Saint Lucia reduces OECS squash participation

Charlie Sonson of St. Lucia in action in a recent tournament

CASTRIES, Saint Lucia - On Thursday, five Saint Lucian males will leave Saint

Lucia to participate in the annual OECS Squash championships.  This year Saint

Lucia will only participate with a Men’s team events.

Representing St Lucia are St Lucia's champ and defending

OECS champ Charlie Sonson, Tournament Director of the local Association –

David Piper, Dominique Rivers, Chris Gardinier and Randolph Khan.

They will play in the OECS individuals starting on Thursday and finishing Friday

evening and they will continue straight into the team tournament on Saturday

playing Men’s teams from St Vincent and the British Virgin Islands, and will return

home on Sunday morning.

Meanwhile, this year St Lucia hosts the 15th anniversary of the annual St Lucia

Squash Open.

The tournament, which commences on June 3oth already has a number of

sponsors confirmed six weeks away from the tournament.

Subaru who last year made a commitment to be title sponsor for three years is

on board for their second year  while Bank of Nova Scotia have this year moved

up to gold sponsor along with Le Sport Body Holiday. 

Silver sponsors have been confirmed as Bay Gardens Inn, with CocoResorts and

the Document Centre, Consolidated Foods Ltd and Endless Summer have

committed their bronze sponsorship once again to the tournament.

As in keeping with the past, the Association promotes sports tourism hosting

both new and repeat top international and regional squash players.

The Saint Lucia Open Squash tournament is part of a Caribbean circuit

commencing in Barbados on June 23rd,  followed by the St Lucia Open and

finishing with the Jamaica Open commencing on July 7th.