WICB congratulates T&T women for triumph

Aug 20, 2010 Sports

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President hails 50-over League as superb advertisement

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on yesterday congratulated the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s team for their triumph in the WICB’s Women’s 50-Over League in St Vincent.
Dr Julian Hunte, President of the WICB, issued a congratulatory message on behalf of the Board, and praised the Trinbagonians for their deserved success. The twin Island Republic won the trophy by defeating St Vincent and the Grenadines in the final at Arnos Vale Playing Field on Wednesday evening. It was the second consecutive title for Trinidad and Tobago who won the title when the tournament was played in Guyana last year.
“On behalf of the WICB I want to send hearty congratulations to the players and support staff of the Trinidad and Tobago team for their fantastic performance in winning the WICB Women’s trophy. They played like true champions, being unbeaten throughout the entire tournament, and deserve to take home the top prize,” Dr Hunte said.
Dr Hunte added: “We must also say ‘well done’ to the hosts, St Vincent and the Grenadines for reaching the final and putting up a great fight in the final. Throughout the tournament they had some tough matches but never gave up. They made some very good progress in this tournament and we encourage them to come back stronger and challenge for the title in next year’s event.”
The President also thanked all the players for being part of the tournament and gave special thanks to the organisers for staging a successful event.
“It was a fantastic week of cricket and a superb advertisement for women’s cricket in the Caribbean. People across the region have again seen that we have some fine female cricketers who have the ability to one day become the best in the game. The WICB remains committed to providing the necessary resources to make sure that the game continues to grow and flourish across the West Indies,” Dr Hunte said.
“The whole tournament was a tribute to the game in the region and all the players deserve special congratulations for the spirit in which they played the game and conducted themselves. They were true ambassadors for their countries and the region. We also thank the St Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association and all the match officials and for the successful hosting of the tournament,” Dr Hunte concluded.

Nedd is new UDCA President

The Upper Demerara Cricket Association (UDCA) held its first Annual General Meeting since 2006 on August 7 in Linden.
The meeting was well attended by representatives of the ten registered clubs from the Region and commenced at 13:45hrs with Leslie Nedd, Chairman of the Interim Management Committee, presiding.
Grantley Culbard was appointed returning officer and Nedd was elected to serve as president.
Bradley Federicks is his Vice-President while Eutol Wilson (Secretary), Aubrey Douglas (Associate Secretary), Noreen White (Treasurer) and Clayton Vanhersel (Associate Treasurer) are the other elected executive members.
The new committee has promised to bring about the revival and general upgrade and standards of the game at all levels including Under-15, 17, 19 as well as female side of the sport in and around Linden and by extension Region 10.
In an effort to make their aim a reality the Executive held its first meeting on August 12 at the LINMINE Constabulary Hall.
At this meeting the following persons were elected to complete the UDCA Executive body:- Godwyn Primo (PRO), Gabriel Fiedtkou (Chairman Competitions Committee), Vanesa Daniels, Victor Persaud, Anthony Belle (Committee members), Indor Singh and Andrew Forsythe, (Trustees), Rickford Gomer (Chairman Disciplinary Committee)
The UDCA held a one-day cricket tournament involving male and female teams from Royal Champions and Ituni on August 8. Ituni won the female match and Royal Champions emerged victorious in the male division.

Vitali Klitschko confirms Shannon Briggs defence

WBC heavyweight king Vitali Klitschko has confirmed he will defend his title against American Shannon Briggs on 16 October in Hamburg, Germany.
The fight effectively ends the hopes of Britain’s WBA champion David Haye of facing Ukrainian Klitschko in 2010.
“Briggs has great experience, has fought significantly more fights than I have and is one of the hardest punchers in the division,” said Klitschko. Klitschko, 39, is 40-2, while 38-year-old Briggs is 51-5 with one draw. For the Ukrainian it will be the fifth time he has defended his title since beating Samuel Peter in October 2008 to regain the WBC crown, having temporarily retired in 2004.

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