ST. LUCIA LEAVES TO PARTICIPATE IN DARTS TOURNAMENT

The Americas Cup which is an international Competition and the Caribbean Cup

which is the premier regional tournament. Eleven teams are competing in the

Americas Cup while twelve teams will compete in the Caribbean Cup.

The participating teams are:

AMERICAS CUP
U.S.A.
Canada
St. Lucia
Barbados
Guyana
Jamaica
Bahamas
Cayman Islands
Brazil
Belize
Trinidad and Tobago

CARIBBEAN CUP
Florida
Turks and Caicos Islands
St. Lucia
Barbados
Guyana
Jamaica
Bahamas
Cayman Islands
Brazil
Belize
Puerto Rico
Trinidad and Tobago      

 In the Americas Cup, the teams are grouped as follows:
GROUP A                              GROUP B
U.S.A                                      Barbados
Belize                                     St. Lucia
Canada                                  Trinidad and Tobago
Bahamas                               Guyana
Jamaica                                 Cayman Islands
Brazil                                     

The four top teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals. First round matches played on Friday July 25th 2008 were:
                        GROUP B Round 1
St. Lucia defeated Barbados 9 games to 4
Trinidad defeated Guyana 8 games to 5
Cayman Islands – Bye
                        GROUP B Round 2
Trinidad defeated Barbados 9 games to 4
St. Lucia defeated Cayman Islands 9 games to 4
Guyana – Bye

                        GROUP A Round 1
U.S.A. defeated Belize 12 games to 1
Canada defeated Bahamas 11 games to 2
Jamaica defeated Brazil 8 games to 5

                        GROUP A Round 2
U.S.A defeated Canada 8 games to 5
Jamaica defeated Belize 12 games to 1
Bahamas defeated Brazil 12 games to 1

At the end of the day one the points standings are as follows:
Group A                                                        Group B
U.S.A.                        20                               St. Lucia        18
Jamaica         20                               Trinidad        17
Canada          16                               Barbados      8
Bahamas      14                               Guyana         5
Brazil             6                                  Cayman         4
Belize                        2