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Hollywood Stars buy Minor League Welsh Soccer Club

 

Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have completed one of the most unlikely takeovers in sport after finalising terms to buy non-league Welsh football club Wrexham.

Reynolds and McElhenney have acquired 100 percent control of the National League club from the Wrexham Supporters Trust, making a £2 million ($2.76 million) investment in the club under the terms of the deal.

In a statement issued by the Supporters Trust, the actors said funds will be made available immediately and “first-team player identification will be a priority”.

Further money will be spent to enhance the women’s football programme, community initiatives and the Racecourse Ground.

“It is a special day for the two of us to become the latest stewards in the long and storied history of Wrexham AFC,” a statement from Reynolds and McElhenney said.

“Together with the players, the staff, the fans, and the local community, we can now pursue our goal to grow the team and return it to the EFL in front of increased attendances, and in an improved stadium, while making a positive difference to the wider community in Wrexham.”

A statement from the WST welcome the arrival of their famous new owners: “The Wrexham Supporters Trust Board is pleased to announce the completion of the sale of Wrexham AFC to RR McReynolds LLC.

“We urge all supporters to unite behind our new owners, the club and the team as they look to return Wrexham to the heights we have all dreamed of.”

While actors investing in sports teams is by no means new phenomena, the alliance between high-profile Hollywood actors and non-league minnows operating outside the professional football pyramid is an unusual one.

Wrexham are based in north Wales but they play in the fifth tier of English football – far removed from the glamour and worldwide reach of the Premier League.

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That did not deter Deadpool star Reynolds and Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor McElhenney from purchasing the club, saying they wanted to turn the team into a “global force”.

Supporters Trust members voted 98.6 per cent in favour to accept the offer in November, but the takeover was still subject to approval from the Financial Conduct Authority.

The actors made a donation to the club to help in the January transfer window while they waited for the takeover to be authorised.

Wrexham are currently seventh in the National League as they chase a return to the fourth tier for the first time since 2008.

They have never played above the second tier, achieving their best ever finish when they came 15th at that level in 1979.

Wrexham’s most famous victory came in 1992 when they knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup third round at the Racecourse Ground.

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COVID-19: SKN Govt. Warning on UK Travel

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Under current UK COVID-19 restrictions, you must stay at home. You must not travel, including abroad, unless you have a legally permitted reason to do so. It is illegal to travel abroad for holidays and other leisure purposes. Check the rules that apply to you in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

If you intend to travel to England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland from abroad, including UK nationals returning home, you must provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test result taken up to 3 days before departure. If you do not comply (and you do not have a valid exemption) your airline or carrier may refuse you boarding and/or you may be fined on arrival.

Before you return to the UK you must provide your journey and contact details. You must self-isolate when you enter the UK from any foreign country except Ireland, unless you have a valid exemption. From 15 February, when entering the UK from a country with a travel ban to the UK, you must quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days. When entering Scotland, the hotel quarantine requirement applies on arrival from all countries except Ireland.

If you are legally permitted to travel abroad, check our advice on your country of destination. Some other countries have closed borders, and may further restrict movement or bring in new rules including testing requirements with little warning.

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Impeachment:US Senators View Trump Inspired Capitol Riot

House Democrats on Tuesday launched their impeachment case against former President  Trump with a stirring video montage of violence and mayhem at the Capitol on Jan. 6 — a highly charged opening salvo, stripped of all subtlety, that at once implicated the former president in the deadly attack and heightened the pressure on Republicans to convict him.

The 13-minute video, introduced by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the lead impeachment manager, featured a sampling of Trump’s fiery rhetoric leading up to the deadly siege, mashed up with scenes of mob violence in and around the Capitol building in the subsequent hours.

The extraordinary demonstration — violent, profane and highly visceral — set an early tone for this week’s trial in the Senate, where lawmakers will decide if Trump’s conduct surrounding the unprecedented assault should disqualify him from ever holding high office again.

It’s highly unlikely that Republican senators will cross the aisle in numbers high enough to convict their party’s standard-bearer, a judgment requiring a two-thirds majority of the upper chamber. And in a test vote on Tuesday evening, only six Republicans joined Democrats in allowing the trial to move forward on constitutional grounds — a likely preview of the final verdict.

“Nobody seemed to change any minds,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said after the vote.

“No one’s going to convince me that impeachment was put in place to remove from office someone that’s not in office,” said Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

But by forcing the Senate jurors to relive the chaos of Jan. 6, the Democrats’ made-for-TV trial strategy is designed to appeal to voters outraged by Trump’s conduct — and to maximize the discomfort for the Republicans already signaling a readiness to clear the former president of any wrongdoing.

Indeed, the Democrats’ video did not pull punches, but featured the most brutal scenes to emerge publicly from the countless hours of footage that have circulated in the month since the siege, including depictions of police officers being beaten and crushed, and the gunshot that killed a rioter outside the House chamber.

Interspersed with those tumultuous scenes were Trump’s remarks at different points during the attack, including a video urging the “very special” rioters to “go home,” and a later tweet claiming that rampant fraud had “viciously” stolen his election victory from “great patriots” denied their voice.

When the video ended, Raskin paused on the floor in silence to allow the message to sink in.

“You ask what a high crime and misdemeanor is under our Constitution? That’s a high crime and misdemeanor,” Raskin finally said. “If that’s not an impeachable offense, then there is no such thing.”

House Democrats had impeached Trump last month on one charge: inciting insurrection. And a handful of Senate Republicans appear poised to side with the Democrats’ verdict that such a charge is merited. While Trump has already left office, a Senate conviction could prohibit him from running again in 2024, as he has hinted he might do.

Trump’s defense attorneys have said the impeachment case should be immediately dismissed, and they’re leaning on a two-pronged argument to make their case. First, they say Trump cannot be subject to impeachment because he’s no longer in office. And second, they maintain that Trump’s fiery rhetoric leading up to the Capitol siege is well protected under the First Amendment right to free speech.

“Presidents are impeachable because presidents are removable, former presidents are not because they cannot be removed,” said Trump defense attorney David Schoen.

Democrats rejected both arguments out of hand. There’s nothing in the Constitution preventing the impeachment of a former official, they said, and the First Amendment should not shield a president from provoking an attack on the federal government.

“President Trump was not impeached because he used words that the House decided are forbidden or unpopular.  He was impeached for inciting armed violence against the government of the United States of America,” said Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), another impeachment manager.

One thing the two parties could agree on is that the Democratic prosecutors came fully prepared, while Trump’s defense attorneys left lawmakers on both sides of the aisle underwhelmed.

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, a former Texas solicitor general who has argued cases before the Supreme Court, called Raskin “impressive and “a serious lawyer.”

“Anyone who listened to those arguments would recognize that the House managers were focused, relied upon and trusted upon the opinion of legal scholars,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.), one of the six Republicans who voted to advance the trial. “Anyone who listened to President Trump’s legal team saw they were unfocused, they attempted to avoid the issue, and they talked about everything but the issue at hand.”

But if the dramatic video made an impression on the Republicans in the audience, they gave little indication. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who was featured in the video warning against the dangers of voting to overturn state election results based on scant evidence of fraud, sat unflinching, his hands folded in his lap.

“It was uncomfortable,” said Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.).

Other Senate Republicans appeared to turn away from the video footage of the rioters sacking the Capitol. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has aggressively argued the Senate trial is unconstitutional, doodled on a piece of paper, while Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) studied papers in his lap, according to The Washington Post. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) also kept their attention on papers in front of them rather than the screens set up in the Senate chamber.

The sounds from the video montage echoed in the chamber, filling it with the screams and yells of the mob, bringing witnesses back to the day of the attack, according to people in the room. In one piece of footage, rioters breached the Senate floor and rifled through the very desks where senators now sat as jurors.

Minutes later, Raskin again rendered the normally boisterous chamber perfectly still by telling the personal, heart-wrenching story of how his family survived Jan. 6. The day before, he had buried his 25-year-old son, Tommy, a Harvard law student who had taken his own life. As rioters swarmed the Capitol, the lawmaker was separated from his daughter, Tabitha, and another family member. He feared he could lose her too in the violence.

When he was reunited with his daughter, Raskin apologized and promised it wouldn’t happen the next time she visited the building.

“She said, ‘Dad, I don’t want to come back to the Capitol again,’ ” Raskin recounted, choking up. “Of all the terrible, brutal things I saw and I heard on that day … that one hit me the hardest.

“That and watching someone use an American flagpole, with the flag still on it, to spear and pummel one of our police officers, ruthlessly, mercilessly, tortured by a pole with a flag on it that [the officer] was defending with his very life.”

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GOP senators ‘perplexed’ by ‘unfocused’ and ‘weaker’ Trump legal defense

A number of Republican senators said they were “stunned” and “perplexed” by former President Trump’s legal team Tuesday, criticizing the two attorneys for lacking focus and making “weaker” arguments than the House impeachment managers on the first day of Trump’s impeachment trial.

“Anyone who listened to those arguments would recognize that the House managers were focused, relied upon and trusted upon the opinion of legal scholars,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) after joining with five other Republican senators in voting that the trial was constitutional and should proceed.

“Anyone who listened to President Trump’s legal team saw they were unfocused, they attempted to avoid the issue and they talked about everything but the issue at hand,” he added.

Cassidy’s vote on Tuesday was a surprise after he voted last month in favor of a motion by Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) declaring the trial unconstitutional.

Sen. Pat Toomey (Pa.), another Republican who voted with Democrats to move ahead with the trial, called Trump’s legal case “weaker.”

“I think they had a weaker case to start with, and I don’t think it was very persuasive,” he said.

Toomey, by contrast, praised Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and the other House impeachment managers.

“The House impeachment managers made very strong arguments. It was persuasive and well grounded in the Constitution and precedent,” he said.

Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), a key Republican swing vote, said she was perplexed by Bruce Castor’s folksy presentation, in which he called out a few lawmakers, including Toomey and Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), by name.

“I was perplexed by the first attorney, who did not seem to make any arguments at all, which was an unusual approach to take,” she said, adding that it was “inappropriate” to mention Sasse and Toomey by name.

Castor opened Trump’s defense by denouncing the rioters and praising the emotional testimony from the House impeachment managers, who showed a powerful video that sought to tie Trump’s speech directly to the violence that consumed the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Trump’s attorney at various points spoke broadly about the fall of ancient governments, the importance of liberty and his admiration for the senators seeking to impeach Trump.

In one odd instance, Castor admitted that “we changed what we were going to do on account that we thought the House managers’ presentation was well done.”

He also acknowledged he didn’t feel entirely comfortable speaking to senators.

“I worked in this building 40 years ago. I got lost then, and I still do,” he said.

After a long windup, Castor got into the meat of his argument that the impeachment was a political effort designed to keep Trump from ever running for office again.

However, even here, Castor’s arguments were criticized as meandering and unfocused.

“There is no argument. I have no idea what he’s doing. I have no idea why he’s saying what he’s saying,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, who defended Trump throughout his term in office, said on Newsmax.

“After all kinds of very strong presentations on the part of the House managers with the video tapes and the emotional speech by Congressman Raskin, my former student … you get up there and you respond,” he added. “Maybe he’ll bring it home, but right now, it does not appear to me to be effective advocacy.”

Castor has had a peripatetic career, serving as attorney general and solicitor general of Pennsylvania in 2016 and district attorney of Montgomery, Pa., from 2000 to 2008. He has worked for three different law firms over the past 13 years and handled cases ranging from personal injury to sexual harassment.

Trump’s second attorney, David Schoen, received far higher marks from Republicans for his defense.

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Schoen pointedly argued that the impeachment was political, that the Senate has no jurisdiction over a former president and that Trump had been deprived of due process by the House’s swift impeachment process.

He also has a varied legal career, working on public interest cases related to prison violence, foster care and the Ku Klux Klan as well as criminal defense cases.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted that continuing with the trial was not constitutional but nonetheless had a particularly harsh assessment of Castor.

“I thought the president’s lawyer the first lawyer just rambled on and on and on and didn’t really address the constitutional argument,” he said.

“Finally, the second lawyer got around to it and I thought did an effective job, but I’ve seen a lot of lawyers and a lot of arguments, and that was not one of the finest I’ve seen,” he added.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), another member of the Judiciary Committee, also criticized Trump’s legal team.

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“I don’t think the lawyers did the most effective job,” he said while praising Raskin as “impressive.”

Drawing an implicit contrast with Trump’s legal team, Cruz called the lead impeachment manager “a serious lawyer.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of Trump’s closest allies and a senior member of the Judiciary panel, said, “I think the president’s defense was OK.”

“They took a long time to get to where I think the meat of the question is,” he said.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who is seen as a possible vote to convict the president, said she was “stunned” by Castor’s opening presentation.

“I was really stunned at the first attorney who presented for former President Trump. I couldn’t figure out where he was going,” she said. “I don’t think he helped with us better understanding where he was coming from on the constitutionality of this.”

Updated at 6:46 p.m.

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RSCNPF High Command investigating video involving Police Officers

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — The High Command of The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force has viewed, with deep concern, videos that show parts of an incident that occurred in Nevis and involved several of our Police Officers.

The High Command has informed the public that an investigation has been launched into the matter.

“We want to reassure the public that its safety and security remain our number one concern.

“We have in place well-established protocols and procedures for Police Officers to follow when responding to reports and apprehending or arresting suspects.

“Our organization remains committed to the fight against criminality and strongly believes in respecting human rights and the dignity of others.”

“We want to reassure the public that its safety and security remain our number one concern.

“We have in place well-established protocols and procedures for Police Officers to follow when responding to reports and apprehending or arresting suspects.

“Our organization remains committed to the fight against criminality and strongly believes in respecting human rights and the dignity of others.”

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Ankara University Research Centre offers Maritime Law scholarships

ANKARA, Turkey — The Association of Caribbean States has has announced Master and Doctoral Programme on the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law scholarships offered by the Ankara University Research Centre of the Sea and Maritime Law and the Government of Turkey.

Interested persons are asked to apply online via:
https://turkiyeburslari.gov.tr/en/announcement/turkiye-scholarships-2021-applications

Copies of all applications should be submitted to the Human Resources Management Department at Government Headquarters on Church Street, Basseterre, no later than February 15, 2021, for further processing.

Relevant information regarding the program can be found on the website below.
http://dehukam.ankara.edu.tr/en/about-the-program/

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Rotaract Club of Nevis donates to Ministry of Education in the NIA

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis –- The Rotaract Club of Nevis has donated iHealth PT3 Infrared No-Touch Digital Forehead Thermometers to the Ministry of Education. The gesture was done in celebration of the club’s fifth anniversary of being chartered.

Ms. Asieah Smithen, the club’s Acting President presented the gift to Ms. Zahnela Claxton, Principal Education Officer in the Department of Education on February 3.

“We all know that 2020 and 2021 have been a trying time and we wanted to do something to impact our community and our future generation,” said Ms. Smithen. “We are donating these thermometers to help protect our students, our teachers and our community at large.

Some of the iHealth PT3 Infrared No-Touch Digital Forehead Thermometers received to the Ministry of Education by the Rotaract Club of Nevis.

“On behalf of the Rotaract Club of Nevis we present you with these thermometers,” she said. “We hope you will put them to good use for our protection of the students.”

Ms. Claxton thanked the club on behalf of the Ministry of Education in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) for the timely donation.

“It is indeed a pleasure for me to accept this donation on behalf of the Ministry of Education,” said Ms. Claxton. “We are indeed thankful to the Rotaract Club of Nevis for this timely donation.

“The Rotaract Club is no stranger to the Ministry of Education,” she said. “The Department of Education, every year has been a recipient of some initiative and incentive from the Rotaract Club.”

She commended the club for its continued service to the community.

“We want to take this opportunity to congratulate the club on five years of excellent work; five years of community work; and five years of service,” said Ms. Claxton. “We commend all of the young individuals who are part of this club, and encourage others to become part of this club which seeks to serve the community.

“Once again, commendations and warmest appreciation, thank you, Rotaract Club of Nevis,” she said.

Also present at the presentation were club members Ms. Tanisha Mills; and Ms. Latoya Jones.

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Animals, Not Wuhan Lab Caused Coronavirus: WHO Claims

A team from the World Health Organization (WHO) and a joint Chinese mission investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China, said that it is extremely unlikely the coronavirus leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped from animals to humans.

“Our initial findings suggest that the introduction through an intermediary host species is the most likely pathway and one that will require more studies and more specific targeted research,” WHO’s Peter Ben Embarek said in a press conference Tuesday.

The WHO team, who began the investigation after a two-week quarantine and more than a year after COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan, released the first details of their month-long fact-finding mission in China. They suggested that the virus is likely to have originated in animals and that a transmission via frozen food is a possibility that warrants further investigation.

Data suggests that COVID-19 could have been circulating in other regions before being identified in Wuhan, according to Dr. Liang Wannian, the Chinese lead on the joint international team of scientists. “This indicates the possibility of the missed reported circulation in other regions,” Wannian said.

The WHO team’s mission is intended to be an initial step delving into the origins of the virus.

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US Virus Cases Down, Deaths Up

 

> Cases vs. variants: Daily cases of COVID-19 continued to fall on Monday as the U.S. reported 79,000 new infections, marking the second day in a row of sub-100,000 cases since early November, marking a positive trend in the U.S.’s battle with the virus. US death toll- 476,553.

Despite the downtick in cases, the progress could be turned on its head as variants of the virus spread across the U.S. and become more ingrained. While cases and hospitalizations are dropping, they are still at extremely high levels, and they could start rising again as a variant first identified in Great Britain spreads, as The Hill’s Peter Sullivan writes. According to a study, the U.K. variant is doubling every 10 days in the U.S. and could become the predominant strain by next month, putting the onus on the U.S. to ramp up vaccinations and mitigation techniques in the coming weeks. experts say.

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  • 1,776 new cases and 81 new deaths in Japan [source]
  • 255 new cases and 1 new death in India
  • 104 new cases and 3 new deaths in Kenya [source]
  • 675 new cases and 10 new deaths in Ghana [source]
  • 1,994 new cases and 8 new deaths in Iraq [source]
  • 202 new cases and 2 new deaths in Malta [source]
  • 679 new cases and 8 new deaths in Libya [source]
  • 197 new cases and 1 new death in Oman [source]
  • 7,640 new cases and 89 new deaths in Iran [source]

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Ministry of Agriculture produces multipurpose super organic compost to boost crops

The compost is free from chemicals or additives. It consists of local resources such as grass clippings, leaves, green items, organic urea, and local cow manure.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — The Ministry of Agriculture has embarked on an initiative to produce a local multipurpose organic compost to assist farmers, backyard gardeners, and landscapers to boost crop and flower production by keeping them green and healthy.

Augustine Nwosu, Project Manager of the Vegetable Fruit Upland Crop Quality and Safety Improvement Project, at Needsmust in St. Kitts, said that creating the compost was important and timely as the ministry aims to assist persons involved with agricultural-related activities.
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Masters terminate Terminal Boyz’s winning streak in SKDNA tournament

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — Terminal Boyz Domino Club’s winning streak in the St. Kitts National Domino Association (SKNDA) tournament, taking place at the New Town Community Centre, came to a screeching halt on February 7 when Masters Domino Club handed them a 26-20 thrashing.

For Masters, James ‘Bubba’ Hanley and Jerome ‘Spy’ Clarke won three games, and lost two; William ‘Ramong’ Agard and Ashton ‘Petrol’ Davis won three games, and lost three; William ‘Ramong’ Agard and Jeevan ‘Puncha’ Dore won two games, and lost none; and Selmoth ‘Selly’ Rawlins and Allister Clarke won three games, and lost one.

For Terminal Boyz, the father and son pair of Selwyn ‘Bungo’ Anjo and Vincent ‘Five Cents’ Bowry won four games, and lost three; while Brian Brookes and Marvin Warner won three games, and lost three.

Terminal Boyz players, who had commanded an early 6-4 lead as the representative of the tournament’s platinum sponsor the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis, Marketing and Product Development Officer Ms. Chantelle Rochester watched the action-packed game, have themselves to blame for falling behind and lose to Masters.

Leaving the New Town Community Centre seemingly bruised after suffering their first loss during the seventh segment of play in the first round of the tournament, Terminal Boyz still had some pride left as they hold the lead in the overall points standing, albeit by a single-point margin.

Ms. Chantelle Rochester, and an unidentified player, watch as Lenneil Warner of Til Ah Marnin makes a move in their game against Spartans Fig Tree.

Ms. Rochester had the opportunity to watch another action packed game in which Til Ah Marnin Domino Club, and Spartans Fig Tree Domino Club, were tied 6-6. After Ms. Rochester left, Til Ah Marnin fell behind, but pulled all the stops and made a dramatic comeback to finally beat Spartans Fig Tree, 26-24 and carry home the maximum points.

In other games, Los Fuertes del Domino beat Latecomers Domino Club 26-16; while Newcomers I Domino Club crushed their cousins, Newcomers II Domino Club, 26-6, a feat that earned them a bonus point. Poor Man Pocket Domino Club won by default, and a bonus point, over Lodge Domino Club, which did not show up. The Eagle Claws Domino Club and King Balang Domino Club game was postponed with the understanding it will be played before February 11.

“We at the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis are satisfied that the St. Kitts National Domino Association has undertaken a noble task in according this country’s domino players an opportunity to participate in the World Council of Domino Federation (WCDF) championships after an 18-year hiatus,” said Marketing and Product Development Officer at the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis, Ms. Chantelle Rochester.

The Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis official was welcomed at the New Town Community Centre by the St. Kitts National Domino Association officials, Vice President Keithly Blanchette; Secretary Ms. Brenda Hazel; Treasurer/Organiser Cremoy Agard; and Members at Large Ms. Moschina Kramer and Roy Bedminster.

“The country has a pool of talented players, most of who have been kept busy by the country’s longest running domino tournament, Constituency Number Seven Domino League, which is sponsored by the Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last year,” noted Ms. Rochester. “When time comes for the World Council of Domino Federation (WCDF) championships, we believe St. Kitts will have a strong team to compete with the best in the world.”

Points standing after seven segments of play: Terminal Boyz 31 points; Masters 30 points; Poor Man Pocket 27 points; Newcomers I 27 points; Latecomers 21 points; Til Ah Marnin 21 points; Los Fuertes del Domino 21 points; Lodge 15 points; Newcomers II 5 points; Spartans Fig Tree 5 points; Eagle Claws 5 points; and King Balang 5 points.

The competition, sponsored by the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis – Platinum Sponsor, First Federal Credit Union, Best For Less Trading Ltd, The Craft House, and NAGICO Insurances, will continue on February 11 at the New Town Community Centre starting at 6:00 p.m. with the teams meeting in the eighth segment of play in the first round.

Order of play: Eagle Claws will face Latecomers; Spartan Fig Tree will come up against Poor Man Pocket; King Balang vs. Terminal Boyz; Lodge will battle it out with Newcomers I; Masters vs. Newcomers II; while Los Fuertes del Domino will square it off with Til Ah Marnin.

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