Holy Name Convent went into the 2020 season of the SSCL as the defending champions of both the Girls’ Open and Junior divisions in the North Zone. Their determined and talented young ladies also finished 2019 as the runners-up in the PowerGen Girls’ Intercol competition and placed 4th in the FLOW U-16 Girls’ competition. Expectations...Read More
To be called for a West Indian touring team to England at 21 years old is a most exhilarating feeling for Joshua Da Silva: “I had given myself three years to reach my dream of playing for the West Indies, when I was told by coach Roger Harper that I had been selected to be amongst...Read More
There are precious few College rivalries as storied as that of St. Mary’s and Fatima. Both schools are rooted in tradition and history, with legendary past pupils from either side engaging in epic battles over multiple sporting disciplines through the years. As their teams prepared to face off on the opening day of the 2020...Read More
The North Zonal Council held its first virtual club meeting on Thursday 4 June in an attempt to appraise clubs of the way forward in the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The meeting was a huge success as 8 of the 12 clubs joined the virtual meeting. The meeting was hosted by Chairman Winston...Read More
Jerome “Jerry” Julien Neilson, my friend and cricket-playing, cricket-watching and discussing pardner of 55 years, passed recently into eternity. His life, outside of his family, was devoted to cricket, football, indeed all sports. In return, this devotion to sport brought him great benefits in the form of ambition and capacity to achieve: he was intent...Read More
The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board has decided to bring to a halt the interview process to select a coach of the national senior men’s team, at least for the moment. The executive met via a Zoom meeting on Monday 1 June and unanimously agreed that in the face of recent developments brought on by the...Read More
On Wednesday 4th March 2020, the PowerGen North Zone Girls’ Open Division saw a highly anticipated clash between perennial champions Holy Name Convent and their closest challengers Blanchisseuse Secondary unfold at CIC grounds on Serpentine Road. The ladies of Holy Name were aiming for their 3rd consecutive zonal title and 4th overall in the past...Read More
I am often asked the question, who was the most talented of the Gomes cricketing brothers from Arima. There were five brothers, Lester( now deceased) Sheldon , Larry , Gregory and Randy. Allow me to answer the question by giving a little background on each of the five I have known for 30 years as...Read More
Even though the Domestic Cricket season has recently been abandoned the officers of the TTPS cricket section has kept themselves engaged. When they are not on active police duty many have been doing their own personal physical training at home. Amir Khan, the longest standing member of the TTPS Cricket Section, was inspired by a...Read More
The long-awaited news of Clive Lloyd’s Knighthood from the British government in the 2020 New Year’s Honours was received with great delight and satisfaction by the people of the Caribbean and by cricket lovers around the world. Sir Clive was a great cricketer, an outstanding leader and a highly respected Caribbean ambassador who was loved...Read More
