graeme Browne, Javed Williams , Brian Morris, Livan Lee, Javal Hodge, Justin Jeffers, David Sutton Head Coach, Bj Mumford Assistant Coach, Alister James Physio, Kenroy Tobias President / Team Manager.
According to Wallis Wilkin a member of the SKABA executive and Manager/Coach of the SKABA Champions Horsfords Ghetto Roots national teams participation in the Dominican tournament is the first step towards maintaining a vibrant and formidable national team.
Our national team has been dormant for the last 6 years and this Sugar Creole Festival is the perfect first step to re-establishing a consistent and regular national basketball team, said Wilkin.
The intention moving forward is to keep the team in tact and playing together as regularly as possible with a view of being a formidable force in regional basketball and at the CBC tournament. Even if it means spearheading the organization and re-establishment of sub regional tournaments like LIBA and the OECS championships. Our players need something to strive to and outside of college scholarships, representing the country has always been the goal and biggest motivation for most of our players and the national team must be in place if we are to keep our young players motivated and interested and thus raise the standard of the sport in the federation, Wilkin continued.
This will be the first time the St.Kitts-Nevis national team will be participating in a regional event since 2006 when they participated in the CBC Tournament held in Jamaica.
In related news the SKABA Super 8 Dwayne Sturge Memorial League will break until October 18th to accommodate the National Teams practice and visit to Dominica. The Super 8 began this past Sunday with Horsfords Newtown Ghetto Roots comfortably defeating the Kajola Kristada McKnight Trotters and the 2nd game between the National Bank Bird Rock Uprisers and the Challengers Exodus was suspended due to rain interruption.
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