Hosts nations stops Kittians charge

GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia -  St. Vincent and the Grenadines led in all  quarters,

with  scores of 17 – 11,  32 – 18,  48 – 27, and 61 – 38, to hand Dominica

another defeat last evening, as the 2008 OECS Under-23 Netball Championships

continued at the Beausejour Indoor Facility in Saint Lucia.

grenada's goalshoot just utilised her height

For the Vincentians, Shellisa Davis scored  33 out of 46 attempts, and  Leeana

Lewis 28 of 30, while Stacey Fontaine  with 27 out of her 36 attempts,  Glenna

Thomas with 2 out of 3, and Daniella Vasquez scoring 9 out of 15 made a valiant

attempt in  the Dominican effort.

In the night’s second game, Grenada went to work on Antigua, beating them

71 – 28, with the quarter scores being17 – 5, 36 – 12, 51 – 18, and finally 71 –

28; all in favour of Grenada.

Leading the Grenadian effort were Lottysha Cato with 63 out of 76 attempts,

Iana Joseph 5 out of 10 attempts, and Ixtty Joseph with 3 out of 3.

For Antigua, Jamila Fitz scored 21 of her 37 attempts, Ariel Alexander 5 out of her

6 attempts, and Tricia Jarvis scored 2 out of her 5 attempts.

In one of the 2008 OECS Under-23 Netball Championships  feature clashes,

hosts Saint Lucia and St. Kitts met in a ding-dong affair that had spectators

hanging on to the edge of their seats, as the pendulum swung in favour of one

team, then the other.

though it was tough, saint lucia prevailed

Although the hosts led in all quarters 12 – 9,  21 – 19,  34 – 25, and final score

of 41 – 39, it was the fourth quarter that almost resulted in many spectators

having heart seizures, and the island’s Prime Minister Stephenson King suffering

a major disappointment.

Going into the fourth and final quarter, Saint Lucia led by ten points, but a series

of errors resulted in the Kittians staging an assault, which saw seven

unanswered goals being scored.

It was nerve-racking as the Saint Lucians capitalized on three errors by their

opponents to maintain a slim but precarious lead, and the sighs of relief was

audible throughout the facility when the final whistle went.

Leading the Saint Lucia effort although not at the top of her game was captain

Safiya Paul scoring 23 of her 29 attempts, and Merlessa Alfred scoring 18 out of

her 26 attempts.

Ronelle Morton with 32 out of 26 attempts, Mechelle Liburd 3 out of 3, and

Tenelle Lapsey 4 out of 6 attempts, led the disappointed Kittians fight to the

end. (Robertson S. Henry)