National Domino Game results                                                                  By Midian Pacquette- Monday 1st March 2010

In the Guinness Sponsored National Domino Four Hand league Knock out Competition on Sunday Burton Easy Riders won over Maxroy Beat them all 4005 points to 3380 points, Krazy T Newtown defeated Giants with 4005 points to 3130 points, Travelers with 4002 points won over Burton & company Ghost Busters with 3424 points, Fire Services with 4024 points won over Layou who scored 3566 points, Tremors won over Lagon with 4015 points to 3775 points and Swansy won over Rockers of Salibury with 4006 points to 3663 points. The Game between Shalom Boys Easy Rentals and Rockers did not take place.  

South East Sports Committee armed and ready to commence cricket league                                                                                                         By Midian Pacquette- Friday 26th February 2010
 

The South East Sports Committee has received a financial contribution of EC$1000 from PDV Caribe Dominica Ltd to assist with the staging of the 2010 South East 20/20 Cricket League. Participating teams will be from Delices, Case Gowrie, Petite Savanne, La Plaine, Grand Fond, Morne Jaune, Riviere Cyrique and Boetica. The matches are expected to be played Saturday afternoons with two to be played on Sundays at the Fond Tomah Playing Field in Delices. The matches scheduled for this Sunday are Riviere Cyrique who will do battle with Petite Savanne from 10:00a.m while Delices will play against Case Gowrie from 2.00 p.m.     Coordinator of  the South East Sports committee Mr. Abraham Brown says that they are hoping that the recovery of organized cricket in the district will motivate the young sports men in particular and continue to use sports as one of the unifying forces.  

DFA National league matches continue
By Midian Pacquette- Thursday 25th February 2010

Seven matches are scheduled this week in the Dominica Football Association (DFA) National League. It begins with a double header on Thursday 25^th February 2010 in the DFA Division One League where Fond Cole United will come face to face with Tremors Sports Club at 5:30 pm at the New Town Playing Field and IRC Kensborough will come up against The Buster Warner team from 7:15 pm at the Bath Estate Playing Field. In the DFA All Island League there will be a double header on Saturday 27^th February 2010 with the Genesis Football Team taking on All Saints from 5:30 pm at the Bath Estate Playing Field while the Burtson Football Team comes up against the DFA Nature Boys from 3:30 pm at the La Plaine Playing Field. Public Relations Officer of the DFA Mr. Gerald George gives fixtures for Sunday 28^th February 2010.     

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Maxroy Premiere 20/20 Softball Cricket league continues            By Midian Pacquette- Thursday 18th February 2010

Three matches are carded to take place this weekend in the Dominica Softball Cricket Development Association (DSCDA) Maxroy premiere 20/20 Softball Cricket League 2010. The Police sports club will come face to face with Dominica Coconut Products (DCP) at the Linor Park on Saturday 20 February 2010 in the first match for the day while the Daspa team will play against Harris Paints in the second game at the Lindo Park from 12:15pm. The final game for the weekend will take place on Sunday 21 February 2010 between the Police Sports club and Daspa Sports Club both getting into action for the second time for the weekend. This match will be placed from 9:30pm at the Lindo Park.

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Public relations officer of the newly formed Dominica basketball committee Mickey Joseph says that the organization has a set date for the opening of the 2010 Basketball season which is April 30^th 2010. According to Mr. Joseph the committee has also agreed to invite a top team from Antigua to kick of the activities during the Easter weekend.

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The Dominica Football Association (DFA) will join forces with the Haitian Angels Football Club which comprises of Haitians living in Dominica to stage a big football match on Sunday at the Winsor Park Sports Stadium From 6pm. According to Public Relations Officer of the DFA Mr. Gerald George the match between the Dominica Senior Male National team and the Haitian Angels will serve two purposes. He says all proceeds from the gate will go directly to the Red Cross to assist the victims of the devastating earth quake which occurred two weeks ago and secondly it would serve as a match practice for the senior male team as they are in training to participate in the regional Digicel Cup later this year. Mr. George noted that an entrance fee of $5 EC would be charged to enter the stadium. Meanwhile there is only one match is scheduled this week in the DFA Division One League. Eagles will take on Tremors Sports Club on Thursday at 6pm on the Bath Estate Playing field. 

Dwayne Bravo is thrilled to be back in the Test arena. The West Indies talisman has not played a five-day match since the Barbados Test against Australia in June, 2008. Speaking ahead of the opening Test at the Gabba, Bravo said he was waiting for this day for some time now and can’t wait to step onto the Gabba and face the Aussies on Thursday morning (Wednesday night Caribbean Time). Last time the West Indies were Down Under, Bravo made a back-to-the-wall century at Hobart and also grabbed a five-wicket haul. In September 2008 Bravo had an ankle operation in New York. He did not return to the game until mid-March 2009 against England, and that was only for limited-overs matches. Now he is back to full fitness and ready to take his place for the long version of the game. In 31 Tests Bravo has made 1833 runs with two centuries, captured 70 wickets and grabbed 30 catches and said he is looking to enhance those numbers. He also added that it was good for the team that captain Chris Gayle is back, after his trip to Jamaica to be with his mother who was hospitalised.

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The West Indies Cricket Board announced on Sunday that Captain Chris Gayle will be rejoining the team unit for the upcoming three-match Test Series against Australia in Australia. He will depart from Kingston, Jamaica on Monday. Gayle left the tour last Wednesday to be with his mother, who was hospitalised in Jamaica. He is expected back in time for the start of the first Test, which bowls off on Thursday at 10 am (8 pm on Wednesday Eastern Caribbean Time/7 pm Jamaica Time) at the Gabba in Brisbane. The second Test will be played at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on December 4-8; and the third Test will be played at the WACA Ground in Perth on December 16-20. The two teams will be competing for the Frank Worrell Trophy.

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The promotion of hospitality packages for next year’s ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 has been pushed up a notch as the official hospitality programme has now signed up additional agents in to promote the sale of these exclusive products. Great Vacations (Jamaica), Carib Travel (Saint Lucia) and The Travel Centre (Trinidad and Tobago) are three new additions to the Caribbean sales team, each of which has experience in hospitality sales during ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.  Approaching the key markets of India and South Africa are Twenty First Century Media and One Stop Sports and Entertainment, respectively while completing the line up are two Australian agents, the renowned and experienced Platinum Pass and the ticketing giant Ticketek. All sales agents will be promoting and selling two types of hospitality, the Century Dining package and the Beyond the Boundary Suite package. Antigua and Barbuda are the champions of the NAGICO Leeward Islands One-Day Tournament, following their victory by six wickets over St Maarten on Sunday. Playing at the Carib Lumber Park in St Maarten, the Antiguans rattled up 231-4 off 44.4 overs in reply to 227-8 off 50 overs, made by the home team. Orlando Peters was the batting hero of the champs, with 83, including eight fours a six, while Gavin Williams hit 67 from 81 balls to take them to a comfortable win. Mali Richards chipped in with 26, while John Eugene was the best bowler for St Maarten with 2-36. Earlier in the day, Anil Persaud top-scored for the home side with 54 off 89 balls, including six fours boundaries. Eugene completed a good allround match making 46 off 72 balls, while Sherwin Peters added 29 to bolster the score. The spinners did the damage for Antigua with Justin Athanaze (3-46) and Anthony Martin (2-38) causing problems. Experienced seamer Wilden Cornwall snatched 2-48 to restrict the batsmen. The victory gave Antigua and Barbuda their sixth title in seven seasons.  

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Claire Taylor has been named Women's Cricketer of the Year at the International Cricket Council awards ceremony in Johannesburg. In the last 12 months the 34-year-old England player averaged 70.62 runs in 18 one-day internationals and 115 in Twenty20 internationals. She beat Australia's Shelley Nitschke and England's Charlotte Edwards to win. The award rounds off a hugely successful year for Taylor, who won both the Women's World Cup and Women's World Twenty20 with England, was named Player of the Tournament for both and became the first woman to be included among Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year. events. Taylor will miss the forthcoming tour to the West Indies in order to concentrate on her management consultant job at SUMS Consulting but will return for the 2010 World Twenty20, also in the Caribbean.  

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Former Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan has been awarded £2m damages plus interest after winning his case against the club for constructive dismissal. The panel agreed that in signing Uruguayan midfielder Ignacio Gonzalez, against Keegan's wishes, the club were in breach of a term in his contract. It was also agreed that Keegan would receive no further damages. Keegan parted company with the club, owned by businessman Mike Ashley, in September 2008. A relieved Keegan said in a statement: "I am delighted that the Premier League manager's arbitration tribunal has today formally announced that it has upheld my claim for wrongful dismissal against Newcastle United.   

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New Zealand has called up Iain O'Brien into their injury-hit squad ahead of their ICC Champions Trophy semi-final. 33 year old O'Brien was approved by the International Cricket Council, as Daryl Tuffey is out with a fractured hand. Jacob Oram and Jesse Ryder are also out of the tournament with hamstring and groin injuries respectively. Despite their injury problems, New Zealand beat England on Tuesday by four wickets to top the group and book their semi-final place. The victory meant the Black Caps topped Group B and will play the Group A runners-up in the last four.

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